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