cover image - Dale's Pharmacology Condensed,Elsevier E-Book on VitalSource, 3rd Edition
ISBN: 9780702081941
Copyright: 2021
Publication Date: 06-30-2020
Page Count: 176
Imprint: Elsevier
List Price: $35.99

Dale's Pharmacology Condensed,Elsevier E-Book on VitalSource, 3rd Edition

by Clive P. Page, OBE, PhD and Simon Pitchford, BSc, PhD

Elsevier eBook on VitalSource

cover image - Dale's Pharmacology Condensed,Elsevier E-Book on VitalSource, 3rd Edition
ISBN: 9780702081941
Copyright: 2021
Publication Date: 06-30-2020
Page Count: 176
Imprint: Elsevier
List Price: $35.99
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      • All content has been thoroughly revised and updated, with new coverage of fast-moving therapeutic areas such as the development of biologics, new therapeutics for cancer treatments, dermatology and immune mediated diseases, and new advances in pharmacological principles such as biased agonism.
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  • Section 1: Pharmacology and Drug Use
    1. Preface
    2. Pharmacology, Drug Names, and Classification Systems

    Section 2: Fundamentals of Pharmacology
    3. General Principles of Drug Action
    4. Molecular Aspects of Drug Action
    5. Pharmacokinetic and Other Factors Influencing Drug Action
    6. Pharmacodynamics and the Measurement of Drug Action

    Section 3: Drug Development
    7. Drug Discovery and the Development of Small Molecules
    8. Drug Discovery and the Development of Biologicals
    9. Drug Safety, Toxicology, and Pharmacovigilance
    10. Regulation of Drug Use

    Section 4: Drug Actions on Body Systems
    11. Outline of Transmission and Drug Action in the Nervous System
    12. Drugs and Neurological Disorders
    13. Drugs and Pain
    14. Drugs and the Cardiovascular System
    15. Drugs and Blood: Haematopoiesis and Haemostasis
    16. Drugs and the Inflammatory and Immune Response
    17. Drugs and the Endocrine and Metabolic Systems
    18. Drugs and the Renal System
    19. Drugs and the Pulmonary System
    20. Drugs and the Musculoskeletal System
    21. Drugs and the Gastrointestinal System
    22. Drugs and the Kidney and Genitourinary System
    23. Drugs and the Skin
    24. Drugs and the Eye
    25. Drugs and the Ear
    26. Drugs Used in Anaesthesia
    27. Drug Use in Disorders of Nutrition
    28. Drug Use in Dentistry

    Section 5: Drugs to Treat Infectious Diseases and Neoplasms
    29. Antiviral Drugs
    30. Antibacterial Drugs
    31. Antifungal Drugs
    32. Drugs and Parasites: Anti-protozoal and Antihelminthic Drugs
    33. Drugs and Cancer

    Section 6: Drugs in the Community
    34. Prescribing and Personalising Drug Treatments
    35. Venoms, Toxins, Poisons, and Herbs
    36. Drug Dependence and Drug Abuse

  • Clive P. Page, OBE, PhD, Director, Sackler Institute of Pulmonary Pharmacology, Institute of Pharmaceutical Science, King's College London, UK and Simon Pitchford, BSc, PhD, Sackler Institute of Pulmonary Pharmacology
    Institute of Pharmaceutical Science
    King's College London
    London, United Kingdom
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