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Brody's Human Pharmacology
Mechanism-Based Therapeutics
- 6th Edition - May 31, 2018
- Author: Lynn Wecker
- Editor: Lynn Wecker
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 4 7 6 5 2 - 2
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 5 9 6 6 2 - 6
Focusing on the essential aspects of pharmacology you need to know, Brody‘s Human Pharmacology, 6th Edition, keeps you fully up to date with all that’s new in the field. Streamlin… Read more
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Request a sales quoteFocusing on the essential aspects of pharmacology you need to know, Brody‘s Human Pharmacology, 6th Edition, keeps you fully up to date with all that’s new in the field. Streamlined content, a new organizational approach, enhanced online components, and thoroughly updated information ensure your grasp of key concepts and prepare you for exams. Nearly 500 full-color illustrations explain important processes, while color-coded boxes for major drugs, therapeutic overviews, clinical problems, and trade names reinforce your mastery of the information.
- Cover image
- Title Page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Contributors
- Preface
- Dedication and Acknowledgments
- Section 1 Mechanisms of Drug Action and Therapeutic Principles
- Introduction
- 1 Introduction
- Websites
- 2 Pharmacodynamics
- Biological Sites and Specificity of Drug Action
- General Properties of Cellular Receptors
- Agonists and Antagonists
- Receptor Families, Subtypes, and Signaling Cascades
- Quantitative Relationships
- Receptor Regulation
- Websites
- Self-Assessment Questions
- 3 Pharmacokinetics
- Absorption and Distribution
- Metabolism and Elimination of Drugs
- Clinical Considerations
- Calculation of Pharmacokinetic Parameters
- Multiple or Prolonged Dosing
- Special Populations and Disease Considerations
- Summary
- Further Reading
- Self-Assessment Questions
- 4 Pharmacogenetics
- Genes Affecting Pharmacokinetics: Drug Metabolism and Drug Transporters
- Genes Affecting Pharmacodynamics
- Cancer Pharmacogenetics
- Summary
- Further Reading
- Websites
- Self-Assessment Questions
- 5 Drug Discovery, Development, and Regulation
- Drug Discovery and Development
- Prescription Writing and Regulation
- Summary
- Further Reading
- Websites
- Self-Assessment Questions
- Section 2 Chemical Mediators and Drugs Affecting Autonomic and Neuromuscular Synapses
- Introduction
- 6 Introduction to the Autonomic Nervous System
- Divisions of the Autonomic Nervous System
- Functional Responses Mediated by the Autonomic Nervous System
- Neurotransmission in the Autonomic Nervous System
- Neurotransmitters in the Autonomic Nervous System
- Neurotransmitter Receptors in the Autonomic Nervous System
- Drugs Affecting the Autonomic Nervous System
- New Developments
- Further Reading
- Websites
- Self-Assessment Questions
- Cholinergic Drugs
- 7 Muscarinic Agonists, Cholinesterase Inhibitors, and Their Clinical Uses
- TheRapeutic Overview
- Mechanisms of Action
- Relationship of Mechanisms of Action to Clinical Response
- Pharmacokinetics
- Pharmacovigilance: Adverse Effects and Drug Interactions
- New Developments
- Clinical Relevance for Healthcare Professionals
- Further Reading
- Websites
- Self-Assessment Questions
- 8 Muscarinic Antagonists and Their Clinical Uses
- Therapeutic Overview
- Mechanisms of Action
- Relationship of Mechanisms of Action to Clinical Response
- Pharmacokinetics
- Pharmacovigilance: Adverse Effects and Drug Interactions
- New Developments
- Clinical Relevance for Healthcare Professionals
- Further Reading
- Websites
- Self-Assessment Questions
- 9 Nicotinic Agonists and Their Clinical Uses
- Therapeutic Overview
- Mechanisms of Action
- Relationship of Mechanisms of Action to Clinical Response
- Pharmacokinetics
- Pharmacovigilance: Adverse Effects and Drug Interactions
- Clinical Relevance for Healthcare Professionals
- New Developments
- Further Reading
- Websites
- Self-Assessment Questions
