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Advanced Pharmacology Workshop
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Date
Saturday 22nd to Sunday 23rd November 2003
Venue
All day sessions at the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine
57-83 Kavanagh St, Southbank 3006
Moderator: Professor Olaf H. Drummer
Secretary, Toxicology Specialist Advisory Group (SAG) for Australasian forensic toxicology laboratories
Main Lecturer: Dr Lionel Raymon
University of Miami, Department of Pathology, Florida, USA
Saturday 22nd November
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| 09:00-10:30 | Advanced Pharmacokinetics
Includes concepts of bioavailability, first pass metabolism, hepatic and renal clearance, bi-phasic elimination rates, half-life
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| 10:30-11:00 | MORNING TEA
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| 11:00-11:30 | Advanced pharmacokinetics continued
Including metabolic pathways, particularly P450 metabolism (types, inhibitors and inducers, genetic variation) |
| 11:30-12:30 | Pharmacodynamics
Includes concepts of receptors, LDR curves, affinity, efficacy, potency, agonists, antagonists, partial agonists and signal transduction
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| 12:30-13:15 | LUNCH
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| 13:15-14:00 | Pharmacodynamics continued |
| 14:00-15:00 | Autonomic nervous system
Includes control of vegetative functions and cardiovascular activity
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| 15:00-15:20 | AFTERNOON TEA
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| 15:20-17:00 | Autonomic nervous system (ANS) continued
Includes examples of drugs of interest in forensic toxicology
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Sunday 23rd November
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| 09:00-10:30 | Central Nervous System (CNS)
Includes role of CNS in physiological control mechanisms. Pharmacology of GABA, dopamine, serotonin neuronal systems with examples of drugs of interest in forensic toxicology
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| 10:30-10:50 | MORNING TEA
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| 10:50-12:30 | Central Nervous System (CNS) continued
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| 12:30-13:15 | LUNCH
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| 13:15-14:45 | Behavioural toxicology of drugs of abuse - Olaf H. Drummer
Focus on alcohol, amphetamines, cannabis, cocaine, opioids, and serotonin syndrome
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| 14:45-15:15 | AFTERNOON TEA
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| 15:15-17:00 | Case Studies illustrating concepts raised during workshop
Dr Lionel Raymon and Professor Olaf H. Drummer |
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