Basic Concepts in Pharmacology : What You Need to Know for Each Drug Class / Janet L. Stringer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Stringer, Janet L., editor.

McGraw-Hill Companies.

Series:

McGraw-Hill's AccessMedicine

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pharmacological Phenomena.

Pharmaceutical Preparations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations, figs., tables.

Edition:

Sixth edition.

Other Title:

Basic Concepts in Pharmacology: What You Need to Know for Each Drug Class, Sixth edition

AccessMedicine.

Place of Publication:

New York, N.Y. : McGraw-Hill Education LLC., [2022]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Basic Concepts in Pharmacology: What You Need to Know for Each Drug Class is not a conventional review book for pharmacology. It is a book to help you organize your attack on the hundreds of drugs covered in pharmacology classes today.

Contents:

Chapter 1: Where to Start

Part I: General Principles

Chapter 2: Receptor Theory

Chapter 3: Absorption, Distribution, and Clearance

Chapter 4: Pharmacokinetics

Chapter 5: Drug Metabolism and Renal Elimination

Part II: Drugs that Affect the Autonomic Nervous System

Chapter 6: Review of the Autonomic Nervous System

Chapter 7: Cholinergic Agonists

Chapter 8: Cholinergic Antagonists

Chapter 9: Adrenergic Agonists

Chapter 10: Adrenergic Antagonists

Part III: Drugs that Affect the Cardiovascular System

Chapter 11: Diuretics

Chapter 12: RAS (ACE Inhibitors and ARBs) and CCB (Calcium Channel Blockers)

Chapter 13: Antihypertensive Drugs

Chapter 14: Drugs Used in Ischemic Heart Disease and Congestive Heart Failure

Chapter 15: Antiarrhythmic Drugs

Chapter 16: Drugs That Affect Blood

Chapter 17: Lipid-Lowering Drugs

Part IV: Drugs that Act on the Central Nervous System

Chapter 18: Drugs Used in Dementia

Chapter 19: Anxiolytic and Hypnotic Drugs

Chapter 20: Drugs Used in Mood Disorders

Chapter 21: Drugs Used in Thought Disorders

Chapter 22: Drugs for Movement Disorders

Chapter 23: Drugs for Seizure Disorders

Chapter 24: Narcotics (Opiates)

Chapter 25: General Anesthetics

Chapter 26: Local Anesthetics

Part V: Chemotherapeutic Agents

Chapter 27: Introduction to Chemotherapy

Chapter 28: Inhibitors of Cell Wall Synthesis

Chapter 29: Protein Synthesis Inhibitors

Chapter 30: Folate Antagonists

Chapter 31: Quinolones and Urinary Tract Antiseptics

Chapter 32: Drugs Used in Tuberculosis and Leprosy

Chapter 33: Antifungal Drugs

Chapter 34: Anthelmintic Drugs

Chapter 35: Antiviral Drugs

Chapter 36: Antiprotozoal Drugs

Chapter 37: Anticancer Drugs

Part VI: Drugs that Affect the Endocrine System

Chapter 38: Adrenocortical Hormones

Chapter 39: Sex Steroids

Chapter 40: Thyroid and Parathyroid Drugs

Chapter 41: Insulin, Glucagon, and Oral Hypoglycemic Drugs

Part VII: Miscellaneous Drugs

Chapter 42: Histamine and Antihistamines

Chapter 43: Respiratory Drugs

Chapter 44: Drugs That Affect the GI Tract

Chapter 45: Nonnarcotic Analgesics and Anti-Inflammatory Drugs

Chapter 46: Immunosuppressives

Chapter 47: Drugs Used in Osteoporosis

Chapter 48: Toxicology and Poisoning.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on cover image and table of contents, viewed on January 03, 2022.

Other Format:

Online version: Basic Concepts in Pharmacology: What You Need to Know for Each Drug Class.

ISBN:

9781264264841

1264264844

9781264264858

1264264852

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