Modern Pharmacology With Clinical Applications, 6/e

About

The sixth edition of Modern Pharmacology with Clinical Applications continues our commitment to enlisting experts in pharmacology to provide a textbook that is up-to-date and comprehensive. Designed to be used during a single semester, the book focuses on the clinical application of drugs within a context of the major principles of pharmacology. It is meant to serve students in medicine, osteopathy, dentistry, pharmacy, and advanced nursing, as well as undergraduate students.

Key Features 

• Study Questions: Each chapter includes five to seven examination questions (following the United States Medical Licensing Examination guidelines) with detailed answers to help students test their knowledge of the covered material.
• Case Studies: Appearing at the end of each chapter, case studies present students with real-life examples of clinical scenarios and require them to apply their knowledge to solve the problem.
• Refined Focus: In this edition, we chose to focus more on drug classes rather than on individual drugs, eliminate unnecessary detail such as chemical structures, and maintain emphasis on structure activity relationships in drug action and development.
• Updated Information: This edition also includes new information from the clinic and the laboratory. Emerging information has been added within chapters and when appropriate (as in the case of herbal drugs and erectile dysfunction), through the addition of new chapters. With these revisions, we hope we have provided a book that is readable, up-to-date, comprehensive but not exhaustive, and accurate  text that supplies both students and faculty with a clear introduction to modern pharmacotherapeutics.

Table of Contents

I. GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF PHARMACOLOGY

1. Mechanisms of Drug Action

2. Drug Absorption and Distribution

3. Metabolism and Excretion of Drugs

4. Pharmacokinetics

5. Drug Metabolism and Disposition in Pediatric and Gerontological Stages of Life

6. Principles of Toxicology

7. Contemporary Bioethical Issues in Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Research

II. DRUGS AFFECTING THE AUTONOMIC NERVOUS

8. SYSTEM

9. General Organization and Functions of the Nervous System

10. Adrenomimetic Drugs

11. Adrenoceptor Antagonists

12. Directly and Indirectly Acting Cholinomimetics

13. Muscarinic Blocking Drugs

14. Ganglionic Blocking Drugs and Nicotine

III. Drugs Affecting the Cardiovascular System

15. Pharmacologic Management of Chronic Heart Failure

16. Antiarrhythmic Drugs

17. Antianginal Drugs

18. The Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System and Other Vasoactive Substances

19. Calcium Channel Blockers

20. Antihypertensive Drugs

21. Diuretic Drugs

22. Anticoagulant, Antiplatelet, and Fibrinolytic (Thrombolytic) Drugs

23. Hypocholesterolemic Drugs and Coronary Heart Disease

IV. DRUGS AFFECTING THE CENTRAL NERVOUS

24. SYSTEM

25. Introduction to Central Nervous System Pharmacology

26. General Anesthesia: Intravenous and Inhalational Agents

27. Opioid and Nonopioid Analgesics

28. Local Anesthetics

29. Agents Affecting Neuromuscular Transmission

30. Central Nervous System Stimulants

31. Sedative Hypnotic and Anxiolytic Drugs

32. Drugs Used in Neurodegenerative Disorders

33. Antiepileptic Drugs

34. Drugs Used in Mood Disorders

35. Antipsychotic Drugs

36. Contemporary Drug Abuse

V. THERAPEUTIC ASPECTS OF INFLAMMATORY

37. And ed other clinical disorders

38. Antiinflammatory and Antirheumatic Drugs

39. Drugs Used in Gout