Levine's pharmacology : drug actions and reactions /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Schwartz-Bloom, Rochelle D., Walsh, Carol T., Levine, Ruth R.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Taylor & Francis, 2005.
Edition:Seventh edition.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • The heritage of pharmacology
  • The scope of pharmacology
  • How drugs act on the living organism
  • How drugs reach their site of action : general principles of passage of drugs across biologic barriers
  • How drugs reach their site of action : absorption
  • How drugs reach their site of action : distribution
  • How the actions of drugs are terminated : excretion
  • How the actions of drugs are terminated : biotransfomation
  • General priniciples of the quantitative aspects of drug action : dose-response relationships
  • General principles of the quantitative aspects of drug action : time-response relationships
  • Factors modifying the effects of drugs in individuals : variability in response attributable to the biologic system
  • Factors modifying the effects of drugs in individuals : variability in response attributable to the conditions of administration
  • Drug toxicity
  • How drugs alter physiologic function
  • The pharmacologic aspects of drug abuse
  • The development and evaluation of new drugs.