Medical pharmacology at a glance
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Chichester, UK ; Hoboken, New Jersey :
Wiley-Blackwell ,
c2009
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| Edition: | 6th ed |
| Series: | At a glance series
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| Online Access: | Table of contents only Contributor biographical information |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction: principles of drug action
- 2. Drug-receptor interactions
- 3. Drug absorption, distribution and excretion
- 4. Drug metabolism
- 5. Local anaesthetics
- 6. Drugs acting at the neuromuscular junction
- 7. Autonomic nervous system
- 8. Autonomic drugs acting at cholinergic synapses
- 9. Drugs acting on the sympathetic system
- 10. Ocular pharmacology
- 11. Asthma, hay fever and anaphylaxis
- 12. Drugs acting on the gastrointestinal tract I: Peptic ulcer
- 13. Drugs acting on the gastrointestinal tract II: Motility and secretions
- 14. Drugs acting on the kidney?diuretics
- 15. Drugs used in hypertension
- 16. Drugs used in angina
- 17. Antiarrhythmic drugs
- 18. Drugs used in heart failure
- 19. Drugs used to affect blood coagulation
- 20. Lipid-lowering drugs
- 21. Agents used in anaemias
- 22. Central transmitter substances
- 23. General anaesthetics
- 24. Anxiolytics and hypnotics
- 25. Antiepileptic drugs
- 26. Drugs used in Parkinson's disease
- 27. Antipsychotic drugs (neuroleptics)
- 28. Drugs used in affective disorders?antidepressants
- 29. Opioid analgesics
- 30. Drugs used in nausea and vertigo (antiemetics)
- 31. Drug misuse and dependence
- 32. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs)
- 33. Corticosteroids 34. Sex hormones and drugs
- 35. Thyroid and antithyroid drugs
- 36. Antidiabetic agents
- 37. Antibacterial drugs that inhibit nucleic acid synthesis: sulphonamides, trimethoprim, quinolones and nitroimidazoles
- 38. Antibacterial drugs that inhibit cell wall synthesis: penicillins, cephalosporins and vancomycin
- 39. Antibacterial drugs that inhibit protein synthesis: aminoglycosides, tetracyclines, macrolides and chloramphenicol
- 40. Antifungal drugs
- 41. Antiviral drugs
- 42. Drugs acting on parasites I: Helminths (worms)
- 43. Drugs acting on parasites II: Protozoa
- 44. Drugs used in cancer 45. Poisoning
- 46. Adverse drug reactions