Waller's Medical Pharmacology and Therapeutics
- 7th Edition - October 8, 2026
- Latest edition
- Authors: Derek G. Waller, Andrew W. Hitchings, Dagan Lonsdale, Emily J. Swindle
- Language: English
Waller's Medical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, 7th Edition, gives medical, biomedical and healthcare students clear, up-to-date guidance on pharmacology and drug prescr… Read more
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Description
Description
Waller's Medical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, 7th Edition, gives medical, biomedical and healthcare students clear, up-to-date guidance on pharmacology and drug prescribing, supporting your studies and preparation for qualifications such as the Prescribing Safety Assessment (PSA). It provides thorough coverage of the pathogenic mechanisms of disease, drug actions, unwanted effects, and the therapeutic principles of drug use—all while taking a helpful, systems-based approach that orders information according to body systems and disease areas rather than by drug class.
Key features
Key features
- Fully updated to include the latest scientific understanding of drug action and usage and current best practice in prescribing medications
- Clinical focus throughout, suitable for medical, pharmacy, nursing, and other healthcare and biomedical students throughout their training
- NEW to this edition: expanded information on obesity, significant updates to the chapter on cancer, with all-new single best answer questions
- Extensive self-assessment questions to support learning and revision
- Content aligned with the British National Formulary (BNF), NICE guidelines and relevant professional benchmarks
- Comprehensive drug compendia allow all drugs to be identified and placed within their respective classes and clinical indications
- An eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references, with the ability to search, customize your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud
Readership
Readership
Medical, pharmacy and pharmacology students
Table of contents
Table of contents
SECTION 1 GENERAL PRINCIPLES
Chapter 1 Principles of Pharmacology and Mechanisms of Drug Action
Chapter 2 Pharmacokinetics
Chapter 3 Drug Discovery, Safety and Efficacy
Chapter 4 Neurotransmission and the Peripheral Autonomic Nervous System
SECTION 2 THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
Chapter 5 Ischaemic Heart Disease
Chapter 6 Systemic and Pulmonary Hypertension
Chapter 7 Heart Failure and Shock
Chapter 8 Cardiac Arrhythmias
Chapter 9 Cerebrovascular Disease and Dementia
Chapter 10 Peripheral Artery Disease
Chapter 11 Haemostasis
SECTION 3 THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
Chapter 12 Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Chapter 13 Respiratory Disorders: Cough, Respiratory Stimulants, Cystic Fibrosis, Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis and Newborn Respiratory Distress Syndrome
SECTION 4 THE RENAL SYSTEM
Chapter 14 Diuretics
Chapter 15 Disorders of Micturition
Chapter 16 Erectile Dysfunction
SECTION 5 THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
Chapter 17 General Anaesthetics
Chapter 18 Local Anaesthetics
Chapter 19 Opioid Analgesics and the Management of Pain
Chapter 20 Anxiety, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and Insomnia
Chapter 21 Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder
Chapter 22 Depression, Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Narcolepsy
Chapter 23 Seizures and Epilepsy
Chapter 24 Extrapyramidal Movement Disorders and Spasticity
Chapter 25 Other Neurological Disorders: Multiple Sclerosis, Motor Neuron Disease and Guillain–Barré Syndrome
Chapter 26 Migraine and Other Headaches
SECTION 6 THE MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM
Chapter 27 The Neuromuscular Junction and Neuromuscular Blockade
Chapter 28 Myasthenia Gravis
Chapter 29 Non-Steroidal Antiinflammatory Drugs
Chapter 30 Rheumatoid Arthritis, Other Inflammatory Arthritides and Osteoarthritis
Chapter 31 Hyperuricaemia, Gout and Pseudogout
SECTION 7 THE GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM
Chapter 32 Nausea and Vomiting
Chapter 33 Dyspepsia, Peptic Ulcer Disease and Gastro-Oesophageal Reflux Disease
Chapter 34 Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Chapter 35 Constipation, Diarrhoea and Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Chapter 36 Liver Disease
Chapter 37 Obesity
SECTION 8 THE IMMUNE SYSTEM
Chapter 38 The Immune Response and Immunosuppressant Drugs
Chapter 39 Antihistamines and Allergic Disease
SECTION 9 THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM AND METABOLISM
Chapter 40 Diabetes Mellitus
Chapter 41 The Thyroid and Control of Metabolic Rate
Chapter 42 Calcium Metabolism and Metabolic Bone Disease
Chapter 43 Pituitary and Hypothalamic Hormones
Chapter 44 Corticosteroids (Glucocorticoids and Mineralocorticoids)
Chapter 45 Female Reproduction
Chapter 46 Androgens, Antiandrogens and Anabolic Steroids
Chapter 47 Anaemia and Haematopoietic Colony-Stimulating Factors
Chapter 48 Lipid Disorders
SECTION 10 THE SKIN AND EYES
Chapter 49 Skin Disorders
Chapter 50 The Eye
SECTION 11 ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY
Chapter 51 Drugs for Infections
