Levine's pharmacology : drug actions and reactions /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Taylor & Francis,
2005.
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| Edition: | Seventh edition. |
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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.