Foye's principles of medicinal chemistry /
edited by Thomas L. Lemke [and three others]
- Seventh edition.
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2013
- xviii, 1500 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
Includes index.
Principles of drug discovery -- Drug receptors affecting neurotransmission and enzymes as catalytic receptors -- Pharmacodynamic agents -- Disease state management.
This edition places emphasis on patient-focused pharmaceutical care and on the pharmacist as a therapeutic consultant, rather than a chemist. A new disease state management section explains appropriate therapeutic options for asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and men's and women's health problems.