Pharmacology / edited by Karen Whalen, Carinda Field, and Rajan Radhakrishnan

Includes index.

Unit 1: Principles of Drug Therapy -- 1: Pharmacokinetics -- 2: Drug-Receptor Interactions and Pharmacodynamics -- Unit II: Drugs Affecting the Autonomic Nervous System -- 3: The Autonomic Nervous System -- 4: Cholinergic Agonists -- 5: Cholinergic Antagonists -- 6: Adrenergic Agonists -- 7; Adrenergic Antagonists -- Unit III -- 8: Drugs for Neurodegenerative Diseases -- 9: Anxiolytic and Hypnotic Drugs -- 10: Antidepressants -- 11: Antipsychotic Drugs -- 12: Drugs for Epilepsy -- 13 Anesthetics -- 14: Opiods -- 15: CNS Stimulants -- Unit IV: Drugs Affecting the Cardiovascular System -- 16: Antihypertensives -- 17: Diuretics -- 18: Drugs for Heart Failure -- 19: Antiarrhythmics -- 20: Antianginal Drugs -- 21: Anticoagulants and Antiplatelets Agents -- 22: Drugs for Hyperlipidemia -- Unit V: Drugs Affecting the Endocrine System -- 23: Pituitary and Thyroid -- 24: Drugs for Diabetes -- 25: Estrogents and Androgents -- 26: Adrenal Hormones -- 27: Drugs Affecting Bone Metabolism -- Unit VI: Chemotherapeutic Drugs -- 28: Principles of Antimicrobial Therapy -- 29: Cell Wall Inhibitors -- 30: Protein Synthesis Inhibitors -- 31: Quinolones, Folic Acid Antagonists, and Urinary Tract Antiseptics -- 32: Antimycobacterial Drugs -- 33: Antifungal Drugs -- 34: Antiviral Drugs -- 35: Anticancer Drugs -- 36: Immunosuppressants -- Unit VII: Special Topics in Pharmacology -- 37: Histamine and Serotonin -- 38: Anti-inflammatory, Antipyretic, and Analgesic Agents -- 39: Drugs for Disorders of the Respiratory Systems -- 40: Gastrointestinal and Antiemetic Drugs -- 41: Drugs for Urologic Disorders -- 44: Clinical Toxicology -- 45: Drugs of Abuse -- 46: Antiprotozoal Drugs -- 47: Anthelmintic Drugs.

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