Sixth edition.

1 online resource : illustrations

Includes index.

Where to start -- Part I: General principles. Receptor theory -- Absorption, distribution, and clearance -- Pharmacokinetics -- Drug metabolism and renal elimination -- Part II: Drugs that affect the autonomic nervous system. Review of the autonomic nervous system -- Cholinergic agonists -- Cholinergic antagonists -- Adrenergic agonists -- Adrenergic antagonists -- Part III: Drugs that affect the cardiovascular system. Diuretics -- Ras (ACE inhibitors and ARBS) and CCB (calcium channel blockers) -- Antihypertensive drugs -- Drugs used in ischemic heart disease and congestive heart failure -- Antiarrhythmic drugs -- Drugs that affect blood -- Lipid-lowering drugs -- Part IV: Drugs that act on the central nervous system. Drugs used in dementia -- Anxiolytic and hypnotic drugs -- Drugs used in mood disorders -- Drugs used in thought disorders -- Drugs for movement disorders -- Drugs for seizure disorders -- Narcotics (opiates) -- General anesthetics -- Local anesthetics -- Part V: Chemotherapeutic agents. Introduction to chemotherapy -- Inhibitors of cell wall synthesis -- Protein synthesis inhibitors -- Folate antagonists -- Quinolones and urinary tract antiseptics -- Drugs used in tuberculosis and leprosy -- Antifungal drugs -- Anthelmintic drugs -- Antiviral drugs -- Antiprotozoal drugs -- Anticancer drugs -- Part VI: Drugs that affect the endocrine system. Adrenocortical hormones -- Sex steroids -- Thyroid and parathyroid drugs -- Insulin, glucagon, and oral hypoglycemic drugs -- Part VII: Miscellaneous drugs. Histamine and antihistamines -- Respiratory drugs -- Drugs that affect the GI tract -- Nonnarcotic analgesics and anti-inflammatory drugs -- Immunosuppressives -- Drugs used in osteoporosis -- Toxicology and poisoning.

"Basic Concepts in Pharmacology: What You Need to Know for Each Drug Class is a review book for pharmacology designed to help students organize and understand the hundreds of drugs covered in pharmacology classes today"--Publisher's description.

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Pharmacology -- Outlines, syllabi, etc.

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Pharmacological Phenomena.

Pharmaceutical Preparations.

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Print version: Stringer, Janet L. Basic concepts in pharmacology Sixth edition. New York : McGraw Hill, [2022] 9781264264841 (DLC) 2021029458 (OCoLC)1257315750

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