Katzung's Pharmacology : Examination and Board Review

by Trevor, Anthony J.; Katzung, Bertram G.; Masters, Susan B.

• ISBN13: 9780838581476
• ISBN10: 0838581471
• Edition: 6th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-08-06
• Publisher: MCG

Summary

Univ. of California, San Francisco. Exam review for the USMLE. Includes a new chapter on botanicals and nutritional supplements, new 'skill keeper' features, more than 1,000 USMLE-type questions, clinical vignette-type questions, and case studies. Previous edition, c1998, was titled Pharmacology: Examination & Board Review, by Katzung. Softcover.

Author Biography

Anthony J. Trevor is Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Department of Cellular & Molecular Pharmacology, University of California, San Francisco.

Table of Contents

Part I: Basic Principles.

1. Introduction.

2. Pharmacodynamics.

3. Pharmacokinetics.

4. Drug Metabolism.

5. Drug Evaluation.

Part II: Autonomic Drugs.

6. Introduction to Autonomic Pharmacology.

7. Cholinoceptor-Activating & Cholinesterase-Inhibiting Drugs.

8. Cholincoceptor Blockers & Cholinesterase Regenerators.

9. Sympathomimetics.

10. Adrenoceptor Blockers.

Part III: Cardiovascular Drugs.

11. Drugs Used in Hypertension.

12. Vasodilators & The Treatment of Angina.

13. Cardiac Glycosides & Congestive Heart Failure.

14. Antiarrhythmic Drugs.

15. Diuretic Agents.

Part IV: Drugs with Important Actions on Smooth Muscle.

16. Histamine, Serotonin, & the Ergot Alkaloids.

17. Vasoactive Peptides.

18. Prostaglandins & Other Eicosanoids.

19. Nitric Oxide: Donors and Inhibitors.

20. Bronchodilators & Other Drugs Used in Asthma.

Part V: Drugs That Act in the Central Nervous System.

21. Introduction to CNS Pharmacology.

22. Sedative-Hypnotic Drugs.

23. Alcohols.

24. Antiepileptic Drugs.

25. General Anesthestics.

26. Local Anesthetics.

27. Skeletal Muscle Relaxants.

28. Drugs Used in Parkinsonism & Other Movement Disorders.

29. Antipsychotic Drugs & Lithium.