Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Prescriptive
... [Show More] Authority.........................................................................................................................5 Chapter 2: Rational Drug Selection and Prescription Writing ...............................................................................8 Chapter 3: Promoting Positive Outcomes of Drug Therapy ................................................................................. 14 Chapter 4: Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics, and Drug Interactions .........................................................20 Chapter 5: Adverse Drug Reactions and Medication Errors ............................................................................... 32 Chapter 6: Individual Variation in Drug Responses .............................................................................................43 Chapter 7: Drug Therapy During Pregnancy and Breast-Feeding ....................................................................... 52 Chapter 8: Drug Therapy in Pediatric Patients ................................................................................................... 60 Chapter 9: Drug Therapy in Geriatric Patients. ................................................................................................... 70 Chapter 10: Basic Principles of Neuropharmacology ......................................................................................... 81 Chapter 11: Physiology of the Peripheral Nervous System ............................................................................... 88 Chapter 12: Muscarinic Agonists and Antagonists ............................................................................................ 95 Chapter 13: Adrenergic Agonists ...................................................................................................................... 103 Chapter 14: Adrenergic Antagonists ................................................................................................................ 113 Chapter 15: Indirect-Acting Antiadrenergic Agents ......................................................................................... 126 Chapter 16: Introduction to Central Nervous System Pharmacology .............................................................. 136 Chapter 17: Drugs for Parkinson's Disease ....................................................................................................... 142 Chapter 18: Drugs for Alzheimer's Disease .................................................................................................... 150 Chapter 19: Drugs for Epilepsy ...................................................................................................................... 159 Chapter 21: Local Anesthetics ....................................................................................................................... 176 Chapter 22: Opioid Analgesics, Opioid Antagonists, and Nonopioid Centrally Acting Analgesics ............. 185 Chapter 23: Drugs for Headache ............................................................................................................... 197
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Chapter 24: Antipsychotic Agents and Their Use in Schizophrenia ............................................................ 208 Chapter 25: Antidepressants ....................................................................................................................... 220 Chapter 26: Drugs for Bipolar Disorder ..................................................................................................... 230 Chapter 27: Sedative-Hypnotic Drugs ........................................................................................................ 240 Chapter 28: Management of Anxiety Disorders ........................................................................................ 248 Chapter 29: Central Nervous System Stimulants and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder .................. 257 Chapter 31: Drug Abuse II: Alcohol ................................................................................................................ 274 Chapter 32: Drug Abuse III: Nicotine and Smoking ........................................................................................ 284 Chapter 33: Drug Abuse IV: Major Drugs of Abuse Other Than Alcohol and Nicotine ................................... 292 Chapter 34: Review of Hemodynamics .......................................................................................................... 308 Chapter 35: Diuretics ....................................................................................................................................... 314 Chapter 36: Drugs Acting on the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System .................................................... 322 Chapter 37: Calcium Channel Blockers ............................................................................................................ 332 Chapter 38: Vasodilators ............................................................................................................................... 338 Chapter 40: Drugs for Heart Failure ............................................................................................................... 362 Chapter 41: Antidysrhythmic Drugs .............................................................................................................. 379 Chapter 43: Drugs for Angina Pectoris ........................................................................................................... 410 Chapter 44: Anticoagulant, Antiplatelet, and Thrombolytic Drugs .............................................................. 424 Chapter 45: Drugs for Deficiency Anemias .................................................................................................... 439 Chapter 46: Drugs for Diabetes Mellitus ...................................................................................................... 452 Chapter 48: Estrogens and Progestins: Basic Pharmacology and Noncontraceptive Applications .............. 476 Chapter 51: Drugs for Erectile Dysfunction and Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia ............................................. 504 Chapter 52: Review of the Immune System ................................................................................................. 509 Chapter 53: Childhood Immunization ............................................................................................................ 517 Chapter 54: Antihistamines ............................................................................................................................ 529 Chapter 55: Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors: Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs and Acetaminophen ....... 539 Chapter 56: Glucocorticoids in Nonendocrine Disorders ................................................................................ 551 Chapter 57: Drug Therapy of Rheumatoid Arthritis .................................................................................... 563
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Chapter 58: Drug Therapy of Gout .............................................................................................................. 570 Chapter 59: Drugs Affecting Calcium Levels and Bone Mineralization ....................................................... 577 Chapter 61: Drugs for Allergic Rhinitis, Cough, and Colds ........................................................................... 605 Chapter 62: Drugs for Peptic Ulcer Disease ................................................................................................ 617 Chapter 63: Laxatives .................................................................................................................................. 626 Chapter 64: Other Gastrointestinal Drugs .................................................................................................... 638 Chapter 66: Drugs for Weight Loss ............................................................................................................... 664 Chapter 68: Basic Principles of Antimicrobial Therapy ................................................................................. 680 Chapter 69: Drugs That Weaken the Bacterial Cell Wall I: Penicillins ............................................................ 690 Chapter 70: Drugs That Weaken the Bacterial Cell Wall II: Other Drugs ...................................................... 701 Chapter 71: Bacteriostatic Inhibitors of Protein Synthesis ........................................................................... 710 Chapter 72: Aminoglycosides: Bactericidal Inhibitors of Protein Synthesis ................................................. 726 Chapter 73: Sulfonamides and Trimethoprim................................ ............................................................... 739 Chapter 75: Antimycobacterial Agents................................ ........................................................................... 760 Chapter 76: Miscellaneous Antibacterial Drugs ............................................................................................. 774 Chapter 77: Antifungal Agents ........................................................................................................................ 781 Chapter 78: Antiviral Agents I: Drugs for Non-HIV Viral Infections ................................................................ 798 Chapter 79: Antiviral Agents II: Drugs for HIV Infection and Related OpportunisticInfections ...................... 810 Chapter 80: Drug Therapy of Sexually Transmitted Diseases .......................................................................... 820 Chapter 81: Anthelmintics, Antiprotozoal Drugs, and Ectoparasiticides ......................................................... 828 Chapter 82: Supportive Care of Patients Receiving Anticancer Drugs .............................................................. 834 Chapter 83: Drugs for Cancer Pain ................................................................................................................... 846 Chapter 84: Drugs for the Eye .......................................................................................................................... 860 Chapter 85: Drugs for the Skin ......................................................................................................................... 870 Chapter 86: Drugs for the Ear ........................................................................................................................... 886 Chapter 87: Agents Affecting the Volume and Ion Content of Body Fluids ..................................................... 895 Chapter 88: Management of ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction .................................................................... 904 [Show Less]