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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rang, H. P.
Other Authors: Dale, M. Maureen, Ritter, J. M.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Edinburgh ; New York : Churchill Livingstone, 1999.
Edition:Fourth edition.
Subjects:
Pharmacology.
Drug Therapy.
Table of Contents:
  • Sec. 1. General principles
  • How drugs act : general principles
  • How drugs act : molecular aspects
  • Method and measurement in pharmacology
  • Absorption and distribution of drugs
  • Drug elimination and pharmacokinetics
  • Sec. 2. Chemical mediators
  • Chemical mediators and the autonomic nervous system
  • Cholinergic transmission
  • Noradrenergic transmission
  • Other peripheral mediators : 5-hydroxytryptamine and purines
  • Peptides and proteins as mediators
  • Nitric oxide
  • Local hormones inflammation and allergy
  • Anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressant drugs
  • Sec. 3. Drugs affecting major organ systems
  • The heart
  • The vascular system
  • Atherosclerosis and lipoprotein metabolism
  • Haemostasis and thrombosis
  • The haemopoietic system
  • The respiratory system
  • The kidney
  • The gastrointestinal system
  • The endocrine pancreas and the control of blood glucose
  • Obesity
  • The pituitary and adrenal cortex
  • The thyroid
  • The reproductive system
  • Bone metabolism
  • Sec. 4. The central nervous system
  • Chemical transmission and drug action in the central nervous system
  • Amino acid transmitters
  • Other transmitters and modulators
  • Neurodegenerative disorders
  • General anaesthetic drugs
  • Anxiolytic and hypnotic drugs
  • Antipsychotic drugs
  • Drugs used in affective disorders
  • Antiepileptic drugs and centrally acting muscle relaxants
  • Analgesic drugs
  • Central nervous system stimulants and psychotomimetic drugs
  • Drug dependence and drug abuse
  • Local anaesthetics and other drugs that affect ion channels
  • Sec. 5. Chemotherapy of infectious and malignant disease
  • Basic principles of chemotherapy
  • Cancer chemotherapy
  • Antibacterial drugs
  • Antiviral drugs
  • Antifungal drugs
  • Antiprotozoal drugs
  • Anthelmintic drugs
  • Sec. 6. General topics
  • Individual variation and drug interaction
  • Harmful effects of drugs
  • Gene therapy
  • Appendix : the main pharmacological agents