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How drugs work : basic pharmacology for healthcare professionals / Hugh McGavock.
LIBRA RM138 .M357 2003
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McGavock, Hugh.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Drugs--Prescribing.
- Drugs.
- Pharmacology.
- Drug Therapy.
- Pharmaceutical Preparations--administration & dosage.
- Medical Subjects:
- Pharmacology.
- Drug Therapy.
- Pharmaceutical Preparations--administration & dosage.
- Physical Description:
- 108 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon, U.K. : Radcliffe Medical Press, [2003]
- Summary:
- Quality prescribing is an applied science, matching the pharmacology to the diagnosis. Powerful modern drugs require scientific understanding if their benefits are to be realised and their many risks minimised. This book describes how drugs work. It equips readers with a set of clear concepts on which to base their prescribing decisions. Unlike typical long textbooks on the subject, this book condenses only those aspects of pharmacology of direct relevance to everyday prescribing into a concise, accessible volume. It satisfies the need for an appropriate understanding of pharmacology by those who have prescribing responsibilities such as nurse prescribers; general practitioners, pharmacists and dentists in mid-career who may wish to update their knowledge; and pharmaceutical industry representatives. Medical students, too, will benefit from this book as an introduction.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Getting a drug into the body: absorption 1
- Chapter 2 Getting a drug to its site of action: distribution 9
- Chapter 3 Inactivating drugs: phase 1 drug metabolism 15
- Chapter 4 Phase 2 drug metabolism and methods of excretion 23
- Chapter 5 Receptor function and intercellular signalling 31
- Chapter 6 The central role of receptors in drug action 39
- Chapter 7 Drugs that block enzymes: understanding NSAID therapy in inflammation 45
- Chapter 8 The principal targets for drug action 53
- Chapter 9 Calcium ion for the prescriber 61
- Chapter 10 The scientific basis of prescribing for the elderly 67
- Chapter 11 Antibacterial action and bacterial resistance 73
- Chapter 12 How to prevent adverse drug interactions
- ADIs 83
- Chapter 13 How to predict and avoid adverse drug reactions to single drugs
- ADRs 91
- Chapter 14 Getting new drugs to market: licensing medicines for human use 97.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 185775932X
- OCLC:
- 51438682
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