Lippincott illustrated reviews pharmacology / Karen Whalen.

Includes index

TOC Unit 1: Principles of Drug Therapy --
1: Pharmacokinetics --
2: Drug-Receptor Interactions and Pharmacodynamics --
Unit II: Drugs Affecting the Autonomic Nervous System --
3: The Autonomic Nervous System --
4: Cholinergic Agonists --
5: Cholinergic Antagonists --
6: Adrenergic Agonists --
7; Adrenergic Antagonists --
Unit III --
8: Drugs for Neurodegenerative Diseases --
9: Anxiolytic and Hypnotic Drugs --
10: Antidepressants --
11: Antipsychotic Drugs --
12: Drugs for Epilepsy --
13 Anesthetics --
14: Opiods --
15: CNS Stimulants --
Unit IV: Drugs Affecting the Cardiovascular System --
16: Antihypertensives --
17: Diuretics --
18: Drugs for Heart Failure --
19: Antiarrhythmics --
20: Antianginal Drugs --
21: Anticoagulants and Antiplatelets Agents --
22: Drugs for Hyperlipidemia --
Unit V: Drugs Affecting the Endocrine System --
23: Pituitary and Thyroid --
24: Drugs for Diabetes --
25: Estrogents and Androgents --
26: Adrenal Hormones --
27: Drugs Affecting Bone Metabolism --
Unit VI: Chemotherapeutic Drugs --
28: Principles of Antimicrobial Therapy --
29: Cell Wall Inhibitors --
30: Protein Synthesis Inhibitors --
31: Quinolones, Folic Acid Antagonists, and Urinary Tract Antiseptics --
32: Antimycobacterial Drugs --
33: Antifungal Drugs --
34: Antiviral Drugs --
35: Anticancer Drugs --
36: Immunosuppressants --
Unit VII: Special Topics in Pharmacology --
37: Histamine and Serotonin --
38: Anti-inflammatory, Antipyretic, and Analgesic Agents --
39: Drugs for Disorders of the Respiratory Systems --
40: Gastrointestinal and Antiemetic Drugs --
41: Drugs for Urologic Disorders --
44: Clinical Toxicology --
45: Drugs of Abuse --
46: Antiprotozoal Drugs --
47: Anthelmintic Drugs --
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