Abstract:
This authoritative resource from the authors of pharmacology's most trusted textbook delivers a clear, concise review of fundamental concepts backed by more than 1,000 review questions and answers. With fully up-to-date content, the chapter-based approach facilitates use with course notes or larger texts.-- Amazon.
Description:
viii, 608 pages: illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm. || Includes bibliographical references and index. || CONTENTS: Unit I: Basic Principles -- General Principles -- Drug Receptors & Pharmacodynamics -- Pharmacokinetics -- Unit II: Autonomic Drugs -- Cholinergic Agonists & Cholinesterase Inhibitors -- Cholinergic Antagonists -- Adrenergic Agonists & Antagonists -- Unit III: Cardiovascular- Renal Drugs -- Antihypertensive Agents -- Drugs for Heart Failure -- Antiarrhythmic Drugs -- Drugs for Angina Pectoris & Myocardial Infarction -- Diuretic Agents -- Unit IV: Drugs with Important Actions on Smooth Muscle -- Histamine, Serotonin, & the Ergot Alkaloids -- Vasoactive Peptides -- Bronchodilators & Other Asthma Drugs -- Unit V: Drugs Acting in the Central Nervous System -- Sedative-Hypnotic Drugs -- Antiseizure Drugs -- General Anesthetics -- Opioid Analgesics & Antagonists -- Drugs of Abuse -- Unit VI: Drugs Used to Treat Inflammatory Processes & Gout -- Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs), Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs (DMARDs), Nonopioid Analgesics -- Unit VII: Endocrine Drugs -- Agents That Affect Bone Mineral Homeostasis -- Drugs Used in Diabetes Mellitus -- Thyroid & Antithyroid Drugs -- Sex Hormones & Related Agents -- Unit VIII: Chemotherapeutic Drugs -- Antibacterial Agents -- Antiviral Agents -- Antifungal Agents -- $$tAntiprotozoal Agents -- Antineoplastic Agents -- Unit IX: Special Topics Toxicology -- Vitamins & Minerals.