Lehne's Pharmacotherapeutics for Advanced Practice Providers

UNIT I:: INTRODUCTION 1. Prescriptive Authority 2. Rational Drug Selection and Prescription Writing 3. Promoting Positive Outcomes of Drug Therapy

UNIT II:: BASIC PRINCIPLES OF PHARMACOLOGY 4. Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics, and Drug Interactions 5. Adverse Drug Reactions and Medication Errors 6. Individual Variation in Drug Responses

UNIT III:: DRUG THERAPY ACROSS THE LIFE SPAN 7. Drug Therapy During Pregnancy and Breast-Feeding 8. Drug Therapy in Pediatric Patients 9. Drug Therapy in Geriatric Patients

UNIT IV:: PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DRUGS 10. Basic Principles of Neuropharmacology 11. Physiology of the Peripheral Nervous System 12. Muscarinic Agonists and Antagonists 13. Adrenergic Agonists 14. Adrenergic Antagonists 15. Indirect-Acting Antiadrenergic Agents

UNIT V:: CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DRUGS 16. Introduction to Central Nervous System Pharmacology 17. Drugs for Parkinsons Disease  18. Drugs for Alzheimers Disease  19. Drugs for Epilepsy 20. Drugs for Muscle Spasm and Spasticity

UNIT VI:: DRUGS FOR PAIN 21. Local Anesthetics 22. Opioid Analgesics, Opioid Antagonists, and Nonopioid Centrally Acting Analgesics 23. Drugs for Headache

UNIT VII:: PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC DRUGS 24. Antipsychotic Agents and Their Use in Schizophrenia 25. Antidepressants 26. Drugs for Bipolar Disorder 27. Sedative-Hypnotic Drugs 28. Management of Anxiety Disorders 29. Central Nervous System Stimulants and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

UNIT VIII:: DRUG ABUSE 30. Drug Abuse I:: Basic Considerations 31. Drug Abuse II:: Alcohol 32. Drug Abuse III:: Nicotine and Smoking 33. Drug Abuse IV:: Major Drugs of Abuse Other Than Alcohol and Nicotine

UNIT IX:: DRUGS THAT AFFECT THE HEART, BLOOD VESSELS, BLOOD, AND BLOOD VOLUME 34. Review of Hemodynamics 35. Diuretics 36. Drugs Acting on the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System 37. Calcium Channel Blockers 38. Vasodilators 39. Drugs for Hypertension 40. Drugs for Heart Failure 41. Antidysrhythmic Drugs 42. Prophylaxis of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease:: Drugs That Help Normalize Cholesterol and Triglyceride Levels 43. Drugs for Angina Pectoris 44. Anticoagulant, Antiplatelet, and Thrombolytic Drugs 45. Drugs for Deficiency Anemias

UNIT X:: DRUGS FOR ENDOCRINE DISORDERS 46. Drugs for Diabetes Mellitus 47. Drugs for Thyroid Disorders

UNIT XI:: WOMENS HEALTH 48. Estrogens and Progestins:: Basic Pharmacology and Noncontraceptive Applications 49. Birth Control

UNIT XII:: MENS HEALTH 50. Androgens  51. Drugs for Erectile Dysfunction and Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia

UNIT XIII:: ANTI-INFLAMMATORY, ANTIALLERGIC, AND IMMUNOLOGIC DRUGS 52. Review of the Immune System 53. Childhood Immunization 54. Antihistamines 55. Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors:: Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs and Acetaminophen 56. Glucocorticoids in Nonendocrine Disorders

UNIT XIV:: DRUGS FOR BONE AND JOINT DISORDERS 57. Drug Therapy of Rheumatoid Arthritis 58. Drug Therapy of Gout 59. Drugs Affecting Calcium Levels and Bone Mineralization

UNIT XV:: RESPIRATORY TRACT DRUGS 60. Drugs for Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 61. Drugs for Allergic Rhinitis, Cough, and Colds

UNIT XVI:: GASTROINTESTINAL DRUGS 62. Drugs for Peptic Ulcer Disease 63. Laxatives 64. Other Gastrointestinal Drugs

UNIT XVII:: NUTRITION AND COMPLIMENTARY THERAPIES 65. Vitamins 66. Drugs for Weight Loss 67. Complementary and Alternative Therapies

UNIT XIII:: THERAPY OF INFECTIOUS AND PARASITIC DISEASES 68. Basic Principles of Antimicrobial Therapy 69. Drugs That Weaken the Bacterial Cell Wall I:: Penicillins 70. Drugs That Weaken the Bacterial Cell Wall II:: Other Drugs 71. Bacteriostatic Inhibitors of Protein Synthesis 72. Aminoglycosides:: Bactericidal Inhibitors of Protein Synthesis 73. Sulfonamides and Trimethoprim 74. Drug Therapy of Urinary Tract Infections 75. Antimycobacterial Agents 76. Miscellaneous Antibacterial Drugs 77. Antifungal Agents 78. Antiviral Agents I:: Drugs for Non-HIV Viral Infections 79. Antiviral Agents II:: Drugs for HIV Infection and Related Opportunistic Infections  80. Drug Therapy of Sexually Transmitted Diseases 81. Anthelmintics, Antiprotozoal Drugs, and Ectoparasiticides 

UNIT XIX:: CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY 82. Supportive Care of Patients Receiving Anticancer Drugs  83. Drugs for Cancer Pain

UNIT XX:: Drugs for Eyes, Ears, and Skin 84. Drugs for the Eye 85. Drugs for the Skin 86. Drugs for the Ear

UNIT XXI:: DRUG THERAPY IN ACUTE CARE 87. Agents Affecting the Volume and Ion Content of Body Fluids 88. Management of ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction 89. Additional Acute Care Drugs

APPENDIX:: Canadian Drug Information Index