Pharmacology for Health Professionals

• Contents (detailed)
  Preface
  Foreword
  Poisons schedule (new to old conversion)
  Table of drug monographs
  
  Unit I Introduction to pharmacology
  
• Drugs, medicines and health professionals
• Pharmacotherapy: medical use of drugs
• Over-the-counter drugs and complementary therapies
• Legal and ethical foundations of pharmacotherapy
• Unit II Principles of pharmacology
• Molecular aspects of drug action and pharmacodynamics
• Drug absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion
• Pharmacokinetics and dosing regimens
• Individual and lifespan aspects of drug therapy
• Adverse drug reactions

Units III Drugs affecting the peripheral nervous system
Overview of the autonomic nervous systemDrugs affecting cholinergic transmissionDrugs affecting noradrenergic transmissionOverview of the somatic nervous system and drugs affecting neuromuscular transmissionUnit IV Drugs affecting the central nervous system
Overview of the central nervous systemAnaestheticsAnalgesicsAntianxiety, sedative, and hypnotic drugsAntiepileptic drugsPsychotropic agentsCentral nervous system stimulants Drugs for neurodegenerative disorders and migraineDrug dependence and social pharmacologyUnit V Drugs affecting the heart and vascular system
Overview of the heart and vascular systemDrugs affecting cardiac functionDrug affecting vascular smooth muscleLipid-lowering drugsUnit VI Drugs affecting the kidney and urinary system
Overview of the kidney and urinary tract Drugs affecting the kidney and urinary systemUnit VII Drugs affecting the blood
Overview of the haemopoietic systemAnticoagulant, thrombolytic, antiplatelet, haemostatic and antifibrinolytic drugsUnit VIII Drugs affecting the respiratory system
Overview of the respiratory systemDrugs used in respiratory disordersUnit IX Drugs affecting the gastrointestinal system
Overview of the gastrointestinal tractDrugs affecting the gastrointestinal tractUnit X Drugs affecting the visual and auditory systems
Overview of the eye and ophthalmic drugsDrugs affecting hearing, taste & smell Unit XI Drugs affecting the endocrine system
Overview of the endocrine systemPharmacology of the pituitary gland and hypothalamic-pituitary axisThe thyroid gland and antithyroid drugsPharmacology of the adrenal cortexThe endocrine pancreas and management of diabetes mellitusThe parathyroid glands and calcium balanceUnit XII Drugs affecting the reproductive system
Overview of the female and male reproductive systemsDrugs affecting the female reproductive system Drugs used in pregnancy, childbirth and lactationDrugs affecting the male reproductive systemDrugs affecting fertility or sexual functioningUnit XIII Drugs used in neoplastic diseases
Overview of neoplasia and cancer chemotherapy Antineoplastic agents Unit XIV Drugs affecting microorganisms
Overview of antimicrobial chemotherapy and antibiotic resistanceAntibacterial drugsAntifungal and antiviral drugsAntiprotozoal, antimycobacterial and anthelminthic drugsUnit XV Drugs affecting body defences
Overview of mediators of inflammation, allergy and the immune responseAnti-inflammatory and immunosuppressant drugsDrugs affecting the skinUnit XVI Special topics
Drugs in sportDrugs in obesityAppendices

1. Abbreviations
2. Antiseptics, disinfectants and sterilant agents
3. Food-drug interactions
4. Glossary of pharmaceutical terms
5. Poisons/drug information centres
6. WHO list of essential drugs
7. New-to-old Poisons Schedule