cover image - Brody's Human Pharmacology, 7th Edition
ISBN: 9780323846738
Copyright: 2025
Publication Date: 04-10-2024
Page Count: 800
Imprint: Elsevier
List Price: $80.99

Brody's Human Pharmacology, 7th Edition

by Lynn Wecker, PhD and Susan L. Ingram, PhD

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cover image - Brody's Human Pharmacology, 7th Edition
ISBN: 9780323846738
Copyright: 2025
Publication Date: 04-10-2024
Page Count: 800
Imprint: Elsevier
List Price: $80.99

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Brody’s Human Pharmacology is a well-established and much-loved textbook that guides students of medicine, pharmacology and other health professions through pharmacology from both basic and clinical perspectives.

What can be a very difficult and complex topic is divided into easily digestible chapters, each of which is clearly structured from a therapeutic overview to mechanisms of action, relationships to clinical responses, pharmacokinetics, pharmacovigilance, new developments, and clinical relevance for all health professionals.

    • Contains all the essential aspects of pharmacology – suitable for exam preparation
    • Full color illustrations explain important processes and color-coded boxes enhance understanding
    • Therapeutic overviews, clinical problems and trade names – everything you need to know
    • Self-assessment questions and further reading to reinforce learning
    • Current developments for each class of drugs and how information relates to students in the healthcare professions bring learning to life
    • Updated content throughout
    • Pharmacodynamics chapter revised to include discussions of positive and negative allosteric modulators, as well as biased agonism
    • Pharmacogenetics chapter considers genetic variations and their relationship to drug responses
    • Section on cancer drugs revised to reflect major advances
    • New chapter on immunological and cell-based therapies
  • SECTION 1 Mechanisms of Drug Action and Therapeutic Principles
    1 Introduction
    2 Cellular Receptors and Drug Concentration-Response Relationships
    3 Pharmacokinetics
    4 Pharmacogenetics
    5 Drug Discovery, Development, and Regulation
    SECTION 2 Chemical Mediators and Drugs Affecting Autonomic and Neuromuscular Synapses
    6 Introduction to the Autonomic Nervous System
    Cholinergic Drugs
    7 Muscarinic Agonists, Cholinesterase Inhibitors, and Their Clinical Uses
    8 Muscarinic Antagonists and Their Clinical Uses
    9 Nicotinic Agonists and Their Clinical Uses
    10 Neuromuscular Blocking Drugs and Nicotinic Antagonists
    Adrenergic Drugs
    11 Adrenergic Agonists and Their Clinical Uses
    12 Adrenergic Antagonists and Their Clinical Uses
    SECTION 3 Drug Treatment for Disorders Affecting the Central Nervous System
    13 The Central Nervous System
    14 Drug Therapy for Alzheimer Disease and Other Cognitive Disorders/Dementias
    15 Pharmacotherapy of Basal Ganglia Disorders: Parkinson Disease and Huntington Disease
    16 Drug Therapy for Psychoses and Bipolar Disorder
    17 Drug Therapy for Depression and Anxiety
    18 Drug Therapy for the Management of Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder
    19 Drug Therapy for Insomnia and the Hypersomnias
    20 Drug Therapy for Managing Obesity and Eating Disorders
    21 Treatment of Seizure Disorders
    22 Drug Therapy for Spasticity Disorders
    23 Ethanol, Other Alcohols, and Medications for Alcohol Use Disorder
    24 Psychoactive Compounds and Substance Use Disorder
    SECTION 4 Drug Therapy for Pain Management
    25 Introduction
    26 General Anesthetics
    27 Local Anesthetics
    28 Opioid Analgesics
    29 Nonsteroidal Antiinflammatory Drugs and Acetaminophen
    30 Cannabinoids
    31 Drug Therapy for Migraine Headache
    SECTION 5 Treatment of Inflammatory, Allergic and Immunologic Disorders
    32 Drug Therapy for Gout and Hyperuricemia
    33 Pharmacological Interventions for Allergic Reactions
    34 Immunosuppressants for Autoimmune Disorders and Organ Transplantation
    35 Drug Therapy for Rheumatoid Arthritis
    SECTION 6 Drug Treatment for Cardiovascular Diseases
    36 Introduction to the Regulation of Cardiovascular Function
    37 Overview of Hypertension Management and Drugs That Decrease Sympathetic Tone
    38 Diuretics and Drugs That Affect Volume and Electrolyte Content
    39 Drugs Affecting the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System
    40 Calcium-Channel Blockers
    41 Vasodilators for Hypertensive Crises, Pulmonary Hypertension, and Erectile Dysfunction
    42 Treatment of Hyperlipidemias and Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease
    43 Treatment of Myocardial Ischemia and Angina Pectoris
    44 Treatment of Heart Failure
    45 Antiarrhythmic Drugs
    46 Anticoagulant, Antiplatelet, and Fibrinolytic Medications
    47 Drug Therapy for Hemophilia and the Deficiency Anemias
    SECTION 7 Treatment of Endocrine Disorders
    48 Introduction to Endocrine Pharmacology
    49 Treatment of Hypothalamic and Pituitary Disorders
    50 Diagnosis and Treatment of Adrenocorticosteroid Disorders
    51 Female Hormone Regulation
    52 Androgens, Antiandrogens, and Their Clinical Uses
    53 Drug Therapy for the Management of Diabetes
    54 Drug Therapy for the Management of Thyroid Disorders
    55 Calcium Regulating Hormones and Other Agents Affecting Bone
    SECTION 8 Chemotherapy
    Infectious Diseases
    56 Principles of Antimicrobial Use
    57 Drugs Targeting Bacterial Cell Walls and Membranes
    58 Drugs Targeting Bacterial Protein Synthesis
    59 Drugs Targeting Bacterial DNA
    60 Antimycobacterial Agents
    61 Drugs Targeting Resistant Organisms
    Parasitic Diseases
    62 Antifungal Agents
    63 Antimalarial and Other Antiprotozoal Agents
    64 Anthelmintics and Ectoparasiticides
    Viruses
    65 Antiviral Agents
    66 Antiretroviral Drugs for HIV
    Cancer
    67 Principles of Cancer and Antineoplastic Drug Use
    68 Cytotoxic Agents
    69 Targeted Anticancer Agents
    70 Immunological and Cell-Based Therapies
    SECTION 9 Special Considerations
    71 Therapeutic Use of Hematopoietic Growth Factors
    72 Gastrointestinal Disorders and Their Treatment
    73 Pharmacological Interventions for Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disorders
    74 Dietary Supplements, Nutraceuticals, and Natural Products
    75 Essentials of Toxicology
    76 Therapeutic Considerations for Pregnant, Pediatric, Geriatric, and Obese Individuals
    Hypersomnias
    Answer Keys
    Index
  • Lynn Wecker, PhD, Distinguished University Professor, Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine and Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology, Director, Laboratory of Neuropsychopharmacology, USF College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida and Susan L. Ingram, PhD, Professor of Neurological Surgery, School of Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon

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