Pharmacology in Clinical Practice
- 1st Edition - October 22, 2013
- Imprint: Butterworth-Heinemann
- Author: Richard Lancaster
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 1 - 7 7 1 3 - 7
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 1 - 9 2 9 4 - 9
Pharmacology in Clinical Practice describes basic pharmacology, clinical pharmacology, including the pharmacology of important drug groups. The author reviews the general… Read more
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Pharmacology in Clinical Practice describes basic pharmacology, clinical pharmacology, including the pharmacology of important drug groups. The author reviews the general principles of clinical pharmacology including drug actions, absorption, disposition, and excretion. Most drugs are xenobiotics—compounds foreign and harmful to human living tissues. Drugs should be properly metabolized and converted to nontoxic substance before being excreted either through spontaneous changes not mediated by enzymes or through transformation by enzyme systems. The author also discusses pharmacokinetics, including drug plasma concentration, absorption, first-pass metabolism, distribution and elimination. The author addresses pharmacogenetics that deal with possible different responses to drug intake due to factors such as age, sex, liver or renal disease, smoking, diet. The book tackles other drugs, their uses, and characteristics such as antibacterial agents, obesity drug, cytotoxic drugs or those used in chemotherapy medicine. The author explains the diagnosis of drug ingestion, clinical signs of overdose, clinical course, and prophylactic measures for users to avoid drug overdose or self-poisoning. This book is intended for medical undergraduates, pharmaceutical technicians, pharmacists, students or professors in pharmacology or general medicine.
PrefacePart I. General Principles of Clinical Pharmacology 1. Drug Actions 2. Drug Absorption, Disposition and Excretion 3. Drug Metabolism 4. Pharmacokinetics 5. Pharmacogenetics 6. The Discovery and Introduction of New Drugs 7. Pharmaceutical Aspects of Clinical Pharmacology 8. Adverse Reactions to Drugs 9. Drug InteractionsPart II. Clinical Pharmacology of Specific Drug Groups 10. Cholinergic and Anticholinergic Drugs 11. Adrenergic Receptor Agonists and Antagonists 12. Anaesthetic Agents 13. Hypnotics and Minor Tranquillizers 14. Major Tranquillizers 15. Drugs in the Treatment of Affective Disorders 16. Anti-Parkinsonian Drugs 17. Anticonvulsants 18. Drugs of Addiction 19. Analgesics and Non-steroidal Antiinflammatory Agents 20. Cardiac Glycosides 21. Diuretics 22. Drugs used in Disorders of Cardiac Rhythm 23. Hypotensive Agents 24. Drugs in the Treatment and Prophylaxis of Arterial Disease 25. Pituitary Hormones 26. Thyroid Hormones and Anti-thyroid Drugs 27. Corticosteroids 28. Gonadal Steroids 29. Drugs in Pregnancy 30. Drugs in the Treatment of Gastrointestinal Disorders 31. Hypoglycaemic Agents 32. Iron, Vitamin B12 and Folic Acid 33. Anticoagulants 34. Vitamins A, D, K, B complex and C 35. Chemotherapy with Antibacterial Agents General Principles The Penicillins Cephalosporins Narrow Spectrum Antibacterial Agents Aminoglycoside Antibacterial Agents Antituberculous Agents Tetracyclines and Chloramphenicol Sulphonamides Miscellaneous Antibacterial Agents Anti-Viral Agents 36. Chemotherapy of Parasitic Infections 37. Anthelmintic Drugs 38. Cytotoxic Drugs 39. Drugs used in Allergic Disorders 40. Drug Overdose and Self-poisoning 41. Miscellaneous Drugs 42. Drug Usage in Paediatrics and GeriatricsIndex
- Edition: 1
- Published: October 22, 2013
- Imprint: Butterworth-Heinemann
- Language: English
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