Pharmacology Condensed - Maureen M. Dale, Dennis G. Haylett

Pharmacology Condensed

With STUDENT CONSULT Online Access
Buch | Softcover
136 Seiten
2008 | 2nd Revised edition
Churchill Livingstone (Verlag)
978-0-443-06773-0 (ISBN)
33,65 inkl. MwSt
zur Neuauflage
  • Titel erscheint in neuer Auflage
  • Artikel merken
Zu diesem Artikel existiert eine Nachauflage
Presents facts and concepts in pharmacology. This book shows how drugs work and their underlying pathophysiological processes.
Pharmacology Condensed, 2nd Edition is a companion volume to Rang et al's Pharmacology, sets out to provide the reader with the quintessence of pharmacology, delineating, in text and summary diagrams, the key points of the information which will be needed later in professional life. It will help reinforce the facts and concepts in pharmacology that are essential in appreciating how drugs work and their underlying pathophysiological processes. Each of the 49 short chapters adopts a standard approach and the book includes many illustrations specially designed to summarise textual material. Within each chapter, several drugs may be mentioned but only the most important drugs from each group are set out in bold type. Readers using this book will gain a fuller understanding of the essential aspects of pharmacology. It will also be of considerable help in preparing for examinations. This book is best used with Rang Pharmacology but can also be used in conjunction with another pharmacology textbook.

1General Principles of drug action

2Molecular aspects of drug action

3Excitable tissues and secretory mechanisms

4Cell proliferation and apoptosis

5Measurement of drug action

6Absorption and distribution of drugs

7Drug metabolism and excretion

8Pharmacokinetic aspects of drug action

9The autonomic nervous system

10Cholinergic transmission

11Noradrenergic transmission

12Other peripheral mediators: 5-hydroxytryptamine and purines

13Other peripheral mediators: peptides and proteins

14Other peripheral mediators: nitric oxide

15Cannabinoids

16Inflammation & anti-inflammatory drugs

17Immune responses and immunosuppressant drugs

18Cardiac rhythm and dysrhythmias

19Blood pressure and hypertension

20Cardiac blood flow, angina and myocardial infarction

21Cardiac output and cardiac failure

22Atheromatous disease and lipoprotein metabolism

23Haemostasis and thrombosis

24The haemopoietic system

25Respiration, asthma and COPD

26The kidney

27The gastrointestinal tract

28Blood sugar and diabetes

29The anterior pituitary and the adrenal cortex

30The thyroid

31Bone metabolism

32The reproductive system

33Outline of transmission and drug action in the CNS

34Aminoacid transmitters in the CNS

35Other CNS transmitters

36Neurodegenerative disorders

37General anaesthetics

38Anxiolytic and hypnotic drugs

39Antipsychotic drugs

40Drugs used in affective disorders

41Antiepileptic drugs

42Analgesic drugs and the control of pain

43CNS stimulants and psychotomimetics

44Local anaesthetics

45Drug dependence and drug abuse

46Cancer biology and chemotherapy

47Antibacterial agents

48Antiviral drugs

49Antiprotozoal drugs

50Antifungal and anthelminthic drugs

Appendix 1: The Schild plot and pA2

Appendix 2: The postulated action of NSAIDs on the enzymes Cyclooxygenase-1 and Cyclooxygenasox-2

Appendix 3: The pathogenesis of rheumatoid joint damage and the action of anti-rheumatoid drugs

Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag 21.12.2008
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 280 x 216 mm
Themenwelt Medizin / Pharmazie Medizinische Fachgebiete Pharmakologie / Pharmakotherapie
Medizin / Pharmazie Pharmazie
ISBN-10 0-443-06773-2 / 0443067732
ISBN-13 978-0-443-06773-0 / 9780443067730
Zustand Neuware
Haben Sie eine Frage zum Produkt?
Mehr entdecken
aus dem Bereich