Pharmacology for Health Professionals
- 5th Edition - September 4, 2018
- Latest edition
- Authors: Kathleen Knights, Andrew Rowland, Shaunagh Darroch
- Language: English
Pharmacology for Health Professionals, fifth edition, introduces essential pharmacology principles and concepts required to understand the therapeutic effects and clinical… Read more
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Pharmacology for Health Professionals, fifth edition, introduces essential pharmacology principles and concepts required to understand the therapeutic effects and clinical uses of current drugs and medicines.
Written for allied health sciences and nursing students and underpinned by current evidence-based medicine, this substantially updated edition continues to cover topics vital to a holistic understanding of pharmacology. These topics include historical, legal and ethical considerations, pharmacokinetics, and the therapeutic applications and adverse effects of current Australian and New Zealand drugs.
- Drug Monographs, Clinical Interest Boxes, Drug Interactions tables, and lists of key terms and abbreviations throughout the text help readers to master difficult concepts
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- Anatomy and physiology integrated throughout
- Contemporary figures, tables and illustrations help readers to understand the mechanisms of drug action
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Unit 1: Introduction to PharmacologyChapter 1: Drugs and medicinesChapter 2: Legal, clinical and ethical foundations of pharmacotherapyChapter 3: Over-the-counter drugs and complementary therapies
Unit 2: Principles of PharmacologyChapter 4: Molecular drug targets and pharmacodynamicsChapter 5: Drug absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretionChapter 6: Pharmacogenetics and individualised drug therapyChapter 7: Pharmacokinetics and dosing regimenChapter 8: Adverse drug reactions and drug interactions
Unit 3: Drugs Affecting the Peripheral Nervous SystemChapter 9: Overview of the autonomic and somatic nervous systems: drugs affecting cholinergic transmissionChapter 10: Overview of the sympathetic nervous system and drugs affecting noradrenergic transmission
Unit 4: Drugs Affecting the Central Nervous SystemChapter 11: Central nervous system overview and anaesthetics Chapter 12: AnalgesicsChapter 13: Antianxiety, sedative and hypnotic drugsChapter 14: Antiepileptic drugsChapter 15: Psychotropic agentsChapter 16: Central nervous system stimulants Chapter 17: Drugs for neurodegenerative disorders and headacheChapter 18: Drugs affecting the eye and earChapter 19: Drug dependence and social pharmacology
Unit 5: Drugs Affecting the Heart and Vascular SystemChapter 20: Drugs affecting cardiac function Chapter 21: Drugs affecting vascular smooth muscleChapter 22: Lipid-lowering drugs Chapter 23: Drugs affecting the kidney and bladder
Unit 6: Drugs Affecting the Urinary SystemChapter 23: Drugs affecting the kidney and bladder
Unit 7: Drugs Affecting the BloodChapter 24: Drugs affecting thrombosis and haemostasis Chapter 25: Drugs affecting the haemopoietic system
Unit 8: Drugs Affecting the Respiratory SystemChapter 26: Drugs used in respiratory disorders
Unit 9: Drugs Affecting the Gastrointestinal SystemChapter 27: Drugs affecting the upper and lower gastrointestinal tract
Unit 10: Drugs Affecting the Endocrine SystemChapter 28: The neuroendocrine system and pituitary glandChapter 29: Pharmacology of the adrenal cortexChapter 30: Pharmacology of the endocrine pancreasChapter 31: Pharmacology of the thyroid glands and parathyroid glands
Unit 11: Drugs Affecting the Reproductive SystemChapter 32: Drugs affecting the female reproductive systemChapter 33: Drugs affecting the male reproductive system
Unit 12: Drugs Used in Neoplastic Diseases Chapter 34: Overview of the treatment of cancerChapter 35: Antineoplastic drugs
Unit 13: Drugs Affecting MicroorganismsChapter 36: Overview of antimicrobial chemotherapy and antibiotic resistance Chapter 37: Antibacterial drugsChapter 38: Antifungal and antiviral drugsChapter 39: Antiprotozoal, antimycobacterial and anthelmintic drugs
Unit 14: Drugs Affecting Body DefencesChapter 40: Antiinflammatory and immunomodulating drugsChapter 41: Drugs affecting the skin
Unit 15: Special TopicsChapter 42: Drugs in sportChapter 43: Pharmacotherapy of obesityChapter 44: Envenomation and antivenoms
- Edition: 5
- Latest edition
- Published: September 4, 2018
- Language: English
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Kathleen Knights
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Andrew Rowland
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Shaunagh Darroch
Shaunagh Darroch MPharm,BSc, GCert ACAPrac
Pharmacologist