Designed to help you learn and retain key information in pharmacology, this foundational text takes you from course exams and the USMLE Step 1 right through to clinical practice. Brenner and Stevens’ Pharmacology, 5th Edition, focuses on the essential principles you need to know, in a concise yet comprehensive manner that’s easy to understand. Highly illustrated and formatted for quick reference, it’s your go-to text for the must-know aspects of pharmacology you’ll need for clinical problem solving and decision making.
Teaches the fundamental aspects of pharmacology using full-color illustrations, detailed explanations, and a consistent format to present classification of drugs for each system/disease.
Features useful tables, drug classifications boxes, case studies, and self-assessments in each chapter to help you review and prepare for course exams and Step 1.
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Section I: Principles of Pharmacology 1. Introduction to Pharmacology 2. Pharmacokinetics 3. Pharmacodynamics 4. Drug Development and Safety 5. Toxicology and the Treatment of Poisoning
Section II: Autonomic and Neuromuscular Pharmacology 6. Peripheral Neuropharmacology and Acetylcholine Agonists 7. Acetylcholine Receptor Antagonists 8. Sympathetic Neurotransmission and Adrenoceptor Agonists 9. Adrenoceptor Antagonists
Section III: Cardiovascular, Renal, and Hematologic Pharmacology 10. Antihypertensive Drugs 11. Antianginal Drugs 12. Drugs for Heart Failure 13. Diuretics 14. Drugs for Cardiac Dysrhythmia 15. Drugs for Hyperlipidemia 16. Antithrombotic and Thrombolytic Drugs 17. Hematopoietic Drugs
Section IV: Central Nervous System Pharmacology 18. Introduction to Central Nervous System Pharmacology 19. Sedative-Hypnotic and Anxiolytic Drugs 20. Antiepileptic Drugs 21. Local and General Anesthetics 22. Psychotherapeutic Drugs 23. Opioid Analgesics and Antagonists 24. Drugs for Neurodegenerative Diseases 25. Drugs of Abuse
Section V: Pharmacology of Respiratory and Other Systems 26. Autacoid Drugs 27. Respiratory Pharmacology 28. Gastrointestinal Pharmacology 29. Drugs for Headache Disorders 30. Drugs for Pain, Inflammation, and Arthritic Disorders
Section VI: Endocrine Pharmacology 31. Hypothalamic and Pituitary Drugs 32. Thyroid Drugs 33. Adrenal Steroids and Related Drugs 34. Drugs Affecting Fertility and Reproduction 35. Drugs for Diabetes 36. Drugs Affecting Calcium and Bone
Section VII: Chemotherapy 37. Principles of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 38. Inhibitors of Bacterial Cell Wall Synthesis 39. Inhibitors of Bacterial Protein Synthesis 40. Quinolones, Antifolate Drugs, and Other Antimicrobial Agents 41. Antimycobacterial Drugs 42. Antifungal Drugs 43. Antiviral Drugs 44. Antiparasitic Drugs 45. Antineoplastic and Immunomodulating Drugs
Craig W. Stevens, Professor of Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, Oklahoma State University-Center for Health Sciences, Tulsa, OK, USA and George M. Brenner, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Pharmacology, Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine, Tulsa, OK
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