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Pharmacology /

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Rang, H. P.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Churchill Livingstone, 1995.
Subjects:
Pharmacology.
Drug Therapy.
Table of Contents:
  • 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.