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

By:

Dale M. M [Author]

Contributor(s):

Haylett D.G [Co-author]

Material type: Text

TextEdinburgh : Churchill Livingstone, 2009Edition: Second editionDescription: 127 pages : illustrationsContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780443067730

Subject(s):

LOC classification:

RM300 DAL

Contents:

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

Summary: 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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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Home library	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Harare Institute of Technology Main Library	Harare Institute of Technology Main Library	General Collection	RM300 DAL (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		bk002653

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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