ABSTRACT

If you understand how drugs work (pharmacodynamics), how they are handled by the body (pharmacokinetics), how they interact with each other, and how drug treatments are assessed, then you will become a better prescriber. A Textbook of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics gives you that understanding.Fully revised throughout and extensively illust

part |2 pages

PART I GENERAL PRINCIPLES

chapter 1|3 pages

Introduction to therapeutics

chapter 3|6 pages

Pharmacokinetics

chapter 5|7 pages

Drug metabolism

chapter 6|3 pages

Renal excretion of drugs

chapter 7|7 pages

Effects of disease on drug disposition

chapter 8|4 pages

Therapeutic drug monitoring

chapter 9|7 pages

Drugs in pregnancy

chapter 10|4 pages

Drugs in infants and children

chapter 11|6 pages

Drugs in the elderly

chapter 12|9 pages

Adverse drug reactions

chapter 13|8 pages

Drug interactions

chapter 14|7 pages

Pharmacogenetics

chapter 16|5 pages

Cell-based and recombinant DNA therapies

part |2 pages

PART II THE NERVOUS SYSTEM

chapter 18|5 pages

Hypnotics and anxiolytics

chapter 19|6 pages

Schizophrenia and behavioural emergencies

chapter 20|8 pages

Mood disorders

chapter 22|9 pages

Anti-epileptics

chapter 23|3 pages

Migraine

chapter 24|10 pages

Anaesthetics and muscle relaxants

chapter 25|10 pages

Analgesics and the control of pain

part |2 pages

PART III THE MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM

part |2 pages

PART IV THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM

chapter 28|11 pages

Hypertension

chapter 29|8 pages

Ischaemic heart disease

chapter 30|7 pages

Anticoagulants and antiplatelet drugs

chapter 31|6 pages

Heart failure

chapter 32|14 pages

Cardiac dysrhythmias

part |2 pages

PART V THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM

part |2 pages

PART VI THE ALIMENTARY SYSTEM

chapter 34|18 pages

Alimentary system and liver

chapter 35|6 pages

Vitamins and trace elements

part |2 pages

PART VII FLUIDS AND ELECTROLYTES

chapter 36|10 pages

Nephrological and related aspects

part |2 pages

PART VIII THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM

chapter 37|7 pages

Diabetes mellitus

chapter 38|5 pages

Thyroid

chapter 39|5 pages

Calcium metabolism

chapter 40|5 pages

Adrenal hormones

chapter 41|9 pages

Reproductive endocrinology

chapter 42|5 pages

The pituitary hormones and related drugs

part |2 pages

PART IX SELECTIVE TOXICITY

chapter 43|11 pages

Antibacterial drugs

chapter 44|6 pages

Mycobacterial infections

chapter 45|11 pages

Fungal and non-HIV viral infections

chapter 46|10 pages

HIV and AIDS

chapter 47|6 pages

Malaria and other parasitic infections

chapter 48|20 pages

Cancer chemotherapy

part |2 pages

PART X HAEMATOLOGY

chapter 49|8 pages

Anaemia and other haematological disorders

part |2 pages

PART XI IMMUNOPHARMACOLOGY

chapter 50|10 pages

Clinical immunopharmacology

part |2 pages

PART XII THE SKIN

chapter 51|10 pages

Drugs and the skin

part |2 pages

PART XIII THE EYE

chapter 52|8 pages

Drugs and the eye

part |2 pages

PART XIV CLINICAL TOXICOLOGY

chapter 53|11 pages

Drugs and alcohol abuse

chapter 54|7 pages

Drug overdose and poisoning

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