Basic And Clinical Pharmacology. Lange

CONTENTS

Section I. Basic Principles
Chapter 1	Introduction
Chapter 2	Drug Receptors & Pharmacodynamics
Chapter 3	Pharmacokinetics & Pharmacodynamics: Rational Dosing & the Time Course of Drug Action
Chapter 4	Drug Biotransformation
Chapter 5	Development & Regulation of Drugs
Section II. Autonomic Drugs
Chapter 6	Introduction to Autonomic Pharmacology
Chapter 7	Cholinoceptor-Activating & Cholinesterase-Inhibiting Drugs
Chapter 8	Cholinoceptor-Blocking Drugs
Chapter 9	Adrenoceptor Agonists & Sympathomimetic Drugs
Chapter 10	Adrenoceptor Antagonist Drugs
Section III. Cardiovascular-Renal Drugs
Chapter 11	Antihypertensive Agents
Chapter 12	Vasodilators & the Treatment of Angina Pectoris
Chapter 13	Drugs Used in Heart Failure
Chapter 14	Agents Used in Cardiac Arrhythmias
Chapter 15	Diuretic Agents
Section IV. Drugs with Important Actions on Smooth Muscle
Chapter 16	Histamine, Serotonin, & the Ergot Alkaloids
Chapter 17	Vasoactive Peptides
Chapter 18	The Eicosanoids: Prostaglandins, Thromboxanes, Leukotrienes, & Related Compounds
Chapter 19	Nitric Oxide
Chapter 20	Drugs Used in Asthma
Section V. Drugs that Act in the Central Nervous System
Chapter 21	Introduction to the Pharmacology of CNS Drugs
Chapter 22	Sedative-Hypnotic Drugs
Chapter 23	The Alcohols
Chapter 24	Antiseizure Drugs
Chapter 25	General Anesthetics
Chapter 26	Local Anesthetics
Chapter 27	Skeletal Muscle Relaxants
Chapter 28	Pharmacologic Management of Parkinsonism & Other Movement Disorders
Chapter 29	Antipsychotic Agents & Lithium
Chapter 30	Antidepressant Agents
Chapter 31	Opioid Analgesics & Antagonists
Chapter 32	Drugs of Abuse
Section VI. Drugs Used to Treat Diseases of the Blood, Inflammation, & Gout
Chapter 33	Agents Used in Anemias; Hematopoietic Growth Factors
Chapter 34	Drugs Used in Disorders of Coagulation
Chapter 35	Agents Used in Dyslipidemia
Chapter 36	Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs, Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs, Nonopioid Analgesics, & Drugs Used in Gout
Section VII. Endocrine Drugs
Chapter 37	Hypothalamic & Pituitary Hormones
Chapter 38	Thyroid & Antithyroid Drugs
Chapter 39	Adrenocorticosteroids & Adrenocortical Antagonists
Chapter 40	The Gonadal Hormones & Inhibitors
Chapter 41	Pancreatic Hormones & Antidiabetic Drugs
Chapter 42	Agents That Affect Bone Mineral Homeostasis
Section VIII. Chemotherapeutic Drugs
Chapter 43	Beta-Lactam & Other Cell Wall- & Membrane-Active Antibiotics
Chapter 44	Tetracyclines, Macrolides, Clindamycin, Chloramphenicol, Streptogramins, & Oxazolidinones
Chapter 45	Aminoglycosides & Spectinomycin
Chapter 46	Sulfonamides, Trimethoprim, & Quinolones
Chapter 47	Antimycobacterial Drugs
Chapter 48	Antifungal Agents
Chapter 49	Antiviral Agents
Chapter 50	Miscellaneous Antimicrobial Agents; Disinfectants, Antiseptics, & Sterilants
Chapter 51	Clinical Use of Antimicrobial Agents
Chapter 52	Antiprotozoal Drugs
Chapter 53	Clinical Pharmacology of the Antihelminthic Drugs
Chapter 54	Cancer Chemotherapy
Chapter 55	Immunopharmacology
Section IX. Toxicology
Chapter 56	Introduction to Toxicology: Occupational & Environmental
Chapter 57	Heavy Metal Intoxication & Chelators
Chapter 58	Management of the Poisoned Patient
Section X. Special Topics
Chapter 59	Special Aspects of Perinatal & Pediatric Pharmacology
Chapter 60	Special Aspects of Geriatric Pharmacology
Chapter 61	Dermatologic Pharmacology
Chapter 62	Drugs Used in the Treatment of Gastrointestinal Diseases
Chapter 63	Therapeutic & Toxic Potential of Over-the-Counter Agents
Chapter 64	Dietary Supplements & Herbal Medications
Chapter 65	Rational Prescribing & Prescription Writing
Chapter 66	Important Drug Interactions & Their Mechanisms
	Appendix: Vaccines, Immune Globulins, & Other Complex Biologic Products