Rang, H. P. <br/><br/>
Pharmacology / 
H.P. Rang, M.M. Dale, J.M. Ritter ; illustrations by Peter Lamb. 
 - 4th ed. 
 - Edinburgh ;  New York :  Churchill Livingstone,  1999. 
 - x, 830 pages :  illustrations ;  25 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> 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.  1.  2.  3.  4.  5.  6.  7.  8.  9.  10.  11.  12.  13.  14.  15.  16.  17.  18.  19.  20.  21.  22.  23.  24.  25.  26.  27.  28.  29.  30.  31.  32.  33.  34.  35.  36.  37.  38.  39.  40.  41.  42.  43.  44.  45.  46.  47.  48.  49.  50. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0443059748 9780443059742 0443059942 9780443059940 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>98031756  
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GB9930590  bnb GB99Z3596  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>9816787  DNLM 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Pharmacology.<br/>Pharmacology.<br/>Drug Therapy.<br/>Pharmacologie.<br/>Pharmacology.<br/>Farmacologie.<br/>Pharmacologie.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>RM300  / .R35 1999 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>615/.1 
<br/><br/><label>National Library of Medicine Call No.: </label>1999 F-039 QV 4  / R196p 1999