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Seminar essays 2016
1st term topics
Tutorial: Side effects, adverse effects. Pharmacovigilance. Factors influencing drug
action. Drug forms.
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Brand name and generic drugs (definitions, advantages, disadvantages)
New formulations of drugs
Principles of pharmacotherapy during pregnancy and lactation
Principles of pharmacotherapy in geriatry - adverse effects of drugs, interactions
Principles and differences of pharmacotherapy in young children
The application of pharmacogenetics in drug individualisation
Tutorial: Basic principles of pharmacokinetics.
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Pharmacokinetic parameters
Pharmacokinetic following single and repeated dose
Therapeutic drug monitoring of drug concentrations - TDM
The impact of pharmacodynamic on effect of drugs
Drug interactions with food and beverages
Drug induced QT interval prolongation (adverse effect, due to drug interaction)
Tutorial: Local anaesthetics - demonstration. Vasoconstrictor agents. Principles of
treatment of anaphylactic shock.
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Vasopressors (dopamine, norepinephrine) in the therapy of septic shock
The use of sympathomimetic drugs in the treatment of cardiogenic shock
Advantages and disadvantages of spinal anesthesia
Local anesthetics in dentistry
Local anesthetics in delivery
Tutorial: The development of a new drug, GLP, GCP, GMP. Registration and
categorization. State institute for drug control. Pharmacpoeia.
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Pharmacological effects of vitamin E
Caffeine as a pharmacologically active substance
OTC medicines for immune support
Clinical trials in children and pregnant women
The Evidence based medicine in the therapeutic practice
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Tutorial: Asthma bronchiale.
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H1-antihistamines - compare different generations and their role in pharmacotherapy
New bronchodilators in the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Anti-inflammatory treatment of bronchial asthma and COPD (new molecules)
Special features of pharmacotherapy of asthma in children
Bronchial asthma in pregnancy
New monoclonal antibodies (registered and in development) for the treatment of lung diseases
Pharmacological treatment of pulmonary fibrosis
Tutorial: Peptic ulcer.
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The current pharmacotherapy of chronic inflammatory bowel diseases
Pharmacotherapy of constipation and diarrhea
Antiemetics used in pregnancy
A critical look at the group of H2-antihistamines
Gastrointestinal toxicity of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
Pharmacological eradication of H. pylori
Rational use of hepatoprotectives
Tutorial: Pharmacotherapy of pain (opioid and non-opioid analgesics, antipyretics).
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Opioid analgesics in the treatment of non-malignant pain
Pain and oncologic patient
Pharmacotherapy of migraine
Treatment of pain and fever in young children
Headache as an adverse drug reaction
The use of co-analgesics in the treatment of pain
Pharmacologic intervention in chronic pain
Tutorial: Pharmacotherapy of rheumatic diseases. Osteoarthrosis. Rheumatoid
arthritis.
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Biological treatment of rheumatoid arthritis
DMARDs - safety, efficacy
The use of NSAIDs in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis
The use of antimalarial medications in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis
Chondroprotectives - critical view
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2nd term topics
Tutorial: Hypertension.
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The pharmacological profile of hybrid -blockers
Centrally acting antihypertensives
ACE inhibitors in the cardiologic indications
Pharmacotherapy of hypertensive crisis
RAAS (renin-angiotensin-aldosterone) inhibition in clinical medicine
Treatment of hypertension in pregnancy
Pharmacological treatment of pulmonary hypertension
Tutorial: Ischaemic heart disease.
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Pleiotropic effects of statins
The new lipid-lowering agents (new molecules)
Drugs with protective effect on endothelium
Use of -blockers in the treatment of ischemic heart disease
Treatment of acute heart failure
Treatment of chronic heart failure
Tutorial: Phlebothrombosis.
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Pharmacologic therapy of acute pulmonary embolism
Pharmacologic therapy of chronic venous insufficiency
New oral anticoagulants - benefits and risks
Modern thrombolytics - characteristics and usage
Treatment of bleeding
Antifibrinolytic agents
Tutorial: Bipolar disorder.
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Possible mechanisms of actions of psychopharmacons
Treatment of epilepsy during pregnancy
Psychiatric indications of SSRI
Pharmacotherapy of opiod dependence
Pharmacotherapy of alcohol dependence
Pharmacotherapy of nicotine dependence
Melatonin Receptor Agonists
Prolactin (application of a pharmacological agonists or antagonists)
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Tutorial: Diabetes mellitus.
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Drug therapy of vascular disorders in DM type 2
Insulin analogues in the treatment of type 1 and 2
Treatment of lactic acidosis in DM
Treatment of hypoglycemia in DM
Treatment of hyperglycemia in DM
The current view on the anti-obesity medications
Pharmacotherapy of osteoporosis
Current pharmacotherapy of thyrotoxicosis
Tutorial: Bronchopneumonia.
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The most commonly used antivirals in practice
The most commonly used antimycotics in practice
The most commonly used antiparasitic agents in practice
Antibiotic treatment during pregnancy and lactation
The pharmacological profile of glycylcyclines
Immunomodulatory drugs
New principles in the treatment of HIV positive patients
Treatment of tuberculosis
Treatment of malaria