Pharmacology Condensed / M .M Dale and D.G. Haylett

Dale M. M

Pharmacology Condensed / M .M Dale and D.G. Haylett - Second edition - 127 pages : illustrations

Includes index.

General principles of drug action --
Molecular aspects of drug action --
Excitable tissues and secretory mechanisms --
Cell proliferation and apoptosis --
Measurement of drug action --
Absorption and distribution of drugs --
Drug metabolism and excretion --
Pharmacokinetics --
The autonomic nervous system --
Cholinergic transmission --
Noradrenergic transmission --
Other peripheral mediators: 5-hydroxytryptamine and purines --
Other peripheral mediators: peptides and proteins --
Other peripheral mediators: nitric oxide --
Cannabinoids and the endocannabinoid system --
Inflammation and anti-inflammatory drugs --
Immune responses and immunosuppressant drugs --
Cardiac rhythm and dysrhythmias --
Blood pressure control and hypertension --
Cardiac blood flow, angina and myocardial infarction --
Cardiac output and cardiac failure --
Atheromatous disease and lipoprotein metabolism --
Haemostasis and thrombosis --
The haemopoietic system --
Respiration, asthma and COPD --
The kidney --
The gastrointestinal tract --
Blood sugar and diabetes --
The adrenal cortex --
The thyroid --
Bone metabolism --
The reproductive system --
Outline of transmission and drug action in the CNS --
Amino acid transmitters in the CNS --
Other CNS transmitters --
Neurodegenerative disorders --
General anaesthetics --
Anxiolytic and hypnotic drugs --
Antipsychotic drugs --
Drugs used in affective disorders --
Antiepileptic drugs --
Analgesic drugs and the control of pain --
CNS stimulants and psychotomimetics --
Local anaesthetics --
Drug dependence and drug abuse --
Cancer biology and chemotherapy --
Antibacterial agents --
Antiviral drugs --
Antiprotozoal drugs --
Antifungal and anthelminthic drugs

The double page spreads in this book each cover a discrete topic and broadly correspond to the chapters of the main textbook 'Pharmacology' by Rang et al. Each spread includes at least one summary diagram and a small amount of text plus a 'clinical use' box.

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