Pharmacology /
Rang, H. P. 1936-
Pharmacology / H. P. Rang, M. M. Dale, J. M. Ritter ; illustrations by Peter Lamb. - 4th ed. - Edinburgh : Churchill Livingstone, 1999. - x, 830p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Previous ed.: 1995.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Section 1.General principles -- 1. How drugs act: general principles -- 2. How drugs act; molecular aspects-- 3. Method and measurement in pharmacology -- 4. Absorption and distribution of drugs -- 5. Drug elimination and pharmacokinetics -- Section 2: Chemical mediators -- 6. Chemical mediators and the autonomic nervous system -- 7. Cholinergic transmission -- 8. Noradrenergic transmission -- 9. Other peripheral mediators: 5-hydroxytryptamine and purines -- 10. Peptides and proteins as mediators -- 11. Nitrico oxide -- 12. Local hormones, inflammation and allergy -- 13. Anti-inflammatory and immunosuppresant drugs -- Section 3.Drugs affecting major organ systems -- 14.The heart -- 15. The vascular system -- 16. Atherosclerosis and lipoprotein metabolism -- 17. Haemostatis and thrombosis -- 18. The haemopoietic system -- 19. The respiratory system -- 20. The kidney -- 21. The gastrointestinal sysstem -- 22. The endocrine pancreas and the control of blood glucose -- 23. Obesity -- 24. The epituitary and adrenal cortex -- 25.The thyroid -- 26.The reproductive system -- 27. Bone metabolism -- Section 4:The central nervous sytem -- 28. Chemcial transmission and drug action in the central nervous system -- 29. Amino acid transmitters -- 30. Other transmitters and modulators -- 31. Neurodegenerative disorders -- 32. General anaesthetic drugs -- 33.Anxiolytic and hypnotic drugs -- 34. Antipsychotic drugs -- 35. Drugs used in affective disorders -- 36.Antiepileptic drugs and centrally acting muscle relaxants -- 37. Analgesic drugs -- 38. Central nervous system stimulants and psychotomimetic drugs -- 39. Drug dependence and drug abuse -- 40. Local anaesthetics and other drugs that affect ion channels -- Section 5: Chemotherapy of infectious and malignant disease -- 41. Basic principles of chemotherapy -- 42. Cancer chemotherapy -- 43. Antibacterial drugs -- 44. Antiviral drugs -- 45. Antifungal drugs -- 46. Antiprotozoal drugs -- 47. Anthelminthic drugs -- Section 6: General topics -- 48. Individual variation and drug interaction -- 49. Harmful effects of drugs -- 50.Gene therapy.
Providing students with an overview of how a class of drugs will be used in a clinical situation, this text covers physiology and biochemistry as well as pharmacology. It explains how drugs act and relates them to their effects and clinical uses.
9780443059742 (pbk.) : £35.95 0443059748
Pharmacology.
Health and Wellbeing.
Pharmacology
615.1 RAN
Pharmacology / H. P. Rang, M. M. Dale, J. M. Ritter ; illustrations by Peter Lamb. - 4th ed. - Edinburgh : Churchill Livingstone, 1999. - x, 830p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Previous ed.: 1995.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Section 1.General principles -- 1. How drugs act: general principles -- 2. How drugs act; molecular aspects-- 3. Method and measurement in pharmacology -- 4. Absorption and distribution of drugs -- 5. Drug elimination and pharmacokinetics -- Section 2: Chemical mediators -- 6. Chemical mediators and the autonomic nervous system -- 7. Cholinergic transmission -- 8. Noradrenergic transmission -- 9. Other peripheral mediators: 5-hydroxytryptamine and purines -- 10. Peptides and proteins as mediators -- 11. Nitrico oxide -- 12. Local hormones, inflammation and allergy -- 13. Anti-inflammatory and immunosuppresant drugs -- Section 3.Drugs affecting major organ systems -- 14.The heart -- 15. The vascular system -- 16. Atherosclerosis and lipoprotein metabolism -- 17. Haemostatis and thrombosis -- 18. The haemopoietic system -- 19. The respiratory system -- 20. The kidney -- 21. The gastrointestinal sysstem -- 22. The endocrine pancreas and the control of blood glucose -- 23. Obesity -- 24. The epituitary and adrenal cortex -- 25.The thyroid -- 26.The reproductive system -- 27. Bone metabolism -- Section 4:The central nervous sytem -- 28. Chemcial transmission and drug action in the central nervous system -- 29. Amino acid transmitters -- 30. Other transmitters and modulators -- 31. Neurodegenerative disorders -- 32. General anaesthetic drugs -- 33.Anxiolytic and hypnotic drugs -- 34. Antipsychotic drugs -- 35. Drugs used in affective disorders -- 36.Antiepileptic drugs and centrally acting muscle relaxants -- 37. Analgesic drugs -- 38. Central nervous system stimulants and psychotomimetic drugs -- 39. Drug dependence and drug abuse -- 40. Local anaesthetics and other drugs that affect ion channels -- Section 5: Chemotherapy of infectious and malignant disease -- 41. Basic principles of chemotherapy -- 42. Cancer chemotherapy -- 43. Antibacterial drugs -- 44. Antiviral drugs -- 45. Antifungal drugs -- 46. Antiprotozoal drugs -- 47. Anthelminthic drugs -- Section 6: General topics -- 48. Individual variation and drug interaction -- 49. Harmful effects of drugs -- 50.Gene therapy.
Providing students with an overview of how a class of drugs will be used in a clinical situation, this text covers physiology and biochemistry as well as pharmacology. It explains how drugs act and relates them to their effects and clinical uses.
9780443059742 (pbk.) : £35.95 0443059748
Pharmacology.
Health and Wellbeing.
Pharmacology
615.1 RAN