Description
Book SynopsisProvides a brief account of drug action, as a study or revision aid. The authors have taken a therapeutic area and considered the major classes of drugs, their actions and, to a limited degree, their uses.
Trade Review"This book is intended to enhance material covered in traditional pharmacology textbooks...Visuals, algorithms, diagrams, and key points interspersed throughout the book help reinforce and summarize the material. Readers will be able to assess their understanding of the material through self-assessment questions at the conclusion of each chapter...Undergraduate pharmacy students, as well as other healthcare students, will find this a useful guide to help prepare for examinations." Neela A. Bhajandas, PharmD, Doody's Notes, May 2013. -- Neela A. Bhajandas * Doody's Notes *
"The book provides good basic knowledge of pharmacology and is well organized, with sections on principles, followed by sections on the drugs used to treat different therapeutic areas...Overall the authors have generally obtained a good balance of core information that is accessible, without it being a textbook in disguise!...Whilst this book is aimed primarily at Pharmacists, I am sure it would also be of value as a revision aid for Medical students...my own daughter who is a 4th year Medical student said she would buy it, an endorsement indeed!" Professor Clive Page, British Journal of Pharmacology, June 2012 -- Professor Clive Page * British Journal of Pharmacology *
Table of Contents1. Pharmacodynamics 2. Receptors 3. G-proteins and Their Downstream Signaling Cascades 4. Ion Channels and Transporters 5. Quantitive Pharmacology 6. Autonomic Pharmacology 7. Local Mediators 8. Pharmacokinetics and Drug Metabolism 9. Gastric Pharmacology 10. Lower Gastrointestinal Pharmacology 11. Antiemetics 12. Antiarrhythmics 13. Cardiovascular Drugs 14. Renal and Urinary Pharmacology 15. Antithrombotic Agents 16. Antiobesity Drugs 17. Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 18. Allergy 19. Anxiolytics and Hypnotics 20. Antidepressants 21. Antiepileptic Drugs 22. Antipsychotic Drugs 23. Parkinson's Disease 24. Analgesics 25. Drugs of Abuse 26. General Anaesthetics 27. Neuromuscular Blocking Drugs 28. Thyroid Disorders 29. Diabetes Mellitus 30. Antibacterial Agents 31. Non-bacterial Infections 32. Anticancer Drugs 33. Steroids 34. Oral Contraceptives 35. Immunopharmacology 36. Biopharmaceuticals 37. Variation in Clinical Efficacy
