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Clinical pharmacology / Peter N. Bennett , Morris J. Brown.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Edinburgh ; New York : Churchill Livingstone, c2008Edition: tenth EditionDescription: x, 694 pages. : Illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780443102448
  • 9870443102455
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 615.1 22 B.P.C.
Online resources:
Contents:
Section 1 General. Topics in drug therapy and clinical pharmacology. Clinical pharmacology. Discovery and development of drugs. Evaluation of drugs in man. Official regulation of medicines. Classification of drugs: names of drugs. Section 2 From Pharmacology to Toxicology. General pharmacology. Unwanted effects of drugs: adverse reactions. Poisoning, drug overdose, antidotes. Non-medical use of drugs. Section 3 Inflammation, Immunology, Infection. Chemotherapy. Antibacterial drugs. Chemotherapy of bacterial infections. Chemotherapy of viral, fungal, protozoal and helminthis infections. Inflammation, arthritis and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). Drugs and the skin. Section 4 Nervous System. Pain and analgesics, drugs in palliative care, narcotic analgesics. Sleep and hypnotics, anxiety and anxiolytics. Drugs and mental disorder, psychotropics and psychoactive drugs. Epilepsy, parkinsonism and allied conditions. Anaesthesia and neuromuscular block. Section 5 Cardiorespiratory and Renal Systems. Cholinergic (Cholomimetic) and antimuscarinic (anticholinergic) drugs. Adrenergic mechanisms, sympathomimetics, shock, hypotention. Drugs used in arterial hypertension and angina. Cardiac dysrhythmia and cardiac failure. Hyperlipidaemias. Kidney and urinary tracts. Respiratory system. Section 6 Blood and Neoplastic Disease. Drugs and haemostasis. Cellular disorders and anaemias. Neoplastic disease and immunosuppression. Section 7 Gastrointestinal System. Stomach and oesophagus. Intestines. Liver, biliary tract and pancreas. Section 8 Endocrine System, Metabolic Conditions. Adrenal corticosteroids, antagonists, corticotrophin. Diabetes mellitus, insulin, oral antidiabetic agents. Thyroid hormones, antithyroid drugs. Hypothalmic and pituitary hormones sex hormones, contraception, uterus. Vitamins, calcium bone
Summary: This book is about the rational scientific basis and practice of drug therapy. Doctors need to understand the psychological and medical area in which they prescribe to deliver what patients have a right to expect, i.e. maximum benefit with minimum risk
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Section 1 General. Topics in drug therapy and clinical pharmacology. Clinical pharmacology. Discovery and development of drugs. Evaluation of drugs in man. Official regulation of medicines. Classification of drugs: names of drugs. Section 2 From Pharmacology to Toxicology. General pharmacology. Unwanted effects of drugs: adverse reactions. Poisoning, drug overdose, antidotes. Non-medical use of drugs. Section 3 Inflammation, Immunology, Infection. Chemotherapy. Antibacterial drugs. Chemotherapy of bacterial infections. Chemotherapy of viral, fungal, protozoal and helminthis infections. Inflammation, arthritis and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). Drugs and the skin. Section 4 Nervous System. Pain and analgesics, drugs in palliative care, narcotic analgesics. Sleep and hypnotics, anxiety and anxiolytics. Drugs and mental disorder, psychotropics and psychoactive drugs. Epilepsy, parkinsonism and allied conditions. Anaesthesia and neuromuscular block. Section 5 Cardiorespiratory and Renal Systems. Cholinergic (Cholomimetic) and antimuscarinic (anticholinergic) drugs. Adrenergic mechanisms, sympathomimetics, shock, hypotention. Drugs used in arterial hypertension and angina. Cardiac dysrhythmia and cardiac failure. Hyperlipidaemias. Kidney and urinary tracts. Respiratory system. Section 6 Blood and Neoplastic Disease. Drugs and haemostasis. Cellular disorders and anaemias. Neoplastic disease and immunosuppression. Section 7 Gastrointestinal System. Stomach and oesophagus. Intestines. Liver, biliary tract and pancreas. Section 8 Endocrine System, Metabolic Conditions. Adrenal corticosteroids, antagonists, corticotrophin. Diabetes mellitus, insulin, oral antidiabetic agents. Thyroid hormones, antithyroid drugs. Hypothalmic and pituitary hormones sex hormones, contraception, uterus. Vitamins, calcium bone

This book is about the rational scientific basis and practice of drug therapy. Doctors need to understand the psychological and medical area in which they prescribe to deliver what patients have a right to expect, i.e. maximum benefit with minimum risk

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