Basic and Clinical Pharmacology

by Katzung, Bertram G.

• ISBN13: 9780071410922
• ISBN10: 0071410929
• Edition: 9th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-12-15
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Medical

Summary

The most current, authoritative, and comprehensive pharmacology book for medical, pharmacy, and other health science students. Widely respected for its clarity, comprehensiveness, and organization, this pharmacology course book presents the essential concepts that students need to know about the science of pharmacology and their application. Focuses on the basic principles of each drug group as well as the clinical choice and use of drugs in patients and the monitoring of their effects.

Table of Contents

I. BASIC PRINCIPLES

1. Introduction

2. Drug Receptors & Pharmacodynamics

3. Pharmacokinetics & Pharmacodynamics: Rational Dosing & the Tiem Course of Drug Action

4. Drug Biotransformation

5. Basic & Clinical Evaluation of New Drugs

II. AUTONOMIC DRUGS

6. Introduction to Autonomic Pharmacology

7. Cholinoceptor-Activating & Cholinesterase-Inhibiting Drugs

8. Cholinoceptor-Blocking Drugs

9. Adrenoceptor-Activating & Other Sympathomimetic Drugs

10. Adrenoceptor Antagonist Drugs

III. CARDIOVASCULAR-RENAL DRUGS

11. Antihypertensive Agents

12. Vasodilators & the Treatment of Angina Pectoris

13. Cardiac Glycosides & Other Drugs Used in Congestive Heart Failure

14. Agents Used in Cardiac Arrhythmias

15. Diuretic Agents

IV. DRUGS WITH IMPORTANT ACTIONS ON SMOOTH MUSCLE

16. Histamine, Serotonin, & the Ergot Alkaloids

17. Vasoactive Drugs

18. The Eicosanoids: Prostaglandins, Thromboxanes, Leukotrienes, & Related Compounds

19. Nitric Oxide, Donors, & Inhibitors

20. Drugs Used in Asthma

V. DRUGS THAT ACT IN THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM

21. Introduction to the Pharmacology of CNS Drugs

22. Sedative-Hypnotic Drugs

23. The Alcohols

24. Antiseizure Drugs

25. General Anesthetics

26. Local Anesthetics

27. Skeletal Muscle Relaxants

28. Pharmacologic Management of Parkinsonism & Other Movement Disorders

29. Antipsychotic Agents & Lithium

30. Antidepressant Agents

31. Opioid Analgesics & Antagonists

32. Drugs of Abuse

VI. DRUGS USED TO TREAT DISEASES OF THE BLOOD, INFLAMMATION, & GOUT

33. Agents Used in Anemias; Hematopoietic Growth Factors

34. Drugs Used in Disorders of Coagulation

35. Agents Used in Hyperlipidemia

36. Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs, Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs, Nonopioid Analgesics, & Drugs Used in Gout

VII: ENDOCRINE DRUGS

37. Hypothalamic & Pituitary Hormones

38. Thyroid & Antithyroid Drugs

39. Adrenocorticosteroids & Adrenocortical Antagonists

40. The Gonadal Hormones & Inhibitors

41. Pancreatic Hormones & Antidiabetic Drugs

42. Agents That Affect Bone Mineral Homeostasis

VIII: CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC DRUGS

43. Beta-Lactam Antibodies & Other Inhibitors of Cell Wall Synthesis

44. Chloramphenicol. Tetracyclines, Macrolides, Clindamycin, & Streptogramins

45. Aminoglycosides & Spectinomycin

46. Sulfonamides, Trimethoprim, & Quinolones

47. Antimycobacterial Drugs

48. Antifungal Drugs

49. Antiviral Agents

50. Miscellaneous Antimicrobial Drugs: Disinfectants, Antiseptics, & Sterilants

51. Clinical Use of Antimicrobial Agents

52. Basic Principles of Antiparasitic Chemotherapy

53. Antiprotozoal Drugs

54. Clinical Pharmacology of the Anthelmintic Drugs

55. Cancer Chemotherapy

56. Immunopharmacology

IX. TOXICOLOGY

57. Introduction to Toxicology: Occupational & Environmental

58. Heavy Metal Intoxication & Chelators

59. Management of the Poisoned Patient

X. SPECIAL TOPICS

60. Special Aspects of Perinatal & Pediatric Pharmacology

61. Special Aspects of Geriatric Pharmacology

62. Dermatologic Pharmacology

63. Drugs Used in Gastrointestinal Diseases

64. Therapeutic & Toxic Potential of Over-the-Counter Agents

65. Botanicals (“Herbal Medications”) & Nutritional Supplements

66. Rational Prescribing & Prescription Writing

Appendix I. Vaccines, Immune Globulins, & Other Complex Biologic Products

Appendix II. Important Drug Interactions & Their Mechanisms