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Clinical Pharmacology D. R. Laurence

Clinical Pharmacology By D. R. Laurence

Clinical Pharmacology by D. R. Laurence


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Summary

Covers the rational scientific basis and practice of drug therapy. This book explores the psychological and medical areas that patients have a right to expect such as the maximum benefit with minimum risk. It covers topics such as: benefits and risks, the public view of drugs and prescribers, complementary and conventional medicine.

Clinical Pharmacology Summary

Clinical Pharmacology by D. R. Laurence

This book covers the rational scientific basis and practice of drug therapy. The book explores the psychological and medical areas that patients have a right to expect such as the maximum benefit with minimum risk. The range of general topics includes: benefits and risks, the public view of drugs and prescribers, complementary and conventional medicine. Also discussed is responsibility for drug-caused injury such as why drug therapy causes unavoidable risk. There are also discussions of the evaluation of medicines, ethics of drug research, the scientific basis of pharmacology, adverse drug reactions, and non-medical and social use of drugs.

Table of Contents

SECTION 1 GENERAL: Topics in Drug Therapy. Clinical Pharmacology. Discovery and Development of Drugs. Evaluation of Drugs in Man. Official Regulation of Medicines. Classification and Naming of Drugs. SECTION 2 from PHARMACOLOGY to TOXICOLOGY: General Pharmacology. Unwanted Effects and Adverse Drug Reactions. Poisoning, Overdose, Antidotes. Non-Medical Use of Drugs. SECTION 3 INFECTION and INFLAMMATION: Chemotherapy of Infections. Antibacterial Drugs. Chemotherapy of Bacterial Infections/ Viral, Fungal, Protozoal and Helminthic Infections. Inflammation, Arthritis and Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (Nsaids). Drugs and the Skin. SECTION 4 NERVOUS SYTEM: Pain and Analgesics. Sleep and Anxiety . Drugs and Mental Disorder. Epilepsy, Parkinsonism and Allied Conditions. Anaesthesia and Neuromuscular Block. SECTION 5 CARDIORESPIRATORY and RENAL SYSTEMS: Cholinergic and Antimuscarinic (Anticholinergic) Drugs. Adrenergic Mechanisms, (Sympathomimetics, Shock, Hypotension). Arterial Hypertension, Angina Pectoris, Myocardial Infarction. Cardiac Dysrhythmia and Failure. Hyperlipidaemias. Kidney and Urinary Tract. Respiratory System. SECTION 6 BLOOD and NEOPLASTIC DISEASE: Drugs and Haemostasis. Cellular Disorders and Anaemias. Neoplastic Disease and Immunosuppression. SECTION 7 GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM: Stomach and Oesophagus. Intestines. Liver, Biliary Tract, Pancreas. SECTION 8 ENDOCRINE SYSTEM, METABOLIC CONDITIONS: Adrenal Corticosteroids, Antagonists, Corticotrophin. Diabetes Mellitus, Insulin, Oral Antidiabetic Agents. Thyroid Hormones, Antithyroid Drugs. Hypothalamic, Pituitary and Sex Hormones. Vitamins, Calcium, Bone.

Additional information

GOR001339828
9780443049903
0443049904
Clinical Pharmacology by D. R. Laurence
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Elsevier Health Sciences
1997-02-28
710
N/A
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