Pharmacology

by Rosenfeld, Gary C.; Rose, Kathleen M.; Loose-Mitchell, David S., Ph.D.

• ISBN13: 9780683073614
• ISBN10: 0683073613
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1993-12-01
• Publisher: Harwal Pub Co

Summary

This concise review of medical pharmacology is designed for medical students, dental students, and others in the health care professions. It is intended primarily to help students prepare for licensing examinations such as the USMLE Step 1 or similar examinations. Each chapter presents specific drugs and discusses their general properties, mechanism of action, pharmacologic effects, therapeutic uses, and adverse effects. Drug lists and two-color tables and figures summarize essential drug information in all chapters. Clinically oriented USMLE-style review questions and answers with explanations follow each chapter. A comprehensive examination consisting of USMLE-style questions appears at the end of the book.

Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
General Principles of Drug Action	p. 1
Drugs Acting on the Autonomic Nervous System	p. 27
Drugs Acting on the Renal System	p. 67
Drugs Acting on the Cardiovascular System	p. 81
Drugs Acting on the Central Nervous System	p. 113
Autacoids, Ergots, Anti-inflammatory Agents, and Immunosuppressive Agents	p. 185
Drugs Used in Anemia and Disorders of Hemostasis	p. 217
Drugs Acting on the Gastrointestinal Tract	p. 231
Drugs Acting on the Pulmonary System	p. 249
Drugs Acting on the Endocrine System	p. 263
Drugs Used in Treatment of Infectious Diseases	p. 309
Cancer Chemotherapy	p. 363
Toxicology	p. 389
Comprehensive Examination	p. 409
Index	p. 429
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