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Pharmacology / H.P. Rang, M.M. Dale, J.M. Ritter ; illustrations by Peter Lamb.

By: Rang, H. PContributor(s): Dale, M. Maureen | Ritter, JamesMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: Edinburgh ; New York : Churchill Livingstone, 1999Edition: 4th edDescription: x, 830 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0443059748; 9780443059742; 0443059942; 9780443059940Subject(s): Pharmacology | Pharmacology | Drug Therapy | Pharmacologie | Pharmacology | Farmacologie | PharmacologieAdditional physical formats: Online version:: Pharmacology.DDC classification: 615/.1 LOC classification: RM300 | .R35 1999Other classification: 44.38 | HD 80
Contents:
How drugs act: general principles -- How drugs act: molecular aspects -- Method and measurement in pharmacology -- Absorption and distribution of drugs -- Drug elimination and pharmokinetics -- Chemical mediators and the autonomic nervous system -- Cholinergic transmission -- Noradrenergic transmission -- Other peripheral mediators: 5-hydroxytryptamine and purines -- Peptides and proteins as mediators -- Nitric oxide -- Local hormones, inflammation and allergy -- Anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressant drugs -- The heart -- The vascular system -- Atherosclerosis and lipoprotein metabolism -- Haemostasis and thrombosis -- The haemopoietic system -- The respiratory system -- The kidney -- The gastrointestinal system -- The endocrine pancreas and the control of blood glucose -- Obesity -- The pituitary and adrenal cortex -- The thyroid -- The reproductive system -- Bone metabolism -- Chemical transmission and drug action in the central nervous system -- Amino acid transmitters -- Other transmitters and modulators -- Neurodegenerative disorders -- General anaesthetic drugs -- Anxiolytic and hypnotic drugs -- Antipsychotic drugs -- Drugs used in affective disorders -- Antiepileptic drugs and centrally acting muscle relaxants -- Analgesic drugs -- Central nervous system stimulants and psychotomimetic drugs -- Drug dependence and drug abuse -- Local anaesthetics and other drugs that affect ion channels -- Basic principles of chemotherapy -- Cancer chemotherapy -- Antibacterial drugs -- Antiviral drugs -- Antifungal drugs -- Antiprotozoal drugs -- Anthelminthic drugs -- Individual variation and drug interaction -- Harmful effects of drugs -- Gene therapy -- The Main Pharmacological Agents.
Summary: Providing students with an overview of how a class of drugs will be used in a clinical situation, this text covers physiology and biochemistry as well as pharmacology. It explains how drugs act and relates them to their effects and clinical uses.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. How drugs act: general principles -- 2. How drugs act: molecular aspects -- 3. Method and measurement in pharmacology -- 4. Absorption and distribution of drugs -- 5. Drug elimination and pharmokinetics -- 6. Chemical mediators and the autonomic nervous system -- 7. Cholinergic transmission -- 8. Noradrenergic transmission -- 9. Other peripheral mediators: 5-hydroxytryptamine and purines -- 10. Peptides and proteins as mediators -- 11. Nitric oxide -- 12. Local hormones, inflammation and allergy -- 13. Anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressant drugs -- 14. The heart -- 15. The vascular system -- 16. Atherosclerosis and lipoprotein metabolism -- 17. Haemostasis and thrombosis -- 18. The haemopoietic system -- 19. The respiratory system -- 20. The kidney -- 21. The gastrointestinal system -- 22. The endocrine pancreas and the control of blood glucose -- 23. Obesity -- 24. The pituitary and adrenal cortex -- 25. The thyroid -- 26. The reproductive system -- 27. Bone metabolism -- 28. Chemical transmission and drug action in the central nervous system -- 29. Amino acid transmitters -- 30. Other transmitters and modulators -- 31. Neurodegenerative disorders -- 32. General anaesthetic drugs -- 33. Anxiolytic and hypnotic drugs -- 34. Antipsychotic drugs -- 35. Drugs used in affective disorders -- 36. Antiepileptic drugs and centrally acting muscle relaxants -- 37. Analgesic drugs -- 38. Central nervous system stimulants and psychotomimetic drugs -- 39. Drug dependence and drug abuse -- 40. Local anaesthetics and other drugs that affect ion channels -- 41. Basic principles of chemotherapy -- 42. Cancer chemotherapy -- 43. Antibacterial drugs -- 44. Antiviral drugs -- 45. Antifungal drugs -- 46. Antiprotozoal drugs -- 47. Anthelminthic drugs -- 48. Individual variation and drug interaction -- 49. Harmful effects of drugs -- 50. Gene therapy -- The Main Pharmacological Agents.

Providing students with an overview of how a class of drugs will be used in a clinical situation, this text covers physiology and biochemistry as well as pharmacology. It explains how drugs act and relates them to their effects and clinical uses.

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