Pharmacotherapy

Knowledge of Cell Biology and Physiology.

Students are encouraged to organize their learning process by valuing the skills of learning to learn and to work collaboratively. From the bibliographic support provided and recommended, students will integrate their knowledge, producing group work and holistically analyzing practical cases that they report in the classroom. It is up to the teacher to act as a facilitator of individual and group learning processes.

The learning of students in this discipline will be done fundamentally through the study of theoretical material and the analysis and discussion of practical cases. Students will be encouraged to work in groups, through collaborative knowledge dissemination instruments, their commitment and familiarization with these means being one of the relevant factors in learning the content.

To know the pharmacotherapeutic classification. To classify the drug interactions and drug-food interactions and
their relationships and consequences. To know the stages of pharmacokinetics and to know its relevance in the
pharmacological effect. To know the Pharmacovigilance system and know characterize and act in face of adverse
drug reactions. To know how to use drugs on query tools.

General considerations on pharmacotherapy
Determinants of the actions of drugs
General cycle of drugs in the body
General mechanisms of action of drugs
Pharmacokinetics
Side effects of drugs
Interactions drug-food and drug-drug
Medication Classification – pharmacotherapeutic Groups
Pharmacovigilance and Adverse Drug Reactions

NAO

Primary

• Terapêutica Medicamentosa e suas bases farmacológicas – J. Garret, W. Osswald e S. Guimarães – 2006 Porto
  Editora
• Goodman, L.S.; & Gilman A. – As Bases Farmacológicas da Terapêutica – 9ª Ed, Mc Graw Hill, 1996
• Klassen Watkins – Toxicologia – A Ciência Básica dos Tóxicos, Casarett & Doull’sS – 5ª Ed. – McGraw Hill de
  Portugal 2001Manual de Interacções Alimentos – Medicamentos – Ramos F., Santos, L., Castilho, M. C., Silveira, M. I.N. 2ª Edição, Hollyfar, Marcas e Comunicação, Lda., Lisboa, 2010

Recommended

• Nutracêuticos e alimentos funcionais – Coordenação João F. Pinto – LIDEL Ed. Técnicas, 2010
• Pharmacotherapy Handbook – Barbara G. Wells, Joseph T. DiPiro, Terry L. Schwinghammer, Cindy W. Hamilton – Sixth Ed. McGraw Hill, 2006.