- 10 Neuromuscular Blocking Drugs and Nicotinic Antagonists
- Therapeutic Overview
- Mechanisms of Action
- Relationship of Mechanisms of Action to Clinical Response
- Pharmacokinetics
- Pharmacovigilance: Adverse Effects and Drug Interactions
- New Developments
- Clinical Relevance for Healthcare Professionals
- Further Reading
- Websites
- Self Assessment Questions
- Adrenergic Drugs
- 11 Adrenergic Agonists and Their Clinical Uses
- Therapeutic Overview
- Mechanisms of Action
- Relationship of Mechanisms of Action to Clinical Response
- Pharmacokinetics
- Pharmacovigilance: Adverse Effects and Drug Interactions
- New Developments
- Clinical Relevance for Healthcare Professionals
- Further Reading
- Websites
- Self-Assessment Questions
- 12 Adrenergic Antagonists and Their Clinical Uses
- Therapeutic Overview
- Mechanisms of Action
- Relationship of Mechanisms of Action to Clinical Response
- Pharmacokinetics
- Pharmacovigilance: Adverse Effects and Drug Interactions
- New Developments
- Clinical Relevance for Healthcare Professionals
- Further Reading
- Websites
- Self-Assessment Questions
- Section 3 Drug Treatment for Disorders Affecting the Central Nervous System
- Introduction
- 13 The Central Nervous System
- Introduction
- Neurotransmission in the Central Nervous System
- Organization of the Central Nervous System
- Drug Action in the Central Nervous System
- Further Reading
- Websites
- Self-Assessment Questions
- 14 Drug Therapy for Alzheimer Disease and Other Cognitive Disorders/Dementias
- Therapeutic Overview
- Mechanisms of Action
- Relationship of Mechanisms of Action to Clinical Response
- Pharmacokinetics
- Pharmacovigilance: Adverse Effects and Drug Interactions
- New Developments
- Clinical Relevance for Healthcare Professionals
- Further Reading
- Websites
- Self-Assessment Questions
- 15 Pharmacotherapy of Basal Ganglia Disorders
- Therapeutic Overview
- Mechanisms of Action
- Relationship of Mechanisms of Action to Clinical Response
- Pharmacokinetics
- Pharmacovigilance: Adverse Effects and Drug Interactions
- New Developments
- Clinical Relevance for Healthcare Professionals
- Further Reading
- Websites
- Self-Assessment Questions
- 16 Drug Therapy for Psychoses and Bipolar Disorder
- Therapeutic Overview
- Mechanisms of Action
- Relationship of Mechanisms of Action to Clinical Response
- Pharmacokinetics
- Pharmacovigilance: Adverse Effects and Drug Interactions
- New Developments
- Clinical Relevance for Healthcare Professionals
- Further Reading
- Websites
- Self-Assessment Questions
- 17 Drug Therapy for Depression and Anxiety
- Therapeutic Overview
- Mechanisms of Action
- Relationship of Mechanisms of Action to Clinical Response
- Pharmacokinetics
- Pharmacovigilance: Adverse Effects and Drug Interactions
- New Developments
- Clinical Relevance for Healthcare Professionals
- Further Reading
- Websites
- Self-Assessment Questions
- 18 Drug Therapy for the Management of Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder
- Therapeutic Overview
- Mechanisms of Action
- Relationship of Mechanisms of Action to Clinical Response
- Pharmacokinetics
- Pharmacovigilance: Adverse Effects and Drug Interactions
- New Developments
- Clinical Relevance for Healthcare Professionals
- Further Reading
- Websites
- Self-Assessment Questions
- 19 Drug Therapy for Insomnia and the Hypersomnias
- Therapeutic Overview
- Mechanisms of Action
- Relationship of Mechanisms of Action to Clinical Response
- Pharmacokinetics
- Pharmacovigilance: Adverse Effects and Drug Interactions
- New Developments
- Clinical Relevance for Healthcare Professionals
- Further Reading
- Websites
- Self-Assessment Questions
- 20 Drug Therapy for Managing Obesity and Eating Disorders
- Therapeutic Overview
- Mechanisms of Action
- Relationship of Mechanisms of Action to Clinical Response
- Pharmacokinetics
- Pharmacovigilance: Adverse Effects and Drug Interactions
- New Developments
- Clinical Relevance for Healthcare Professionals
- Further Reading
- Websites
- Self-Assessment Questions
