Become a conscientious prescriber!

Using an integrated approach, this singular text focuses on patient first, helping you consider each patient as a unique individual with specific health concerns and characteristics that affect therapeutic decision making and drug efficacy.

Organized by disease state, this book will introduce you to general drug classifications and the medicinal agents most likely to be encountered in primary care settings. It encompasses the pharmacological principals, dosing, patient education, pharmacodynamics, and therapeutic parameters and indications for commonly prescribed drugs.

Unit 1. Conscientious Prescribing in the 21st Century
1. Conscientious and Rational Prescribing in the 21st Century
2. An Introduction to Pharamcodynamics and Pharamcokinetics
3. Communicating With Patients about Medications: A Patient-Centered Approach

Unit 2. A Body Systems Approach to Conscientious Prescribing
4. Drugs Used in the Treatment of Bone and Joint Disorders
5. Drugs Used in the Treatment of Eye and Ear Disorders
6. Drugs Used in the Treatment of Cardiovascular Disorders
7. Drugs Used to Regulate Blood Pressure
8. Drugs Used in the Treatment of Hyperlipidemias
9. Drugs Used in the Treatment of Blood Disorders
10. Drugs Used in the Treatment of Pulmonary Diseases and Disorders
11. Drugs Used in the Treatment of Common Disorders of the Gastrointestinal System
12. Drugs Used to Treat Endocrine Gland Disorders
13. Drugs Used in the Treatment of Diabetes Mellitus
14. Drugs Used to Treat Common Neurological Conditions
15. Practical Pharmacotherapy of Drugs Used to Treat Psychiatric Disorders
16. Drugs Used in the Treatment of Skin Disorders
17. Modern Approaches to Managing Bacterial Infections
18. Drugs Used in the Treatment of Nonbacterial Infections

Unit 3. Conscientious Prescribing for Special Populations
19. Drugs Used in the Treatment of Neoplasms
20. Drugs Used to Affect Women’s Health
21. Drugs Used to Affect Men’s Health
22. Prescribing for the Geriatric Patient
23. Prescribing for the Pediatric Patient
24. Drugs Used to Manage Pain
25. The Integrative Medicine Pharmacopoeia: Herbals, Vitamins, and Dietary Supplements
26. Agents Used to Manipulate the Immune Response

Appendix: Answers and Rationales for Learning Exercises
Index

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