SECTION 12 CANCER
Chapter 52 Drugs for Cancer
SECTION 13 GENERAL FEATURES: TOXICITY AND PRESCRIBING
Chapter 53 Drug Toxicity and Overdose
Chapter 54 Drug Misuse and Dependence
Chapter 55 Prescribing, Adherence and Information About Medicines
Chapter 56 Drug Therapy in Special Situations
Index
Chapter 1 Principles of Pharmacology and Mechanisms of Drug Action
Chapter 2 Pharmacokinetics
Chapter 3 Drug Discovery, Safety and Efficacy
Chapter 4 Neurotransmission and the Peripheral Autonomic Nervous System
SECTION 2 THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
Chapter 5 Ischaemic Heart Disease
Chapter 6 Systemic and Pulmonary Hypertension
Chapter 7 Heart Failure and Shock
Chapter 8 Cardiac Arrhythmias
Chapter 9 Cerebrovascular Disease and Dementia
Chapter 10 Peripheral Artery Disease
Chapter 11 Haemostasis
SECTION 3 THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
Chapter 12 Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Chapter 13 Respiratory Disorders: Cough, Respiratory Stimulants, Cystic Fibrosis, Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis and Newborn Respiratory Distress Syndrome
SECTION 4 THE RENAL SYSTEM
Chapter 14 Diuretics
Chapter 15 Disorders of Micturition
Chapter 16 Erectile Dysfunction
SECTION 5 THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
Chapter 17 General Anaesthetics
Chapter 18 Local Anaesthetics
Chapter 19 Opioid Analgesics and the Management of Pain
Chapter 20 Anxiety, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and Insomnia
Chapter 21 Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder
Chapter 22 Depression, Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Narcolepsy
Chapter 23 Seizures and Epilepsy
Chapter 24 Extrapyramidal Movement Disorders and Spasticity
Chapter 25 Other Neurological Disorders: Multiple Sclerosis, Motor Neuron Disease and Guillain–Barré Syndrome
Chapter 26 Migraine and Other Headaches
SECTION 6 THE MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM
Chapter 27 The Neuromuscular Junction and Neuromuscular Blockade
Chapter 28 Myasthenia Gravis
Chapter 29 Non-Steroidal Antiinflammatory Drugs
Chapter 30 Rheumatoid Arthritis, Other Inflammatory Arthritides and Osteoarthritis
Chapter 31 Hyperuricaemia, Gout and Pseudogout
SECTION 7 THE GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM
Chapter 32 Nausea and Vomiting
Chapter 33 Dyspepsia, Peptic Ulcer Disease and Gastro-Oesophageal Reflux Disease
Chapter 34 Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Chapter 35 Constipation, Diarrhoea and Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Chapter 36 Liver Disease
Chapter 37 Obesity
SECTION 8 THE IMMUNE SYSTEM
Chapter 38 The Immune Response and Immunosuppressant Drugs
Chapter 39 Antihistamines and Allergic Disease
SECTION 9 THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM AND METABOLISM
Chapter 40 Diabetes Mellitus
Chapter 41 The Thyroid and Control of Metabolic Rate
Chapter 42 Calcium Metabolism and Metabolic Bone Disease
Chapter 43 Pituitary and Hypothalamic Hormones
Chapter 44 Corticosteroids (Glucocorticoids and Mineralocorticoids)
Chapter 45 Female Reproduction
Chapter 46 Androgens, Antiandrogens and Anabolic Steroids
Chapter 47 Anaemia and Haematopoietic Colony-Stimulating Factors
Chapter 48 Lipid Disorders
SECTION 10 THE SKIN AND EYES
Chapter 49 Skin Disorders
Chapter 50 The Eye
SECTION 11 ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY
Chapter 51 Drugs for Infections
SECTION 12 CANCER
Chapter 52 Drugs for Cancer
SECTION 13 GENERAL FEATURES: TOXICITY AND PRESCRIBING
Chapter 53 Drug Toxicity and Overdose
Chapter 54 Drug Misuse and Dependence
Chapter 55 Prescribing, Adherence and Information About Medicines
Chapter 56 Drug Therapy in Special Situations
Index
Product details
Product details
- Edition: 7
- Latest edition
- Published: January 9, 2027
- Language: English
About the authors
About the authors
Derek G. Waller
Author
Derek G. Waller, BSc, DM, MBBS, FRCP, Consultant Cardiovascular Physician, Southampton General Hospital; Senior Lecturer in Medicine and Clinical Pharmacology, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
Affiliations and expertise
Former Consultant Physician and Senior Clinical Lecturer, Department of Medicine, University Hospital Southampton, Southampton, UKAndrew W. Hitchings
Author
Affiliations and expertise
Reader in Clinical Pharmacology, St George's, University of London, London, UK; Honorary Consultant in Neurointensive Care, St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UKDagan Lonsdale
Author
Dagan Lonsdale, BSc(Hons) MBBS MRCP FHEA, Honorary Senior Lecturer, St George’s, University of London; Specialty Registrar in Clinical Pharmacology, General Medicine and Intensive Care Medicine, St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
Affiliations and expertise
Honorary Senior Lecturer, St George's, University of London, London, UK; Specialty Registrar in Clinical Pharmacology, General Medicine and Intensive Care Medicine, St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UKEmily J. Swindle
Author
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor in Pharmacology GI Module Lead, Pharmacology Subject Lead and PSA Academic Assessment Lead (BMBS) Clinical and Experimental Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, UK