aFAIC1_15 Interactions of Medicines, People and Environment

Faculty of Pharmacy
Autumn 2025

The course is not taught in Autumn 2025

Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
RNDr. Eva Havránková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. PharmDr. Ing. Radka Ješinová, Ph.D., MBA (lecturer)
Mgr. Veronika Murgašová (lecturer)
PharmDr. Magdaléna Onuščáková (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PharmDr. Ing. Radka Ješinová, Ph.D., MBA
Department of Chemical Drugs – Departments – Faculty of Pharmacy
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Abstract
The aim of the course is to introduce the students into the basic interactions between the organisms, medicines and the environment.
Learning outcomes
It is absolutely necessary to ensure the proper medicines handling, considering potential environmental hazards in the context of pharmaceutical factories, analytical laboratories, supply chains and medical facilities, but also in the households and workplaces, where the medicines are commonly used to treat acute and chronic medical conditions. The topic is extremely important, multidisciplinary and relevant not only for the experts from the field of pharmacy, medicine and science, but also for experts in humanities, social sciences and for general public.
Key topics
  • 1. Introduction to the issue, basic concepts.
  • 2. Legislation, consumption of drugs in the Czech Republic and the EU.
  • 3. Pathways and interactions of chemical substances in the environment, Analytical methods for monitoring the concentration of substances in the environment.
  • 4. Principles of removing drugs from the environment.
  • 5. Analgesics - interactions - organism - environment.
  • 6. Hormones - interactions - organism - environment.
  • 7. Antimicrobial substances - interactions - organism - environment.
  • 8. Drugs in Neurology - interactions - organism - environment.
  • 9. Drugs from groups of Diseases of Civilization- interactions - organism - environment.
  • 10. Cytostatics and radiopharmaceuticals - interactions - organism - environment.
  • 11. Cosmetics - interaction - organism - environment.
  • 12. Washing powders, hygiene products - interactions - organism - environment.
  • 13. Nanoparticles - interactions - organism - environment.
  • 14. Summary, future, recommendations, outputs.
Study resources and literature
    recommended literature
  • Český lékopis, Evropský lékopis (platné vydání vč. doplňků). info
  • CAMPBELL, P. G. C.; Peter V. HODSON; Pamela WELBOURN; David A. WRIGHT; Valérie S. LANGLOIS; Christopher J. MARTYNIUK; Christopher D. METCALFE and Louise M. WINN. Ecotoxicology. First published. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2022, xviii, 576. ISBN 9781108819732. info
Approaches, practices, and methods used in teaching
Lectures
Method of verifying learning outcomes and course completion requirements
exam, written test
Language of instruction
English
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