Brody's human pharmacology : molecular to clinical /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Philadelphia, Pa. :
Elsvier Mosby,
[2005]
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| Edition: | Fourth edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction and definitions
- Receptors and concentration-response relationships
- Absorption, distribution, metabolism, and elimination
- Clinical pharmacokinetics and issues in therapeutics
- Gene therapy and emerging molecular therapies
- Regulated drug development and usage
- Herbals and natural products
- Introduction to the autonomic nervous system
- Drugs affecting the parasympathetic nervous system and autonomic ganglia
- Drugs affecting the sympathetic nervous system
- Regulation of blood pressure by the autonomic nervous system
- Antihypertensive drugs
- Diuretics : drugs that increase the excretion of water and electrolytes
- Antiarrhythmic drugs
- Drugs to treat heart failure
- Vasodilators and nitric oxide synthase
- Prostaglandins and related autacoids
- Lipid-lowering drugs and atherosclerosis
- Drugs to treat blood disorders
- Introduction to the central nervous system
- Treatment of Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases
- Treatment of psychotic disorders
- Treatment of affective disorders
- Treatment of anxiety and sleep disorders
- Ethanol and related compounds
- Treatment of eating disorders and obesity
- Treatment of seizure disorders
- General anesthetics
- Skeletal muscle relaxants
- Local anesthetics
- Drugs to control pain
- Drug and substance abuse
- Glucocorticoids and mineralocorticoids
- Drugs to treat asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- Estrogens and progestins
- Androgens and antiandrogens
- Thyroid and antithyroid drugs
- Insulin and drugs used in the therapy of diabetes mellitus
- Drugs affecting uterine motility
- Hypothalamic-pituitary hormones
- Calcium-regulating hormones and other agents affecting bone
- Mechanisms of action of antineoplastic drugs
- Clinical effects of antineoplastic drugs
- Principles of antimicrobial use
- Bacterial cell wall inhibitors
- Inhibitors of bacterial ribosomal actions
- Bacterial folate antagonists, fluoroquinolones, and other antibacterial agents
- Selection of an antibacterial agent
- Antimycobacterial agents
- Antifungal agents
- Antiviral agents
- Drugs to treat parasitic infections
- Immunopharmacology
- Histamines and antihistamines
- Gastrointestinal drugs
- Toxicology