Basic & Clinical Pharmacology by Katzung, Bertram G. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Key Features Preface Authors SECTION I BASIC PRINCIPLES

1. Introduction 2. Drug Receptors & Pharmacodynamics 3. Pharmacokinetics & Pharmacodynamics: Rational Dosing & the Time Course of Drug Action 4. Drug Biotransformation 5. Development & Regulation of Drugs

SECTION II AUTONOMIC DRUGS

6. Introduction to Autonomic Pharmacology 7. Cholinoceptor-Activating & Cholinesterase-Inhibiting Drugs 8. Cholinoceptor-Blocking Drugs 9. Adrenoceptor Agonists & Sympathomimetic Drugs 10. Adrenoceptor Antagonist Drugs

SECTION III CARDIOVASCULAR-RENAL DRUGS

11. Antihypertensive Agents 12. Vasodilators & the Treatment of Angina Pectoris 13. Drugs Used in Heart Failure 14. Agents Used in Cardiac Arrhythmias 15. Diuretic Agents

SECTION IV DRUGS WITH IMPORTANT ACTIONS ON SMOOTH MUSCLE

16. Histamine, Serotonin, & the Ergot Alkaloids 17. Vasoactive Peptides 18. The Eicosanoids: Prostaglandins, Thromboxanes, Leukotrienes, & Related Compounds 19. Nitric Oxide 20. Drugs Used in Asthma

SECTION V DRUGS THAT ACT IN THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM

21. Introduction to the Pharmacology of CNS Drugs 22. Sedative-Hypnotic Drugs 23. The Alcohols 24. Antiseizure Drugs 25. General Anesthetics 26. Local Anesthetics 27. Skeletal Muscle Relaxants 28. Pharmacologic Management of Parkinsonism & Other Movement Disorders 29. Antipsychotic Agents & Lithium 30. Antidepressant Agents 31. Opioid Analgesics & Antagonists 32. Drugs of Abuse

SECTION VI DRUGS USED TO TREAT DISEASES OF THE BLOOD, INFLAMMATION, & GOUT

SECTION VII ENDOCRINE DRUGS

37. Hypothalamic & Pituitary Hormones 38. Thyroid & Antithyroid Drugs 39. Adrenocorticosteroids & Adrenocortical Antagonists 40. The Gonadal Hormones & Inhibitors 41. Pancreatic Hormones & Antidiabetic Drugs 42. Agents That Affect Bone Mineral Homeostasis

SECTION VIII CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC DRUGS

43. Beta-Lactam & Other Cell Wall- & Membrane-Active Antibiotics 44. Tetracyclines, Macrolides, Clindamycin, Chloramphenicol, Streptogramins, & Oxazolidinones 45. Aminoglycosides & Spectinomycin 46. Sulfonamides, Trimethoprim, & Quinolones 47. Antimycobacterial Drugs 48. Antifungal Agents 49. Antiviral Agents 50. Miscellaneous Antimicrobial Agents; Disinfectants, Antiseptics, & Sterilants 51. Clinical Use of Antimicrobial Agents 52. Antiprotozoal Drugs 53. Clinical Pharmacology of the Antihelminthic Drugs 54. Cancer Chemotherapy 55. Immunopharmacology

SECTION IX TOXICOLOGY

56. Introduction to Toxicology: Occupational & Environmental 57. Heavy Metal Intoxication & Chelators 58. Management of the Poisoned Patient

SECTION X SPECIAL TOPICS

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