- 21 Treatment of Seizure Disorders
- Therapeutic Overview
- Mechanisms of Action
- Relationship of Mechanisms of Action to Clinical Response
- Pharmacokinetics
- Pharmacovigilance: Adverse Effects and Drug Interactions
- New Developments
- Clinical Relevance for Healthcare Professionals
- Further Reading
- Websites
- Self-Assessment Questions
- 22 Drug Therapy for Spasticity Disorders
- Therapeutic Overview
- Mechanisms of Action
- Relationship of Mechanisms of Action to Clinical Response
- Pharmacokinetics
- Pharmacovigilance: Adverse Effects and Drug Interactions
- New Developments
- Clinical Relevance for Healthcare Professionals
- Further Reading
- Websites
- Self-Assessment Questions
- 23 Ethanol, Other Alcohols, and Drugs for Alcohol Use Disorder
- Therapeutic Overview
- Mechanisms of Action
- Relationship of Mechanisms of Action to Clinical Response
- Pharmacokinetics
- Pharmacovigilance: Adverse Effects and Drug Interactions
- New Developments
- Clinical Relevance for Healthcare Professionals
- Further Reading
- Websites
- Self-Assessment Questions
- 24 Illicit Psychoactive Compounds and Substance Use Disorder
- Therapeutic Overview
- Mechanisms of Action
- Relationship of Mechanisms of Action to Clinical Response
- Pharmacokinetics
- Pharmacovigilance: Adverse Effects and Drug Interactions
- New Developments
- Clinical Relevance for Healthcare Professionals
- Further Reading
- Websites
- Self-Assessment Questions
- Section 4 Drug Therapy for Pain Management
- Introduction
- 25 Introduction
- Neurophysiology of Pain
- Drugs to Alleviate Pain
- Specific Pain Syndromes
- Further Reading
- Websites
- 26 General Anesthetics
- Therapeutic Overview
- Mechanisms of Action
- Relationship of Mechanisms of Action to Clinical Response
- Pharmacokinetics
- Pharmacovigilance: Adverse Effects and Drug Interactions
- New Developments
- Clinical Relevance for Healthcare Professionals
- Further Reading
- Websites
- Self-Assessment Questions
- 27 Local Anesthetics
- Therapeutic Overview
- Mechanisms of Action
- Relationship of Mechanisms of Action to Clinical Response
- Pharmacokinetics
- Pharmacovigilance: Adverse Effects and Drug Interactions
- New Developments
- Clinical Relevance for Healthcare Professionals
- Further Reading
- Websites
- Self-Assessment Questions
- 28 Opioid Analgesics
- Therapeutic Overview
- Mechanisms of Action
- Relationship of Mechanisms of Action to Clinical Response
- Pharmacokinetics
- Pharmacovigilance: Adverse Effects and Drug Interactions
- New Developments
- Clinical Relevance for Healthcare Professionals
- Further Reading
- Websites
- Self-Assessment Questions
- 29 Nonsteroidal Antiinflammatory Agents and Acetaminophen
- Therapeutic Overview
- Mechanisms of Action
- Relationship of Mechanisms of Action to Clinical Response
- Pharmacokinetics
- Pharmacovigilance: Adverse Effects and Drug Interactions
- New Developments
- Clinical Relevance for Healthcare Professionals
- Further Reading
- Websites
- Self-Assessment Questions
- 30 Cannabinoids as Analgesics
- Therapeutic Overview
- Mechanisms of Action
- Relationship of Mechanisms of Action to Clinical Response
- Pharmacokinetics
- Pharmacovigilance: Adverse Effects and Drug Interactions
- New Developments
- Clinical Relevance for Healthcare Professionals
- Further Reading
- Website
- Self-Assessment Questions
- Section 5 Treatment of Inflammatory, Allergic and Immunological Disorders
- Introduction
- 31 Drug Therapy for Migraine Headache
- Therapeutic Overview
- Mechanisms of Action
- Relationship of Mechanisms of Action to Clinical Response
- Pharmacokinetics
- Pharmacovigilance: Adverse Effects and Drug Interactions
- New Developments
- Clinical Relevance for Healthcare Professionals
- Further Reading
- Websites
- Self-Assessment Questions
- 32 Drug Therapy for Gout and Hyperuricemia
- Therapeutic Overview
- Mechanisms of Action
- Relationship of Mechanisms of Action to Clinical Response
- Pharmacokinetics
- Pharmacovigilance: Adverse Effects and Drug Interactions
- New Developments
