Designed to take you from course exams right through to clinical practice, Brenner and Stevens’ Pharmacology, 7th Edition, delivers the essential principles you need to know without overwhelming you with extraneous information. Craig W. Stevens, PhD, along with new coauthor Kelly A. Murray, PharmD, use a succinct, reader-friendly writing style and provide hundreds of detailed illustrations that make complex concepts easier to understand. New and extensively revised content keeps you up to date with the latest pharmacologic mechanisms and applications.
Helps you learn and retain key information in pharmacology with abundant full-color illustrations, concise yet detailed explanations, and a consistent format that clearly presents drug classifications for each system and disease
Teaches both the basic science foundations and clinical applications of pharmacology, with useful tables, drug classifications boxes, case studies, and self-assessment questions in each chapter to help you review and prepare for course exams
Includes updated drug lists and therapeutic indications along with updates to each chapter
Addresses emerging, innovativetopics such as mRNA vaccines, monoclonal antibody drugs, and gene techniques such as antisense mRNA, CRISPR, and other recent developments
Features new and revised figures that clearly present the mechanism of action of drug molecules and their receptors
Provides exclusive online access to animations, an additional glossary, chapter-by-chapter summaries and case studies, a comprehensive list of featured drugs, 150 USMLE-style self-assessment questions, and more.
An eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text and figures, with the ability to search, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud
Section I PRINCIPLES OF PHARMACOLOGY 1. Introduction to Pharmacology and Drug Names 2. Pharmacokinetics or What the Body Does to the Drug 3. Pharmacodynamics or What the Drug Does to the Body 4. Drug Development and Drug Safety 35 5. Toxicology Principles and the Treatment of Poisoning
Section II AUTONOMIC AND NEUROMUSCULAR PHARMACOLOGY 6. Parasympathetic, Neuromuscular Pharmacology, and Cholinergic Agonists 7. Cholinergic Receptor Antagonists 8. Sympathetic Neuropharmacology and Adrenergic Agonists 9. Adrenergic Receptor Antagonists
Section III CARDIOVASCULAR, RENAL, AND HEMATOLOGIC PHARMACOLOGY 10. Antihypertensive Drugs 11. Antianginal Drugs 12. Drugs for the Treatment of Heart Failure 13. Diuretic Drugs 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 That Mimic Endogenous Substances 27. Pharmacological Treatment of Respiratory Disorders 28. Pharmacological Treatment of Gastrointestinal Disorders 29. Drugs for Headache Disorders 30. Drugs for Pain, Inflammation, and Arthritic Disorders Section
VI ENDOCRINE PHARMACOLOGY 31. Hypothalamic and Pituitary Hormone Drugs 32. Drugs for the Treatment of Thyroid Disorders 33. Adrenal Steroids and Related Drugs 34. Fertility and Reproduction Drugs 35. Drugs for the Treatment of Diabetes 36. Drugs Affecting Calcium and Bone Formation Section
VII ANTIMICROBIAL AND CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC AGENTS 37. Principles of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 38. Antibiotics That Inhibit Bacterial Cell Wall Synthesis 39. Antibiotics That Inhibit Bacterial Protein Synthesis 40. Other Antimicrobial Agents Such as Quinolones and Antifolate Drugs 41. Antimycobacterial Drugs for Treating Tuberculosis and Other Diseases 42. Drugs for the Treatment of Fungal Infections 43. Drugs for the Treatment of Viral Infections 44. Drugs for the Treatment of Parasites 45. Antineoplastic Agents 46. Immunopharmacology, Biologicals, and Gene Therapy Answers and Explanations Index
Craig W. Stevens, PhD, Professor of Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, Oklahoma State University-Center for Health Sciences, Tulsa, OK, USA and Kelly Murray, PharmD, Clinical Professor of Clinical Pharmacy, Department of Emergency Medicine OSU Center for Health Sciences, USA
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