TY - BOOK AU - Rang,H.P. AU - Dale,M.Maureen AU - Ritter,James TI - Pharmacology SN - 0443059748 AV - RM300 .R35 1999 U1 - 615/.1 21 PY - 1999/// CY - Edinburgh, New York PB - Churchill Livingstone KW - Pharmacology KW - Drug Therapy KW - Pharmacologie KW - fast KW - Farmacologie KW - gtt KW - ram N1 - 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 N2 - 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 ER -