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By Barbara Gladson, PhD, PT, OTR, University Medical & Dental of New Jersey, Graduate Program in Physical Therapy
Description This core textbook in pharmacology presents basic pharmacologic principles along with the mechanism of action and side effects of drugs
commonly seen in physical therapy practice. Chapters are organized using a systems approach with each section beginning with the pathophysiology
of disease and continuing with a discussion of the drug groups used for treatment. Sections end with a discussion about how drugs affect
physical therapy intervention and how physical therapy may affect drug effectiveness. Adverse drug reactions are reviewed and the therapist
is then counseled on the appropriate emergency or non-emergency intervention necessary. The last two chapters of the book provide an
in-depth discussion regarding the medication/exercise response as it pertains to cardiopulmonary illnesses, oncology, and diabetes.
Contents
Section One: Principles of Pharmacology
1. Introduction 2. Pharmacodynamics: Mechanisms of Action 3. Pharmacokinetics
and Drug Dosing 4. Adverse Drug Reactions
Section Two: Autonomic and Cardiovascular Pharmacology
5. Drugs
Acting on the Autonomic Nervous System 6. Antihypertensive Agents 7. Drug Therapy of Coronary Atherosclerosis and Its Repercussions 8.
Drug Therapy for Congestive Heart Failure and Cardiac Arrhythmias
Section Three: Treatment for Pulmonary and Gastrointestinal
Disorders
9. Drug Therapy for Pulmonary Disorders 10. Drugs for Gastrointestinal Disorders
Section Four:
Pain Control
11. Anesthetic Agents 12. Drugs for the Treatment of Pain and Inflammation 13. Drug treatment for Arthritis
Related Conditions
Section Five: Endocrine Pharmacology
14. Selective Topics in Endocrine Pharmacology 15.
Drug Treatment for Osteoporosis and Diabetes
Section Six: Psychopharmacology
16. Drug Treatment for Depression
and Anxiety 17. Drug Treatment for Schizophrenia and Bipolar Illness
Section Seven: Drugs Affecting the Nervous System
18.
Drugs for Epilepsy and Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder 19. Antispasticity Medications and Skeletal Muscle Relaxants 20.
Pharmacologic Management of Degenerative Neurologic Disorders
Section Eight: Infectious Disease
21. Antimicrobial
Agents 22. Antiviral Agents and Selected Drugs for Fungal Infections
Section Nine: Chemotherapeutic Drugs and Agents
Acting on the Immune System
23. Chemotherapy and Immune Modulation
Section Ten: The Relationship between Drug
Therapy and Exercise
24. The Interaction between Selective Cardiopulmonary and Diabetic Medications and Exercise
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