TABLE OF CONTENTS
UNIT I: INTRODUCTION
1. Orientation to Pharmacology
2. Application of Pharmacology in Nursing Practice
3. Drug Regulation,
... [Show More] Development, Names, and Information
UNIT II: BASIC PRINCIPLES OF PHARMACOLOGY
4. Pharmacokinetics
5. Pharmacodynamics
6. Drug Interactions
7. Adverse Drug Reactions and Medication Errors
8. Individual Variation in Drug Responses
UNIT III: DRUG THERAPY ACROSS THE LIFE SPAN
9. Drug Therapy During Pregnancy and Breast-Feeding
10. Drug Therapy in Pediatric Patients
11. Drug Therapy in Geriatric Patients
UNIT IV: PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DRUGS
Section 1: Introduction
12. Basic Principles of Neuropharmacology
13. Physiology of the Peripheral Nervous System
Section 2: Cholinergic Drugs
14. Muscarinic Agonists and Antagonists
15. Cholinesterase Inhibitors and Their Use in Myasthenia Gravis
16. Drugs That Block Nicotinic Cholinergic Transmission: Neuromuscular Blocking
Agents
Section 3: Adrenergic Drugs
17. Adrenergic Agonists
18. Adrenergic Antagonists
19. Indirect-Acting Antiadrenergic Agents
UNIT V: CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DRUGS
Section 4: Introduction
20. Introduction to Central Nervous System Pharmacology
Section 5: Drugs for Neurodegenerative Disorders21. Drugs for Parkinson’s Disease
22. Drugs for Alzheimer’s Disease
23. Drugs for Multiple Sclerosis
Section 6: Neurologic Drugs
24. Drugs for Epilepsy
25. Drugs for Muscle Spasm and Spasticity
Section 7: Drugs for Pain
26. Local Anesthetics
27. General Anesthetics
28. Opioid Analgesics, Opioid Antagonists, and Nonopioid Centrally Acting
Analgesics
29. Pain Management in Patients with Cancer
30. Drugs for Headache
Section 8: Psychotherapeutic Drugs
31. Antipsychotic Agents and Their Use in Schizophrenia
32. Antidepressants
33. Drugs for Bipolar Disorder
34. Sedative-Hypnotic Drugs
35. Management of Anxiety Disorders
36. Central Nervous System Stimulants and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity
Disorder
Section 9: Drug Abuse
37. Drug Abuse I: Basic Considerations
38. Drug Abuse II: Alcohol
39. Drug Abuse III: Nicotine and Smoking
40. Drug Abuse IV: Major Drugs of Abuse Other Than Alcohol and Nicotine
UNIT VI: DRUGS THAT AFFECT FLUID AND ELECTROLYTE BALANCE
41. Diuretics
42. Agents Affecting the Volume and Ion Content of Body Fluids
UNIT VII: DRUGS THAT AFFECT THE HEART, BLOOD VESSELS, AND BLOOD
43. Review of Hemodynamics
44. Drugs Acting on the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System
45. Calcium Channel Blockers [Show Less]