Drugs and society : a biological perspective / Patricia Jones-Witters and Weldon L. Witters

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Monterey, California : Wadsworth Health Sciences, c1983Description: xvi, 423 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 534014127
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • RM 300 .J66 1983
Contents:
1. Why do people take drugs? -- 2. The body and drugs: structure and controls -- 3. How and where do drugs work? -- 4. Pharmacodynamics: the mechanisms of drug action -- 5. The classification of drugs and drug interactions -- 6. The hallucinogens -- 7. Marijuana -- 8. The stimulants -- 9. Tobacco -- 10. Depressant drugs -- 11. Alcohol -- 12. Opium and its derivatives -- 13. Drugs and pain -- 14. The contraceptive drugs -- 15. Drugs and human sexuality -- 16. Over-the-counter drugs -- 17. Special problems in the elderly -- 18. First aid in abused drug emergencies -- 19. Drugs and the law -- 20. Treatment, rehabilitation, and prevention.
Summary: The information is directed to those students who are not majoring in biology and who have had a modest scientific background, but who have questions about the therapeutic drugs that have been prescribed for them and about the recreational drugs they take.
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Books Books National University - Manila LRC - Annex Relegation Room Pharmacy GC RM 300 .J66 1983 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) c.1 Available NULIB000003880

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Why do people take drugs? -- 2. The body and drugs: structure and controls -- 3. How and where do drugs work? -- 4. Pharmacodynamics: the mechanisms of drug action -- 5. The classification of drugs and drug interactions -- 6. The hallucinogens -- 7. Marijuana -- 8. The stimulants -- 9. Tobacco -- 10. Depressant drugs -- 11. Alcohol -- 12. Opium and its derivatives -- 13. Drugs and pain -- 14. The contraceptive drugs -- 15. Drugs and human sexuality -- 16. Over-the-counter drugs -- 17. Special problems in the elderly -- 18. First aid in abused drug emergencies -- 19. Drugs and the law -- 20. Treatment, rehabilitation, and prevention.

The information is directed to those students who are not majoring in biology and who have had a modest scientific background, but who have questions about the therapeutic drugs that have been prescribed for them and about the recreational drugs they take.

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