Principles of pharmacology : a tropical approach /
Okpako, David T.
Principles of pharmacology : a tropical approach / D.T. Okpako. - Second edition. - xvi, 574 pages. : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface -- Part I. General Background to Drug Usage in the Tropics: 1. Traditional medicine -- 2. The problems of availability and quality of modern drugs in the tropics -- Part II. Fundamental Pharmacodynamic Principles: 3. Measurement of drug response -- 4. Receptors and drug response -- Part III. Fundamental Principles in Drug Disposition: 5. Drug administration and factors affecting drug metabolism -- 6. Pharmacokinetic principles -- Part IV. Factors Affecting Drug Metabolism: 7. The influence of malnutrition and food-derived intoxicants -- 8. Genetic factors affecting drug action -- Part V. Selective Toxicity: 9. Antimicrobial drugs -- 10. Antiprotozoal drugs -- 11. Anthelmintics -- 12. Anticancer and antiviral drugs -- 13. Drug resistance -- 14. Strategies for the development of new drugs -- Part VI. Systematic Pharmacology: 15. Drug targets in the nervous system -- 16. Noradrenergic mechanisms -- 17. Cholinergic mechanisms -- 18. Anaesthesia -- 19. Pain and inflammation -- 20. Drugs acting on the central nervous system -- 21. Cardiovascular and renal systems -- 22. Haemopoietic system -- 23. Endocrine system -- 24. Local hormones (autocoids) -- Index.
0521340950 0521349036 9780521349031
Pharmacology.
Drug Therapy.
Pharmacology.
Tropical Medicine.
615.1 / O.D.P
Principles of pharmacology : a tropical approach / D.T. Okpako. - Second edition. - xvi, 574 pages. : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface -- Part I. General Background to Drug Usage in the Tropics: 1. Traditional medicine -- 2. The problems of availability and quality of modern drugs in the tropics -- Part II. Fundamental Pharmacodynamic Principles: 3. Measurement of drug response -- 4. Receptors and drug response -- Part III. Fundamental Principles in Drug Disposition: 5. Drug administration and factors affecting drug metabolism -- 6. Pharmacokinetic principles -- Part IV. Factors Affecting Drug Metabolism: 7. The influence of malnutrition and food-derived intoxicants -- 8. Genetic factors affecting drug action -- Part V. Selective Toxicity: 9. Antimicrobial drugs -- 10. Antiprotozoal drugs -- 11. Anthelmintics -- 12. Anticancer and antiviral drugs -- 13. Drug resistance -- 14. Strategies for the development of new drugs -- Part VI. Systematic Pharmacology: 15. Drug targets in the nervous system -- 16. Noradrenergic mechanisms -- 17. Cholinergic mechanisms -- 18. Anaesthesia -- 19. Pain and inflammation -- 20. Drugs acting on the central nervous system -- 21. Cardiovascular and renal systems -- 22. Haemopoietic system -- 23. Endocrine system -- 24. Local hormones (autocoids) -- Index.
0521340950 0521349036 9780521349031
Pharmacology.
Drug Therapy.
Pharmacology.
Tropical Medicine.
615.1 / O.D.P