Levine's pharmacology : drug actions and reactions

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Walsh, Carol T. (Author), Schwartz-Bloom, Rochelle D. (Author)
Format: Book
Published: London,UK : Informa Healthcare , c2010
Edition:7th ed.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 1. The heritage of pharmacology
  • 2. The scope of pharmacology
  • 3. How drugs act on the living organism
  • 4. How drugs reach their site of action : General principles of passage of drugs across biologic barriers
  • 5. How drugs reach their site of action : Absorption
  • 6. How drugs reach their site of action : Distribution
  • 7. How the actions of drugs are terminated : Excretion
  • 8. How the actions of drugs are terminated : Biotransformation
  • 9. General principles of the quantitative aspects of drug action : Dose-response relationships
  • 10. General principles of the quantitative aspects of drug action : Time-response relationships
  • 11. Factors modifying the effects of drugs in individuals : Variability in response attributable to the biologic system
  • 12. Factors modifying the effects of drugs in individuals : Variability in response attributable to the conditions of administration
  • 13. Drug toxicity
  • 14. How drugs alter physiologic function
  • 15. The pharmacologic aspects of drug abuse
  • 16. The development and evaluation of new drugs