Rang, H. P. creator Dale, M. Maureen. Ritter, James. text bibliography stk Edinburgh New York Churchill Livingstone 1999 4th ed. monographic eng

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x, 830 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm 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. 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. H.P. Rang, M.M. Dale, J.M. Ritter ; illustrations by Peter Lamb. Includes bibliographical references and index. Pharmacology Pharmacology Drug Therapy Pharmacologie Pharmacology Farmacologie Pharmacologie RM300 .R35 1999 615/.1 1999 F-039 QV 4 R196p 1999 44.38 HD 80 Rang, H.P. Edinburgh ; New York : Churchill Livingstone, 1999 4th ed. (OCoLC)607298916 0443059748 9780443059742 0443059942 9780443059940 98031756 DNLM/DLC 981002 20211110101001.0 8330416 eng