The most trusted and efficient pharmacology review – complete with 1000+ Q&As -- and now in full color From the authors of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology, the leading pharmacology textbook, here is the newest edition of the best review book available for medical pharmacology course exams and board examinations. This skill-building guide comes with over 1000 review questions and answers –- far more than most other pharmacology reviews –- and a chapter-based approach that facilitates use with course notes or larger texts. - Features:: A new full-color presentation - Organized to reflect course syllabi, focusing on the clinical use and pharmacology of drug categories, rather than individual drugs - Two complete practice exams - A valuable appendix of test-taking strategies - Chapters that include valuable learning aids such as:: - --Short discussion of the major concepts that underlie basic principles or drug groups - --Explanatory figures and tables - --Review questions followed by answers and explanations - --Drug Trees in drug-oriented chapters that visually organize drug groups - --A list of high-yield terms and definitions you need to know - Skill Keeper questions that prompt you to review previous material to understand links between related topics - A checklist of tasks you should be able to do, once you have finished the chapter - Summary Tables that list the important drugs and include key information about their mechanisms of action, effects, clinical uses, pharmacokinetics, drug interactions, and toxicities
III. CARDIOVASCULAR DRUGS 11. Drugs Used in Hypertension 12. Drugs Used in the Treatment of Angina Pectoris 13. Drugs Used in Heart Failure 14. Antiarrhythmic Drugs 15. Diuretic Agents
IV. DRUGS WITH IMPORTANT ACTIONS ON SMOOTH MUSCLE 16. Histamine, Serotonin, & the Ergot Alkaloids 17. Vasoactive Peptides 18. Prostaglandins & Other Eicosanoids 19. Nitric Oxide, Donors, and Inhibitors 20. Bronchodilators & Other Drugs Used in Asthma
V. DRUGS THAT ACT IN THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM 21. Introduction to CNS Pharmacology 22. Sedative-Hypnotic Drugs 23. Alcohols 24. Antiseizure Drugs 25. General Anesthetics 26. Local Anesthetics 27. Skeletal Muscle Relaxants 28. Drugs Used in Parkinsonism & Other Movement Disorders 29. Antipsychotic Drugs & Lithium 30. Antidepressants 31. Opioid Analgesics & Antagonists 32. Drugs of Abuse
VI. DRUGS WITH IMPORTANT ACTIONS ON BLOOD, INFLAMMATION, & GOUT 33. Agents Used in Anemias & Hematopoietic Growth Factors 34. Drugs Used in Coagulation Disorders 35. Drugs Used in the Treatment of Hyperlipidemias 36. NSAIDs, Acetaminophen, & Drugs Used in Rheumatoid Arthritus and Gout
VII. ENDOCRINE DRUGS 37. Hypothalamic & Pituitary Hormones 38. Thyroid & Antithyroid Drugs 39. Corticosteroids & Antagonists 40. Gonadal Hormones & Inhibitors 41. Pancreatic Hormones, Antidiabetic Agents, & Glucagon 42. Drugs that Affect Bone Mineral Homeostasis
IX. TOXICOLOGY 56. Environmental and Occupational Toxicology 57. Heavy Metals 58. Management of the Poisoned Patient
X. SPECIAL TOPICS 59. Drugs Used in Gastrointestinal Disorders 60. Dietary Supplements and Herbal Medications 61. Drug Interactions Appendix I. Key Words for Key Drugs Appendix II. Examination 1 Appendix III. Examination 2 Appendix IV. Strategies for Improving Test Performance Index
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