Index

PRINCIPLES OF PHARMACOLOGY

1. INTRODUCTION TO PHARMACOLOGY, AND ROUTES OF DRUG ADMINISTRATION AND ABSORPTION – PAGE 4

2. DRUG DISTRIBUTION, METABOLISM, AND ELIMINATION – PAGE 19

3. PHARMACODYNAMICS – PAGE 35

4. DRUG DEVELOPMENT – PAGE 56

5. PHARMACOVIGILANCE AND PHARMACOGENETICS – PAGE 64

6. POISONING – PAGE 71

PRINCIPLES OR SYSTEMATIC PHARMACOLOGY

7. DRUGS AND THE AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM – PAGE 75

8. DRUGS AND THE SOMATIC NERVOUS SYSTEM – PAGE 89

9. DRUGS AND NEUROTRANSMISSION – ALTERNATE eCHAPTER – PAGE 92

10. DRUGS AND LOCAL CHEMICAL MEDIATORS – PAGE 96

11. DRUGS AND LOCAL HORMONES – ALTERNATE eCHAPTER – PAGE 112

SYSTEMATIC PHARMACOLOGY

12. DRUGS FOR HYPERTENSION, ANGINA, AND HEART FAILURE – PAGE 118

13. DRUGS FOR CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIAS, ANTITHROMBOTIC DRUGS AND LIPID MODULATING DRUGS – PAGE 134

14. DRUGS FOR DIABETES AND OBESITY- PAGE 148

15. DRUGS USED TO TREAT ENDOCRINE DISORDER - PAGE 158

16. DRUGS AND THE GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT – PAGE 168

17. DRUGS AND THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM – PAGE 179

18. ANTI-INFECTIVES (ANTIBIOTICS, ANTI-TUBERCULOTIC DRUGS, ANTI-VIRAL DRUGS, ANTIFUNGAL DRUGS) – PAGE 191

19. PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS – PAGE 207

20. NEUROLOGICAL DRUGS – PAGE 217

ALTERNATIVE/ADDITIONAL CHAPTERS

21. DRUGS AND DEPENDENCE – SMOKING CESSATION ONLY AVAILABLE – PAGE 238

22. SOCIAL AND SPORTS DRUGS – ALCOHOL ONLY AVAILABLE – PAGE 243

23. INTRODUCTION TO BIOLOGICS – PAGE 246

24. INTRODUCTION TO ANTI-CANCER DRUGS – PAGE 253

25. DRUGS AND BLOOD – PAGE 263

26. DRUGS FOR MIGRANE – PAGE 268

27. DRUGS IN PREGNACY AND LABOUR – PAGE 275