- Clinical Relevance for Healthcare Professionals
- Further Reading
- Websites
- Self-Assessment Questions
- 33 Drug Treatment for Allergic Reactions
- Therapeutic Overview
- Mechanisms of Action
- Relationship of Mechanisms of Action to Clinical Response
- Pharmacokinetics
- Pharmacovigilance: Adverse Effects and Drug Interactions
- New Developments
- Clinical Relevance for Healthcare Professionals
- Further Reading
- Websites
- Self-Assessment Questions
- 34 Immunosuppressants for Autoimmune Disorders and Organ Transplantation
- Therapeutic Overview
- Mechanisms of Action
- Relationship of Mechanisms of Action to Clinical Response
- Pharmacokinetics
- Pharmacovigilance: Adverse Effects and Drug Interactions
- New Developments
- Clinical Relevance for Healthcare Professionals
- Further Reading
- Websites
- Self Assessment Questions
- 35 Drug Therapy for Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Therapeutic Overview
- Mechanisms of Action
- Relationship of Mechanisms of Action to Clinical Response
- Pharmacokinetics
- Pharmacovigilance: Adverse Effects and Drug Interactions
- New Developments
- Clinical Relevance for Healthcare Professionals
- Further Reading
- Websites
- Self-Assessment Questions
- Section 6 Drug Treatment for Cardiovascular Diseases
- Introduction
- 36 Introduction to the Regulation of Cardiovascular Function
- Central Control of Autonomic Nerve Activity
- Regulation of Sympathetic Activity
- Further Reading
- Websites
- Self-Assessment Questions
- 37 Overview of Hypertension Management and Drugs That Decrease Sympathetic Tone
- Therapeutic Overview
- Mechanisms of Action
- Relationship of Mechanisms of Action to Clinical Response
- Pharmacokinetics
- Pharmacovigilance: Adverse Effects and Drug Interactions
- New Developments
- Clinical Relevance for Healthcare Professionals
- Further Reading
- Websites
- Self-Assessment Questions
- 38 Diuretics and Drugs That Affect Volume and Electrolyte Content
- Therapeutic Overview
- Mechanisms of Action
- Relationship of Mechanisms of Action to Clinical Response
- Pharmacokinetics
- Pharmacovigilance: Adverse Effects and Drug Interactions
- New Developments
- Clinical Relevance for Healthcare Professionals
- Further Reading
- Websites
- Self-Assessment Questions
- 39 Drugs Affecting the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System
- Therapeutic Overview
- Mechanisms of Action
- Relationship of Mechanisms of Action to Clinical Response
- Pharmacokinetics
- Pharmacovigilance: Adverse Effects and Drug Interactions
- New Developments
- Clinical Relevance for Healthcare Professionals
- Further Reading
- Websites
- Self-Assessment Questions
- 40 Calcium Channel Blockers
- Therapeutic Overview
- Mechanisms of Action
- Relationship of Mechanisms of Action to Clinical Response
- Pharmacokinetics
- Pharmacovigilance: Adverse Effects and Drug Interactions
- New Developments
- Clinical Relevance for Healthcare Professionals
- Further Reading
- Websites
- Self-Assessment Questions
- 41 Vasodilators for Hypertensive Crises, Pulmonary Hypertension, and Erectile Dysfunction
- Therapeutic Overview
- Mechanisms of Action
- Relationship of Mechanisms of Action to Clinical Response
- Pharmacokinetics
- Pharmacovigilance: Adverse Effects and Drug Interactions
- New Developments
- Clinical Relevance for Healthcare Professionals
- Further Reading
- Websites
- Self-Assessment Questions
- 42 Drug Therapy for Hyperlipidemias and Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease
- Therapeutic Overview
- Mechanisms of Action
- Relationship of Mechanisms of Action to Clinical Response
- Pharmacokinetics
- Pharmacovigilance: Adverse Effects and Drug Interactions
- New Developments
- Clinical Relevance for Healthcare Professionals
- Further Reading
- Websites
- Self-Assessment Questions
- 43 Drug Therapy for Myocardial Ischemia and Angina Pectoris
- Therapeutic Overview
- Mechanisms of Action
- Relationship of Mechanisms of Action to Clinical Response
- Pharmacokinetics
- Pharmacovigilance: Adverse Effects and Drug Interactions
