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      A Textbook of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, 5Ed book

      ByJames Ritter, Lionel Lewis, Timothy Mant, Albert Ferro
      Edition 5th Edition
      First Published 2008
      eBook Published 11 December 2012
      Pub. Location London
      Imprint CRC Press
      DOI https://doi.org/10.1201/b13234
      Pages 480
      eBook ISBN 9780429167294
      Subjects Bioscience
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      Ritter, J., Lewis, L., Mant, T., & Ferro, A. (2008). A Textbook of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, 5Ed (5th ed.). CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/b13234

      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

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      part |2 pages

      PART I GENERAL PRINCIPLES

      chapter 1|3 pages

      Introduction to therapeutics

      chapter 2|5 pages

      Mechanisms of drug action (pharmacodynamics)

      chapter 3|6 pages

      Pharmacokinetics

      chapter 4|7 pages

      Drug absorption and routes of administration

      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 15|6 pages

      Introduction of new drugs and clinical trials

      chapter 16|5 pages

      Cell-based and recombinant DNA therapies

      chapter 17|6 pages

      Alternative medicines: herbals and nutraceuticals

      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 21|9 pages

      Movement disorders and degenerative CNS disease

      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

      chapter 26|8 pages

      Anti-inflammatory drugs and the treatment of arthritis

      part |2 pages

      PART IV THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM

      chapter 27|8 pages

      Prevention of atheroma: lowering plasma cholesterol and other approaches

      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

      chapter 33|12 pages

      3 disease (COPD) and other respiratory disorders

      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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