Rang & Dale's Pharmacology
With STUDENT CONSULT Online Access
- 6th Edition - January 24, 2007
- Imprint: Churchill Livingstone
- Authors: James M. Ritter, Rod J. Flower, Humphrey P. Rang
- Language: English
Student Textbook Award Winner and Highly Commended in the Basic and Clinical Sciences Category, BMA Awards 2007!This new edition of the bestselling Rang & Dale's Pharmacol… Read more
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Student Textbook Award Winner and Highly Commended in the Basic and Clinical Sciences Category, BMA Awards 2007!
This new edition of the bestselling Rang & Dale's Pharmacology presents all the knowledge you need to get through your pharmacology course and beyond — using a clear and accessible approach that makes the material easy and interesting to learn, and moving from a molecular understanding of receptors and drug actions to the clinical uses of the most important groups of drugs.
A straightforward way to master a complex subject!
This new edition of the bestselling Rang & Dale's Pharmacology presents all the knowledge you need to get through your pharmacology course and beyond — using a clear and accessible approach that makes the material easy and interesting to learn, and moving from a molecular understanding of receptors and drug actions to the clinical uses of the most important groups of drugs.
A straightforward way to master a complex subject!
- Progresses logically from a molecular understanding of receptors and drug actions to the clinical uses of the most important groups of drugs.
- Covers recent developments in areas such as cannabinoids and rimonabant, Cox 2 inhibitors, pharmacogenetics, biopharmaceuticals, and drug abuse.
- Discusses "lifestyle drugs" such as performance-enhancing substances, botulinum toxin, and Viagra®.
- Uses superb full-color illustrations to clarify even the most complex concepts, and color-coded chapters to make navigation easy.
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Medical and Undergraduate students studying Pharmacology, Pharmacy students
Section 1. General Principles
1. What is pharmacology?
2. How drugs act: general principles
3. How drugs act: molecular aspects
4. Cellular mechanisms: excitation, contraction and secretion
5. Cellular mechanisms: cell proliferation and apoptosis
6. Method and measurement in pharmacology
7. Absorption and distribution of drugs
8. Drug elimination and pharmacokinetics
Section 2. Chemical Mediators
9. Chemical mediators and the autonomic nervous system
10. Cholinergic transmission
11. Noradrenergic transmission
12. Other peripheral mediators: 5-hydroxytryptamine and purines
13. Peptides and proteins as mediators
14. Nitric oxide
15. Local hormones, inflammation and immune reactions
16. Anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressant drugs
Section 3. Drugs Affecting Major Organ Systems
17. The heart
18. The vascular system
19. Atherosclerosis and lipoprotein metabolism
20. Haemostasis and thrombosis
21. The heamopoietic system
22. The respiratory system
23. The kidney
24. The gastrointestinal tract
25. The endocrine pancreas and the control of blood glucose
26. Obesity
27. The pituitary and adrenal cortex
28. The thyroid
29. The reproductive system
30. Bone metabolism
Section 4. The Nervous System
31. Chemical transmission and drug action in the central nervous system
32. Amino acid transmitters
33. Other transmitters and modulators
34. Neurodegenerative disorders
35. General anaesthetic agents
36. Anxiolytic and hypnotic drugs
37. Antipsychotic drugs
38. Drugs used in affective disorders
39. Antiepileptic drugs
40. Analgesic drugs
41. CNS stimulants and psychotomimetic drugs
42. Drug dependence and drug abuse
43. Local anaesthetics
Section 5. Drugs Used in the Treatment of Infections and Cancer
44. Basic principles of chemotherapy
45. Antibacterial drugs
46. Antiviral drugs
48. Antiprotozoal drugs
49. Anthelminthic drugs
50. Cancer chemotherapy
Section 6. Special Topics
51. Individual variation and drug interaction
52. Unwanted effects and drug toxicity
53. Lifestyle and non-medical uses of drugs
53. Gene therapy
54. Drug discovery and development
Appendix
Index
1. What is pharmacology?
2. How drugs act: general principles
3. How drugs act: molecular aspects
4. Cellular mechanisms: excitation, contraction and secretion
5. Cellular mechanisms: cell proliferation and apoptosis
6. Method and measurement in pharmacology
7. Absorption and distribution of drugs
8. Drug elimination and pharmacokinetics
Section 2. Chemical Mediators
9. Chemical mediators and the autonomic nervous system
10. Cholinergic transmission
11. Noradrenergic transmission
12. Other peripheral mediators: 5-hydroxytryptamine and purines
13. Peptides and proteins as mediators
14. Nitric oxide
15. Local hormones, inflammation and immune reactions
16. Anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressant drugs
Section 3. Drugs Affecting Major Organ Systems
17. The heart
18. The vascular system
19. Atherosclerosis and lipoprotein metabolism
20. Haemostasis and thrombosis
21. The heamopoietic system
22. The respiratory system
23. The kidney
24. The gastrointestinal tract
25. The endocrine pancreas and the control of blood glucose
26. Obesity
27. The pituitary and adrenal cortex
28. The thyroid
29. The reproductive system
30. Bone metabolism
Section 4. The Nervous System
31. Chemical transmission and drug action in the central nervous system
32. Amino acid transmitters
33. Other transmitters and modulators
34. Neurodegenerative disorders
35. General anaesthetic agents
36. Anxiolytic and hypnotic drugs
37. Antipsychotic drugs
38. Drugs used in affective disorders
39. Antiepileptic drugs
40. Analgesic drugs
41. CNS stimulants and psychotomimetic drugs
42. Drug dependence and drug abuse
43. Local anaesthetics
Section 5. Drugs Used in the Treatment of Infections and Cancer
44. Basic principles of chemotherapy
45. Antibacterial drugs
46. Antiviral drugs
48. Antiprotozoal drugs
49. Anthelminthic drugs
50. Cancer chemotherapy
Section 6. Special Topics
51. Individual variation and drug interaction
52. Unwanted effects and drug toxicity
53. Lifestyle and non-medical uses of drugs
53. Gene therapy
54. Drug discovery and development
Appendix
Index
- Edition: 6
- Published: January 24, 2007
- Imprint: Churchill Livingstone
- Language: English
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James M. Ritter
Affiliations and expertise
Emeritus Professor of Clinical Pharmacology, King’s College London, and Medical Research Director, Quintiles, London, UKRF
Rod J. Flower
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Biochemical Pharmacology, The William Harvey Research Institute, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London , London, UKHR
Humphrey P. Rang
Affiliations and expertise
Emeritus Professor of Pharmacology, University College London, London, UK