- New Developments
- Clinical Relevance for Healthcare Professionals
- Further Reading
- Websites
- Self-Assessment Questions
- 44 Treatment of Heart Failure
- Therapeutic Overview
- Mechanisms of Action
- Relationship of Mechanisms of Action to Clinical Response
- Pharmacokinetics
- Pharmacovigilance: Adverse Effects and Drug Interactions
- New Developments
- Clinical Relevance for Healthcare Professionals
- Further Reading
- Websites
- Self-Assessment Questions
- 45 Antiarrhythmic Drugs
- Therapeutic Overview
- Mechanisms of Action
- Relationship of Mechanisms of Action to Clinical Response
- Pharmacokinetics
- Pharmacovigilance: Adverse Effects and Drug Interactions
- New Developments
- Clinical Relevance for Healthcare Professionals
- Further Reading
- Websites
- Self-Assessment Questions
- 46 Anticoagulant, Fibrinolytic, and Antiplatelet Agents
- Therapeutic Overview
- Mechanisms of Action
- Relationship of Mechanisms of Action to Clinical Response
- Pharmacokinetics
- Pharmacovigilance: Adverse Effects and Drug Interactions
- New Developments
- Clinical Relevance for Healthcare Professionals
- Further Reading
- Websites
- Self-Assessment Questions
- 47 Drug Therapy for Hemophilia and the Deficiency Anemias
- Therapeutic Overview
- Mechanisms of Action
- Relationship of Mechanisms of Action to Clinical Response
- Pharmacokinetics
- Pharmacovigilance: Adverse Effects and Drug Interactions
- New Developments
- Clinical Relevance for Healthcare Professionals
- Further Reading
- Websites
- Self-Assessment Questions
- Section 7 Endocrine Pharmacology
- Introduction
- 48 Introduction to Endocrine Pharmacology
- Introduction
- Hormones
- New Developments
- Clinical Relevance for Healthcare Professionals
- 49 Treatment of Hypothalamic and Pituitary Disorders
- Therapeutic Overview
- Mechanisms of Action
- Relationship of Mechanisms of Action to Clinical Response
- Pharmacokinetics
- Pharmacovigilance: Adverse Effects and Drug Interactions
- New Developments
- Clinical Relevance for Healthcare Professionals
- Further Reading
- Websites
- Self-Assessment Questions
- 50 Treatment of Adrenocorticosteroid Disorders
- Therapeutic Overview
- Mechanisms of Action
- Relationship of Mechanisms of Action to Clinical Response
- Pharmacokinetics
- Pharmacovigilance: Adverse Effects and Drug Interactions
- New Developments
- Clinical Relevance for Healthcare Professionals
- Further Reading
- Websites
- Self-Assessment Questions
- 51 Female Hormone Regulation
- Therapeutic Overview
- Mechanisms of Action
- Relationship of Mechanisms of Action to Clinical Response
- Pharmacokinetics
- Pharmacovigilance: Adverse Effects and Drug Interactions
- New Developments
- Clinical Relevance for Healthcare Professionals
- Further Reading
- Websites
- Self-Assessment Questions
- 52 Androgens, Antiandrogens, and Their Clinical Uses
- Therapeutic Overview
- Mechanisms of Action
- Relationship of Mechanisms of Action to Clinical Response
- Pharmacokinetics
- Pharmacovigilance: Adverse Effects and Drug Interactions
- New Developments
- Clinical Relevance for Healthcare Professionals
- Further Reading
- Websites
- Self-Assessment Questions
- 53 Drug Therapy for the Management of Diabetes
- Therapeutic Overview
- Mechanisms of Action
- Relationship of Mechanisms of Action to Clinical Response
- Pharmacokinetics
- Pharmacovigilance: Adverse Effects and Drug Interactions
- New Developments
- Clinical Relevance for Healthcare Professionals
- Further Reading
- Websites
- Self-Assessment Questions
- 54 Drug Therapy for the Management of Thyroid Disorders
- Therapeutic Overview
- Mechanisms of Action
- Relationship of Mechanisms of Action to Clinical Response
- Pharmacokinetics
- Pharmacovigilance: Adverse Effects and Drug Interactions
- New Developments
- Clinical Relevance for Healthcare Professionals
- Further Reading
- Websites
- Self-Assessment Questions
- 55 Calcium Regulating Hormones and Other Agents Affecting Bone
- Therapeutic Overview
- Mechanisms of Action
- Relationship of Mechanisms of Action to Clinical Response
