Basic concepts in pharmacology : what you need to know for each drug class - Stringer, Janet L. (New York : McGraw-Hill Medical, 2011)
Where to start. General principles. Receptor theory -- Absorption, distribution and clearance -- Pharmacokinetics -- Drug metabolism and renal elimination -- Drugs that affect the autonomic nervous system. Review of the autonomic nervous system -- Cholinergic agonists -- Cholinergic antagonists -- Adrenergic agonists -- Adrenergic antagonists -- Drugs that affect the cardiovascular system. Antihypertensive drugs -- Drugs used in ischemic heart disease and congestive heart failure -- Antiarrrhytmic drugs -- Drugs that affect blood -- Drugs that act on the central nervous system. Drugs used in dementia -- Anxiolytic and hypnotic drugs -- Drugs used in mood disorders -- Antipsychotics or neuroleptics -- Drugs used in Parkinson disease -- Antiepileptic drugs -- Narcotics (opiates) -- General anesthetics -- Local anesthetics -- Chemotherapeutic agents. Introduction to chemotherapy -- Inhibitors of cell wall synthesis -- Protein synthesis inhibitors -- Folate anatgonists -- Quinolones and urinary tract antiseptics -- Drugs used in tuberculosis and leprosy -- Antifungal drugs -- Anthelmintic drugs -- Antiviral drugs -- Antiprotozoal drugs -- Anticancer drugs -- Drugs that affect the endocrine system. Andrenocortical hormones -- Sex steroids -- Thyroid and parathyroid drugs -- Insulin, glucagon and oral hypoglycemic drugs -- Miscellaneous drugs. Histamine and antihistamines -- Respiratory drugs -- Drugs that affect the GI tract -- Nonnarcotic analgesics and anti-inflammatory drugs -- Immunosuppressives -- Drugs used in osteoporosis -- Toxicology and poisoning
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Keywords: Drugs; Drugs -- Outlines, syllabi, etc; Pharmaceutical Preparations; Pharmacological Phenomena; Pharmacology; Pharmacology -- Outlines, syllabi, etc