Basic & clinical pharmacology / edited by Bertram G. Katzung.

Previous ed.: East Norwalk, Conn.: Appleton & Lange, 2000.

Text on inside cover.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

I.Basic principles -- 1.Introduction -- 2.Drug receptors & pharmacodynamics -- 3.Pharmacokinetics & pharmacodynamics: rational dosing & the time course of drug action. -- 4.Drug biotransformation -- 5.Basic & clinical evaluation of new drugs -- II.Autonomic drugs -- 6.Introduction to autonomic pharmacology -- 7.Cholinceptor-blocking drugs -- 9.Adrenoceptor-activating & other sympathomimetic drugs -- 10.Adrenoceptor antagonist drugs -- III.Cardiovascular-renal drugs -- 11.Antihypertensive agents -- 12.basodilators & the treatemnt of angina pectoris -- 13.Drugs used in heart failure -- 14.Agents used in cardiac arrhythmias -- 15.Diuretic agents -- IV.Drugs with important actons on smooth muscle -- 16.Histamine, serotonin & the ergot alkaloids -- 17.Vasoactive peptides -- 18.the Eicosanoids: prostaglandinsm thromboxanes, leukotrienes, & related compounds -- 19.Nitric oxide, donors, & inhibitors -- 20.Drugs used in asthma -- V.Drugs that act in the central nervous system -- 21.Introduction to the pharmacology of CNS drugs -- 22.Sedative-hypnotic drugs -- 23.The alcohols -- 24.Antiseizure drugs -- 25.General anesthetics - 26.Local anesthetics -- 27.Skeletal muscle relaxants -- 28.Pharmacologic management of Parkinsonism & other movement disorders -- 29.Antipsyhotic agents and lithium -- 30.Antidepressant agents -- 31.Opioid analgesics & antagnosits -- 32.Drug abuse -- VI.Drugs used to treat diseases of the blood, inflammation, & gout -- 33.Agentsused in anemias: hematopoietic growth factors -- 34.Drugs used in disorders of coagulation -- 35.Agents used in hyperlipidemia -- 36.Nonsteroidal anti-inflmmatory drugs, disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs nonopoid analgesics & drugs used in gout -- VII.Endocrine drugs -- 37.Hypothalamic & pituitary hormones -- 38.Thyroid & antithyroid drugs -- 39.Andrenocorticosteroids & andrenocortical antagonists -- 40.The gonadal hormones & inhibitors -- 41.Pancreatic hormones & antidabetic drugs -- 42.Agents that affect bone mineral homeostasis -- VIII.Chemotherapeutic drugs -- 43.Beta-bactam antibiotics & other inhibitors of cell wall synthesis -- 44.Chlormphenicol, Tetracyclines, macrolides, clindamycin, & streptogramins -- 45.Aminoglycosides & spectinomycin -- 46.Sulfonamids, trimethoprim, & Quinolones -- 47.Antimycobacterial drugs -- 48.Antiviral agents -- 50.Miscellaneous antimicrobial agents: disinfectants, antiseptics, & sterilants -- 51.Clinical use of antimicrobial agents -- 52.Basic principles of antiparasitic chemotherapy -- 53.Antiprotozal drugs -- 54.Clincal pharmacology of the anthelminitc drugs -- 55.Cancer chemotherapy -- 56.Immunopharmacology -- IX.Toxicology -- 57.Introductio to toxicology: occupational & environmental -- 58.Heavy metal intoxication & Chelators -- 59.Management of the poisoned patient -- X.Special topics -- 60.Special aspects of perinatal & pediatric pharmacology -- 61.Special aspects of geriatric pharmacology -- 62.Dermatologic pharmacology -- 63.Drugs used in the treatment of gastrointestinal diseases -- 64.Therapeutic & toxic potential of over-the-counter agents -- 65.Botanicals (herbal medications) & nutritional supplements -- 66.Rational prescribing and prescription. writing

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