Sixth Edition
by Charles R. Craig
Modern Pharmacology with Clinical Applications provides an up-to-date and comprehensive textbook on pharmacology.
Features:
- Chapters open with a brief section on phsiology followed by a detailed listing of the various drugs used to treat specific conditions.
- Each chapter includes five to seven examination questions with detailed answers to help students test their knowledge of the covered material.
- Appearing at the end of each chapter, case studies present students with real-life examples of clinical scenarios and require them to apply their knowledge to solve the problem.
- This edition focuses more on drug classes rather than individual drugs, eliminating unnecessary detail such as chemical structures, while maintaining emphasis on structure-activity relationships in drug action and development.
- This edition also includes new information from the clinic and the laboratory.
Contents
Part I: General Principles of Pharmacology
- Progress in Therapeutics
- Mechanisms of Drug Action
- Drug Absorption and Distribution
- Metabolism and Excretion of Drugs
- Pharmacokinetics
- Drug Metabolism and Disposition in Pediatric and Gerontological Stages of Life
- Principles of Toxicology
- Contemporary Bioethical Issues in Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Research
Part II: Drugs Affecting the Autonomic Nervous System
- General Organization and Functions of the Nervous System
- Adrenomimetic Drugs
- Adrenoceptor Antagonists
- Directly and Indirectly Acting Cholinomimetics
- Muscarinic Blocking Drugs
- Gianglionic Blocking Drugs and Nicotine
Part III: Drugs Affecting the Cardiovascular System
- Pharmacologic Management of Chronic Heart Failure
- Antiarrhythmic Drugs
- Antianginal Drugs
- The Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System and Other Vasoactive Substances
- Calcium Channel Blockers
- Antihypertensive Drugs
- Diuretic Drugs
- Anticoagulant, Antiplatelet, and Fibrinolytic (Thrombolytic) Drugs
- Hypocholesterolemic Drugs and Coronary Heart Disease
Part IV: Drugs Affecting the Central Nervous System
- Introduction to Central Nervous System Pharmacology
- General Anesthesia: Intravenous and Inhalational Agents
- Opioid and Nonopioid Analgesics
- Local Anesthetics
- Agents Affecting Neuromuscular Transmission
- Central Nervous System Stimulants
- Sedative-Hypnotic and Anxiolytic Drugs
- Drugs Used in Neurodegenerative Disorders
- Antiepileptic Drugs
- Drugs Used in Mood Disorders
- Antipsychotic Drugs
- Contemporary Drug Abuse
Part V: Therapeutic Aspects of Inflammatory and Selected Other Clinical Disorders
- Antiinflammatory and Antirheumatic Drugs
- Drugs Used in Gout
- Histamine and Histamine Antagonists
- Drugs Used in Asthma
- Drugs Used in Gastrointestinal Disorders
- Drugs Used in Dermatological Disorders
- Drugs for the Control of Supragingival Plaque
Part VI: Chemotherapy
- Introduction to Chemotherapy
- Synthetic Organic Antimicrobials: Sulfonamides, Trimethoprim, Nitrofurans, Quinolones, Methenamine
- B-Lactam Antibiotics
- Aminoglycoside Antibiotics
- Tetracyclines, Chloramphenicol, Macrolides, and Lincosamides
- Bacitracin, Glycopeptide Antibiotics, and the Polymyxins
- Drugs Used in Tuberculosis and Leprosy
- Antiviral Drugs
- Therapy of Human Immunodeficiency Virus
- Antifungal Drugs
- Antiprotozoal Drugs
- Anthelmintic Drugs
- The Rational Basis for Cancer
- Antineoplastic Agents
- Immunomodulating Drugs
- Gene Therapy
Part VII: Drugs Affecting the Endocrine System
- Hypothalamic and Pituitary Gland Hormones
- Adrenocortical Hormones and Drugs Affecting the Adrenal Cortex
- Estrogens, Progestins, and SERMs
- Uterine Stimulants and Relaxants
- Androgens, Antiandrogens, and Anabolic Steroids
- Drugs Used in the Treatment of Erectile Dysfunction
- Thyroid and Antithyroid Drugs
- Parathyroid Hormone, Calcitonin, Vitamin D, and Other Compounds Related to Mineral Metabolism
- Insulin and Oral Drugs for Diabetes Mellitus
- Vitamins
- Herbal Medicine
Index
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