- Pharmacokinetics
- Pharmacovigilance: Adverse Effects and Drug Interactions
- New Developments
- Clinical Relevance for Healthcare Professionals
- Further Reading
- Websites
- Self-Assessment Questions
- Section 8 Chemotherapy
- Introduction
- Infectious Diseases
- 56 Principles of Antimicrobial Use
- Introduction
- Drug-Bacteria Interactions
- Host-Bacteria Interactions
- Drug-Host Interactions
- Antimicrobial Therapy
- Further Reading
- Websites
- Self-Assessment Questions
- 57 Drugs Targeting Bacterial Cell Walls and Membranes
- Therapeutic Overview
- Mechanisms of Action
- Mechanisms of Resistance
- Relationship of Mechanisms of Action to Clinical Response
- Pharmacokinetics
- Pharmacovigilance: Adverse Effects and Drug Interactions
- New Developments
- Clinical Relevance for Healthcare Professionals
- Further Reading
- Websites
- Self-Assessment Questions
- 58 Drugs Targeting Bacterial Protein Synthesis
- Therapeutic Overview
- Mechanisms of Action
- Mechanisms of Resistance
- Relationship of Mechanisms of Action to Clinical Response
- Pharmacokinetics
- Pharmacovigilance: Adverse Effects and Drug Interactions
- New Developments
- Clinical Relevance for Healthcare Professionals
- Further Reading
- Websites
- Self-Assessment Questions
- 59 Drugs Targeting Bacterial DNA
- Therapeutic Overview
- Mechanisms of Action
- Mechanisms of Resistance
- Relationship of Mechanisms of Action to Clinical Response
- Pharmacokinetics
- Pharmacovigilance: Adverse Effects and Drug Interactions
- New Developments
- Clinical Relevance for Healthcare Professionals
- Further Reading
- Websites
- Self-Assessment Questions
- 60 Antimycobacterial Agents
- Therapeutic Overview
- Mechanisms of Action
- Relationship of Mechanisms of Action to Clinical Response
- Pharmacokinetics
- Pharmacovigilance: Adverse Effects and Drug Interactions
- New Developments
- Clinical Relevance for Healthcare Professionals
- Further Reading
- Websites
- Self-Assessment Questions
- 61 Drugs Targeting Resistant Organisms
- Therapeutic Overview
- Multidrug-Resistant Gram-Positive Bacteria
- Multidrug-Resistant Gram-Negative Bacteria
- New Developments
- Clinical Relevance for Healthcare Professionals
- Further Reading
- Websites
- Self-Assessment Questions
- Parasitic Diseases
- 62 Antifungal Agents
- Therapeutic Overview
- Mechanisms of Action
- Relationship of Mechanisms of Action to Clinical Response
- Pharmacokinetics
- Pharmacovigilance: Adverse Effects and Drug Interactions
- New Developments
- Clinical Relevance for Healthcare Professionals
- Further Reading
- Websites
- Self-Assessment Questions
- 63 Antimalarial and Other Antiprotozoal Agents
- Therapeutic Overview
- Mechanisms of Action
- Relationship of Mechanisms of Action to Clinical Response
- Pharmacokinetics
- Pharmacovigilance: Adverse Effects and Drug Interactions
- New Developments
- Clinical Relevance for Healthcare Professionals
- Further Reading
- Websites
- Self-Assessment Questions
- 64 Anthelmintics and Ectoparasiticides
- Therapeutic Overview
- Mechanisms of Action
- Relationship of Mechanisms of Action to Clinical Response
- Pharmacokinetics
- Pharmacovigilance: Adverse Effects and Drug Interactions
- New Developments
- Clinical Relevance for Healthcare Professionals
- Further Reading
- Websites
- Self-Assessment Questions
- Viruses
- 65 Antiviral Agents
- Therapeutic Overview
- Mechanisms of Action
- Relationship of Mechanisms of Action to Clinical Response
- Pharmacokinetics
- Pharmacovigilance: Adverse Effects and Drug Interactions
- New Developments
- Clinical Relevance for Healthcare Professionals
- Further Reading
- Websites
- Self-Assessment Questions
- 66 Antiretroviral Drugs for HIV
- Therapeutic Overview
- Mechanisms of Action
- Relationship of Mechanisms of Action to Clinical Response
- Pharmacokinetics
- Pharmacovigilance: Adverse Effects and Drug Interactions
- New Developments
- Clinical Relevance for Healthcare Professionals
- Further Reading
- Websites
- Self-Assessment Questions
- Cancer
- 67 Principles of Antineoplastic Drug Use
