Basic and clinical pharmacology / Bertram G. Katzung.
By: Katzung, Bertram G
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BookPublisher: New York ; London : Lange Medical Books ; McGraw-Hill, 2001Edition: 8th ed.Description: xii, 1217 p. ; 26 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0071179682 ; 0838505988 .Subject(s): Drugs | Chemotherapy | PharmacologyDDC classification: 615.1 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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This best selling book delivers the most current, complete, and authoritative pharmacology information to students and practitioners. All sections are updated with new drug information and references. New Many new figures and diagrams, along with boxes of highlighted material explaining the "how and why" behind the facts.
Previous ed.: 1998.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Section I Basic principles -- Section II Autonomic drugs -- Section III Cardiovascular-renal drugs -- Section IV Drugs with important actions on smooth muscle -- Section V Drugs that act in the central nervous system -- Section VI Drugs used to treat diseases of the blood, inflammation and gout -- Section VII Endocrine drugs -- Section VIII Chemotherapeutic drugs -- Section IX Toxicology -- Section X Special topics.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Basic & Clinical Pharmacology
- I Basic Principles
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Drug Receptors & Pharmacodynamics
- 3 Pharmacokinetics & Pharmacodynamics: Rational Dosing & the Tiem Course of Drug Action
- 4 Drug Biotransformation
- 5 Basic & Clinical Evaluation of New Drugs
- II Autonomic Drugs
- 6 Introduction to Autonomic Pharmacology
- 7 Cholinoceptor-Activating & Cholinesterase-Inhibiting Drugs
- 8 Cholinoceptor-Blocking Drugs
- 9 Adrenoceptor-Activating & Other Sympathomimetic Drugs
- 10 Adrenoceptor Antagonist Drugs
- III Cardiovascular-Renal Drugs
- 11 Antihypertensive Agents
- 12 Vasodilators & the Treatment of Angina Pectoris
- 13 Drugs Used in Heart Failure
- 14 Agents Used in Cardiac Arrhythmias
- 15 Diuretic Agents
- IV Drugs with Important Actions on Smooth Muscle
- 16 Histamine, Serotonin, & the Ergot Alkaloids
- 17 Vasoactive Peptides
- 18 The Eicosanoids: Prostaglandins, Thromboxanes, Leukotrienes, & Related Compounds
- 19 Nitric Oxide, Donors, & Inhibitors
- 20 Drugs Used in Asthma
- V Drugs that Act in the Central Nervous System
- 21 Introduction to the Pharmacology of CNS Drugs
- 22 Sedative-Hypnotic Drugs
- 23 The Alcohols
- 24 Antiseizure Drugs
- 25 General Anesthetics
- 26 Local Anesthetics
- 27 Skeletal Muscle Relaxants
- 28 Pharmacologic Management of Parkinsonism & Other Movement Disorders
- 29 Antipsychotic Agents & Lithium
- 30 Antidepressant Agents
- 31 Opioid Analgesics & Antagonists
- 32 Drugs of Abuse
- VI Drugs Used to Treat Diseases of the Blood, Inflammation, & Gout
- 33 Agents Used in Anemias; Hematopoietic Growth Factors
- 34 Drugs Used in Disorders of Coagulation
- 35 Agents Used in Hyperlipidemia
- 36 Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs, Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs, Nonopioid Analgesics, & Drugs Used in Gout
- VII Endocrine Drugs
- 37 Hypothalamic & Pituitary Hormones
- 38 Thyroid & Antithyroid Drugs
- 39 Adrenocorticosteroids & Adrenocortical Antagonists
- 40 The Gonadal Hormones & Inhibitors
- 41 Pancreatic Hormones & Antidiabetic Drugs
- 42 Agents That Affect Bone Mineral Homeostasis
- VIII Chemotherapeutic Drugs
- 43 Beta-Lactam Antibodies & Other Inhibitors of Cell Wall Synthesis
- 44 Chloramphenicol
- Tetracyclines, Macrolides, Clindamycin, & Streptogramins
- 45 Aminoglycosides & Spectinomycin
- 46 Sulfonamides, Trimethoprim, & Quinolones
- 47 Antimycobacterial Drugs
- 48 Antifungal Drugs
- 49 Antiviral Agents
- 50 Miscellaneous Antimicrobial Drugs: Disinfectants, Antiseptics, & Sterilants
- 51 Clinical Use of Antimicrobial Agents
- 52 Basic Principles of Antiparasitic Chemotherapy
- 53 Antiprotozoal Drugs
- 54 Clinical Pharmacology of the Anthelmintic Drugs
- 55 Cancer Chemotherapy
- 56 Immunopharmacology
- IX Toxicology
- 57 Introduction to Toxicology: Occupational & Environmental
- 58 Heavy Metal Intoxication & Chelators
- 59 Management of the Poisoned Patient
- X Special Topics
- 60 Special Aspects of Perinatal & Pediatric Pharmacology
- 61 Special Aspects of Geriatric Pharmacology
- 62 Dermatologic Pharmacology
- 63 Drugs Used in Gastrointestinal Diseases
- 64 Therapeutic & Toxic Potential of Over-the-Counter Agents, Botanicals, and Nutritional Supplements
- Appendix I Vaccines, Immune Globulins, & Other Complex
- Biologic Products