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Basic and Clinical Pharmacology

by: Katzung, Bertram G.; Katzung, Bertram G.

Basic and Clinical Pharmacology

by: Katzung, Bertram G.; Katzung, Bertram G.

ISBN 13:
9780838505984
ISBN 10:
0838505988
Edition: 8th
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 10/01/2000
Publisher: MCG
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This best selling book delivers the most current, complete, and authoritative pharmacology information to students and practitioners. All sections are updated with new drug information and references. New! Many new figures and diagrams, along with boxes of highlighted material explaining the "how and why" behind the facts.

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Basic and Clinical Pharmacology

Basic and Clinical Pharmacology

9780838505984

0838505988

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Table of Contents

1. Introduction

2. Drug Receptors & Pharmacodynamics

3. Pharmacokinetics & Pharmacodynamics: Rational Dosing & the Time Course of Drug Action

4. Drug Biotransformation

5. Basic & Clinical Evaluation of New Drugs

II. AUTONOMIC DRUGS

6. Introduction to Autonomic Pharmacology

7. Cholinoceptor-Activating & Cholinesterase-Inhibiting Drugs

8. Cholinoceptor-Blocking Drugs

9. Adrenoceptor-Activating & Other Sympathomimetic Drugs

10. Adrenoceptor Antagonist Drugs

III. CARDIOVASCULAR-RENAL DRUGS

11. Antihypertensive Agents

12. Vasodilators & the Treatment of Angina Pectoris

13. Cardiac Glycosides & Other Drugs Used in Congestive

Heart Failure

14. Agents Used in Cardiac Arrhythmias

15. Diuretic Agents

IV. DRUGS WITH IMPORTANT ACTIONS ON SMOOTH MUSCLE

16. Histamine, Serotonin, & the Ergot Alkaloids

17. Vasoactive Peptides

18. The Eicosanoids: Prostaglandins, Thromboxanes, Leukotrienes, & Related Compounds

19. Nitric Oxide, Donors, & Inhibitors

20. Drugs Used in Asthma

V. DRUGS THAT ACT IN THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM

21. Introduction to the Pharmacology of CNS Drugs

22. Sedative-Hypnotics Drugs

23. The Alcohols

24. Antiepilepsy Drugs

25. General Anesthetics

26. Local Anesthetics

27. Skeletal Muscle Relaxants

28. Pharmacologic Management of Parkinsonism & Other Movement Disorders

29. Antipsychotic Agents & Lithium

30. Antidepressant Agents

31. Opioid Analgesics & Antagonists

32. Drugs of Abuse

VI. DRUGS USED TO TREAT DISEASES OF THE BLOOD, INFLAMMATION, & GOUT

33. Agents Used in Anemias; Hematopoietic Growth Factors

34. Drugs Used in Disorders of Coagulation

35. Agents Used in Hyperlipidemia

36. Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs, Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs, Nonopioid Analgesics, & Drugs

Used in Gout

VII. ENDOCRINE DRUGS

37. Hypothalamic & Pituitary Hormones

38. Thyroid & Antithyroid Drugs

39. Adrenocorticosteroids & Adrenocortical Antagonists

40. The Gonadal Hormones & Inhibitors

41. Pancreatic Hormones & Antidiabetic Drugs

42. Agents That Affect Bone Mineral Homeostasis

VIII. CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC DRUGS

Introduction to Antimicrobial Agents

43. Beta-Lactam Antibiotics & Other Inhibitors of Cell Wall

Synthesis

44. Chloramphenicol, Tetracyclines, Macrolides, Clindamycin, & Streptogramins

45. Aminoglycosides & Spectinomycin

46. Sulfonamides, Trimethoprim, & Quinolones

47. Antimycobacterial Drugs

48. Antifungal Agents

49. Antiviral Agents

50. Miscellaneous Antimicrobial Agents; Disinfectants, Antiseptics, & Sterilants

51. Clinical Use of Antimicrobial Agents

52. Basic Principles of Antiparasitic Chemotherapy

53. Antiprotozoal Drugs

54. Clinical Pharmacology of the Anthelmintic Drugs

55. Cancer Chemotherapy

56. Immunopharmacology

IX. TOXICOLOGY

57. Introduction to Toxicology: Occupational & Environmental

58. Heavy Metal Intoxication & Chelators

59. Management of the Poisoned Patient

X. SPECIAL TOPICS

60. Special Aspects of Perinatal & Pediatric Pharmacology