cover image - Brenner and Stevens’ Pharmacology - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 5th Edition
ISBN: 9780323391689
Copyright: 2018
Publication Date: 10-17-2017
Page Count: 552
Imprint: Elsevier
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Brenner and Stevens’ Pharmacology - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 5th Edition

by Craig W. Stevens and George M. Brenner, PhD

Elsevier eBook on VitalSource

cover image - Brenner and Stevens’ Pharmacology - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 5th Edition
ISBN: 9780323391689
Copyright: 2018
Publication Date: 10-17-2017
Page Count: 552
Imprint: Elsevier
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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.

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    • 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.
    • Includes the latest pharmacologic mechanisms and applications with new and updated drug information throughout.
  • Brenner and Stevens’ Pharmacology
    Fifth Edition

    Section I: Principles of Pharmacology
    Chapter 1 Introduction to Pharmacology
    Chapter 2 Pharmacokinetics
    Chapter 3 Pharmacodynamics
    Chapter 4 Drug Development and Safety
    Chapter 5 Toxicology and the Treatment of Poisoning

    Section II: Autonomic and Neuromuscular Pharmacology
    Chapter 6 Peripheral Neuropharmacology and Acetylcholine Agonists
    Chapter 7 Acetylcholine Receptor Antagonists
    Chapter 8 Sympathetic Neurotransmission and Adrenoceptor Agonists
    Chapter 9 Adrenoceptor Antagonists

    Section III: Cardiovascular, Renal, and Hematologic Pharmacology
    Chapter 10 Antihypertensive Drugs
    Chapter 11 Antianginal Drugs
    Chapter 12 Drugs for Heart Failure
    Chapter 13 Diuretics
    Chapter 14 Drugs for Cardiac Dysrhythmia
    Chapter 15 Drugs for Hyperlipidemia
    Chapter 16 Antithrombotic and Thrombolytic Drugs
    Chapter 17 Hematopoietic Drugs

    Section IV: Central Nervous System Pharmacology
    Chapter 18 Introduction to Central Nervous System Pharmacology
    Chapter 19 Sedative-Hypnotic and Anxiolytic Drugs
    Chapter 20 Antiepileptic Drugs
    Chapter 21 Local and General Anesthetics
    Chapter 22 Psychotherapeutic Drugs
    Chapter 23 Opioid Analgesics and Antagonists
    Chapter 24 Drugs for Neurodegenerative Diseases
    Chapter 25 Drugs of Abuse

    Section V: Pharmacology of Respiratory and Other Systems
    Chapter 26 Autacoid Drugs
    Chapter 27 Respiratory Pharmacology
    Chapter 28 Gastrointestinal Pharmacology
    Chapter 29 Drugs for Headache Disorders
    Chapter 30 Drugs for Pain, Inflammation, and Arthritic Disorders

    Section VI: Endocrine Pharmacology
    Chapter 31 Hypothalamic and Pituitary Drugs
    Chapter 32 Thyroid Drugs
    Chapter 33 Adrenal Steroids and Related Drugs
    Chapter 34 Drugs Affecting Fertility and Reproduction
    Chapter 35 Drugs for Diabetes
    Chapter 36 Drugs Affecting Calcium and Bone

    Section VII: Chemotherapy
    Chapter 37 Principles of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
    Chapter 38 Inhibitors of Bacterial Cell Wall Synthesis
    Chapter 39 Inhibitors of Bacterial Protein Synthesis
    Chapter 40 Quinolones, Antifolate Drugs, and Other Antimicrobial Agents
    Chapter 41 Antimycobacterial Drugs
    Chapter 42 Antifungal Drugs
    Chapter 43 Antiviral Drugs
    Chapter 44 Antiparasitic Drugs
    Chapter 45 Antineoplastic and Immunomodulating Drugs

    Answers and Explanations to Review Questions

    Index

  • 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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