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Sixth Edition
By
Humphrey Rang, MB, BS, MA, DPhil, FMedSci, FRS, Emeritus Professor of Pharmacology, University College, London, UK, formerly Director, Novartis Institute for Medical Science, London, UK
Maureen Dale, MB, BCh, PhD, Senior Teaching Fellow, Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford, Oxford; Honorary Lecturer, Department of Pharmacology, University College, London, UK
James Ritter, BM, BCh, MA, Dphil, FRCP, Professor, Department of Clinical Pharmacology, The Guy's, King's College, and St. Thomas' Hospitals' Medical and Dental Schools, London, UK
Rod Flower, PhD, DSc, FMedSci, FRS, FBPharmacolS
Description
A straightforward way to master a complex subject! This bestselling textbook presents all the knowledge you need to get through your pharmacology
course and beyond?using a clear and accessible approach that makes the material easy and interesting to learn. Progressing logically
from a molecular understanding of receptors and drug actions to the clinical uses of the most important groups of drugs, it delivers
the latest information on cannabinoids and rimonabant, Cox 2 inhibitors, pharmacogenetics, biopharmaceuticals, and drug abuse?as well
as "lifestyle drugs" such as performance-enhancing substances, botulinum toxin, and Viagra?. And now, online access via STUDENT CONSULT
makes it an even more effective learning resource!
Audience
Medical and Undergraduate students studying Pharmacology, Pharmacy students
Contents
Section 1. General Principles
1. What is pharmacology?
2. How drugs act: general principles
3.
How drugs act: molecular aspects
4. Cellular mechanisms: excitation, contraction and secretion
5. Cellular mechanisms:
cell proliferation and apoptosis
6. Method and measurement in pharmacology
7. Absorption and distribution of drugs
8.
Drug elimination and pharmacokinetics
Section 2. Chemical Mediators
9. Chemical mediators and the
autonomic nervous system
10. Cholinergic transmission
11. Noradrenergic transmission
12. Other peripheral mediators:
5-hydroxytryptamine and purines
13. Peptides and proteins as mediators
14. Nitric oxide
15. Local hormones, inflammation
and immune reactions
16. Anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressant drugs
Section 3. Drugs Affecting Major Organ
Systems
17. The heart
18. The vascular system
19. Atherosclerosis and lipoprotein metabolism
20.
Haemostasis and thrombosis
21. The heamopoietic system
22. The respiratory system
23. The kidney
24.
The gastrointestinal tract
25. The endocrine pancreas and the control of blood glucose
26. Obesity
27. The pituitary
and adrenal cortex
28. The thyroid
29. The reproductive system
30. Bone metabolism
Section
4. The Nervous System
31. Chemical transmission and drug action in the central nervous system
32. Amino acid
transmitters
33. Other transmitters and modulators
34. Neurodegenerative disorders
35. General anaesthetic agents
36. Anxiolytic and hypnotic drugs
37. Antipsychotic drugs
38. Drugs used in affective disorders
39. Antiepileptic
drugs
40. Analgesic drugs
41. CNS stimulants and psychotomimetic drugs
42. Drug dependence and drug abuse
43. Local anaesthetics
Section 5. Drugs Used in the Treatment of Infections and Cancer
44. Basic
principles of chemotherapy
45. Antibacterial drugs
46. Antiviral drugs
48. Antiprotozoal drugs
49. Anthelminthic
drugs
50. Cancer chemotherapy
Section 6. Special Topics
51. Individual variation and drug
interaction
52. Unwanted effects and drug toxicity
53. Lifestyle and non-medical uses of drugs
53. Gene therapy
54. Drug discovery and development
Appendix
Index
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Paperback, 844 pages, publication date: JAN-2007
ISBN-13: 978-0-443-06911-6
ISBN-10: 0-443-06911-5
Imprint: CHURCHILL LIVINGSTONE
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