BookTodd W. Vanderah, PhD.
Summary: "Katzung's Basic and Clinical Pharmacology is the wide-ranging, engaging guide students have counted on for decades. To be as clinically relevant as possible, the book includes sections that specifically address the clinical choice and use of drugs in patients and the monitoring of their effects, along with case studies that introduce clinical problems. chapter opens with a case study, covers drug groups and prototypes, and closes with summary tables and diagrams that encapsulate important information. Updated to reflect the latest research, this sixteenth edition features a new chapter on cannabinoids, USMLE-style questions, new drug tables, and more"--Publisher's description.
Contents:
Section I: Basic principles. Introduction: The Nature of Drugs & Drug Development & Regulation
Drug Receptors & Pharmacodynamics
Pharmacokinetics & Pharmacodynamics: Rational Dosing & the Time Course of Drug Action
Drug Biotransformation
Pharmacogenomics
Section II: Autonomic drugs. Introduction to Autonomic Pharmacology
Cholinoceptor-Activating & Cholinesterase-Inhibiting Drugs
Cholinoceptor-Blocking Drugs
Adrenoceptor Agonists & Sympathomimetic Drugs
Adrenoceptor Antagonist Drugs
Section III: Cardiovascular-renal drugs. Antihypertensive Agents
Vasodilators & the Treatment of Angina Pectoris & Coronary Syndromes
Drugs Used in Heart Failure
Agents Used in Cardiac Arrhythmias
Diuretic Agents
Section IV: Drugs with important actions on smooth muscle. Histamine, Serotonin, Anti-Obesity Drugs, & the Ergot Alkaloids
Vasoactive Peptides
The Eicosanoids: Prostaglandins, Thromboxanes, Leukotrienes, & Related Compounds
Nitric Oxide
Drugs Used in Asthma & Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Section V: Drugs that act in the central nervous system. Introduction to the Pharmacology of CNS Drugs
Sedative-Hypnotic Drugs
The Alcohols
Antiseizure Medications
General Anesthetics
Local Anesthetics
Skeletal Muscle Relaxants
Pharmacologic Management of Parkinsonism & Other Movement Disorders
Antipsychotic Agents & Lithium
Antidepressant Agents
Opioid Agonists & Antagonists
Drugs of Abuse
Section VI: Drugs used to treat diseases of the blood, inflammation, & gout. Agents Used in Cytopenias; Hematopoietic Growth Factors
Drugs Used in Disorders of Coagulation
Agents Used in Dyslipidemia
Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs, Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs, Nonopioid Analgesics, & Drugs Used in Gout
Section VII: Endocrine drugs. Hypothalamic & Pituitary Hormones
Thyroid & Antithyroid Drugs
Adrenocorticosteroids & Adrenocortical Antagonists
The Gonadal Hormones & Inhibitors
Pancreatic Hormones & Glucose-Lowering Drugs
Agents That Affect Bone Mineral Homeostasis
Section VIII: Chemotherapeutic drugs. Beta-Lactam & Other Cell Wall- & Membrane-Active Antibiotics--' Tetracyclines, Macrolides, Clindamycin, Chloramphenicol, Streptogramins, Oxazolidinones, & Pleuromutilins
Aminoglycosides & Spectinomycin
Sulfonamides, Trimethoprim, & Quinolones
Antimycobacterial Drugs
Antifungal Agents
Antiviral Agents
Miscellaneous Antimicrobial Agents; Disinfectants, Antiseptics, & Sterilants
Clinical Use of Antimicrobial Agents
Antiprotozoal Drugs
Pharmacology of the Antihelminthic Drugs
Cancer Chemotherapy
Immunopharmacology
Section IX: Toxicology
Introduction to Toxicology: Occupational & Environmental
Heavy Metal Intoxication & Chelators
Management of the Poisoned Patient
Section X: Special topics. Special Aspects of Perinatal & Pediatric Pharmacology
Special Aspects of Geriatric Pharmacology
Dermatologic Pharmacology
Drugs Used in the Treatment of Gastrointestinal Diseases
Cannabinoid Drugs
Therapeutic & Toxic Potential of Over-the-Counter Agents
Dietary Supplements & Herbal Medications
Rational Prescribing & Prescription Writing
Important Drug Interactions & Their Mechanisms
Appendix 1: Vaccines, Immune Globulins, & Other Complex Biologic Products.