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.