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viii, 855 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 25 cm.
General principles -- How drugs act: General principles -- How drugs act: Molecular aspects -- Measurement in pharmacology -- Absorption, distribution, and fate of drugs -- Chemical mediators -- Chemical mediators and the autonomic nervous system -- Cholinergic transmission -- Noradrenergic transmission -- Other peripheral mediators: 5-hydroxytryptamine and purines -- Peptides as mediators -- Nitric oxide -- Local hormones, inflammation, and allergy -- Anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressant drugs -- Drugs affecting major organ systems -- The heart -- The circulation -- Control of lipoprotein metabolism -- Hemostasis and thrombosis -- The respiratory system -- The kidney -- The gastrointestinal system -- The endocrine pancreas and the control of blood glucose -- The endocrine system -- The reproductive system -- The hematopoietic system.
The central nervous system -- Chemical transmission and drug action in the central nervous system -- Neurodegenerative disorders.
General anesthetic agents -- Anxiolytic and hypnotic drugs -- Neuroleptic 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 anesthetics and other drugs that affect excitable membranes -- Chemotherapy -- Basic principles of chemotherapy -- Cancer chemotherapy -- Antibacterial agents -- Antiviral drugs -- Antifungal drugs -- Antiprotozoal drugs -- Anthelminthic drugs -- General topics -- Individual variation and drug interaction -- Harmful effects of drugs.
"Adapted from Pharmacology, third edition, edited by H.P. Rang, M.M. Dale, and J. M. Ritter"--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references and index.