- Therapeutic Overview
- Drug Selection and Issues
- Special Clinical Problems
- New Developments
- Further Reading
- Websites
- Self-Assessment Questions
- 68 Cytotoxic Agents
- Therapeutic Overview
- Mechanisms of Action
- Mechanisms of Resistance
- Relationship of Mechanisms of Action to Clinical Response
- Pharmacokinetics
- Pharmacovigilance: Adverse Effects and Drug Interactions
- New Developments
- Clinical Relevance for Healthcare Professionals
- Further Reading
- Websites
- Self-Assessment Questions
- 69 Targeted Anticancer Agents
- Therapeutic Overview
- Mechanisms of Action
- Relationship of Mechanisms of Action to Clinical Response
- Pharmacokinetics
- Pharmacovigilance: Adverse Effects and Drug Interactions
- New Developments
- Clinical Relevance for Healthcare Professionals
- Further Reading
- Websites
- Self-Assessment Questions
- Section 9 Special Considerations
- Introduction
- 70 Therapeutic Use of Hematopoietic Growth Factors
- Therapeutic Overview
- Mechanisms of Action
- Relationship of Mechanisms of Action to Clinical Response
- Pharmacokinetics
- Pharmacovigilance: Adverse Effects and Drug Interactions
- New Developments
- Clinical Relevance for Healthcare Professionals
- Further Reading
- Websites
- Self-Assessment Questions
- 71 Gastrointestinal Disorders and Their Treatment
- Therapeutic Overview
- Mechanisms of Action
- Relationship of Mechanisms of Action to Clinical Response
- Pharmacokinetics
- Pharmacovigilance: Adverse Effects and Drug Interactions
- New Developments
- Clinical Relevance for Healthcare Professionals
- Further Reading
- Websites
- Self-Assessment Questions
- 72 Pharmacological Treatment of Asthma and COPD
- Therapeutic Overview
- Mechanisms of Action
- Relationship of Mechanisms of Action to Clinical Response
- Pharmacokinetics
- Pharmacovigilance: Adverse Effects and Drug Interactions
- New Developments
- Clinical Relevance for Healthcare Professionals
- Further Reading
- Websites
- Self-Assessment Questions
- 73 The Role of Nutraceuticals and Natural Products
- Therapeutic Overview
- Mechanisms of Action
- Relationship of Mechanisms of Action to Clinical Response
- Pharmacokinetics
- Pharmacovigilance: Adverse Effects and Drug Interactions
- New Developments
- Clinical Relevance for Healthcare Professionals
- Further Reading
- Websites
- Self-Assessment Questions
- 74 Essentials of Toxicology
- Toxicology Overview
- Mechanisms of Action
- Toxicant Interactions
- Emerging Issues
- Clinical Relevance for Healthcare Professionals
- Further Reading
- Websites
- Self-Assessment Questions
- 75 Therapeutic Considerations for Pregnant, Pediatric, Geriatric, and Obese Individuals
- Therapeutic Overview
- Relationship of Population Characteristics to Drug Responses
- Further Reading
- Websites
- Self-Assessment Questions
- Appendix
- Answers to Self-Assessment Questions
- Index
- No. of pages: 728
- Language: English
- Edition: 6
- Published: May 31, 2018
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323476522
- eBook ISBN: 9780323596626
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Lynn Wecker
Professor Lynn Wecker has recently retired from teaching at USF College of Medicine Tampa Florida, and has agreed to stay on for a final edition to help Susan learn the ropes.
Affiliations and expertise
Distinguished University Professor, Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine and Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology, Director, Laboratory of Neuropsychopharmacology, USF College of Medicine, Tampa, FloridaLW
Lynn Wecker
Professor Lynn Wecker has recently retired from teaching at USF College of Medicine Tampa Florida, and has agreed to stay on for a final edition to help Susan learn the ropes.
Affiliations and expertise
Distinguished University Professor, Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine and Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology, Director, Laboratory of Neuropsychopharmacology, USF College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida