Table of Contents
UNIT I: INTRODUCTION
1. Prescriptive Authority
2. Rational Drug Selection and Prescription Writing
3. Promoting Positive Outcomes of
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UNIT II: BASIC PRINCIPLES OF PHARMACOLOGY
4. Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics, and Drug Interactions
5. Adverse Drug Reactions and Medication Errors
6. Individual Variation in Drug Responses
UNIT III: DRUG THERAPY ACROSS THE LIFE SPAN
7. Drug Therapy During Pregnancy and Breast-Feeding
8. Drug Therapy in Pediatric Patients
9. Drug Therapy in Geriatric Patients
UNIT IV: PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DRUGS
10. Basic Principles of Neuropharmacology
11. Physiology of the Peripheral Nervous System
12. Muscarinic Agonists and Antagonists
13. Adrenergic Agonists
14. Adrenergic Antagonists
15. Indirect-Acting Antiadrenergic Agents
UNIT V: CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DRUGS
16. Introduction to Central Nervous System Pharmacology
17. Drugs for Parkinson's Disease
18. Drugs for Alzheimer's Disease
19. Drugs for Epilepsy
20. Drugs for Muscle Spasm and Spasticity
UNIT VI: DRUGS FOR PAIN
21. Local Anesthetics
22. Opioid Analgesics, Opioid Antagonists, and Nonopioid Centrally Acting Analgesics
23. Drugs for Headache
UNIT VII: PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC DRUGS
24. Antipsychotic Agents and Their Use in Schizophrenia
25. Antidepressants
26. Drugs for Bipolar Disorder
27. Sedative-Hypnotic Drugs
28. Management of Anxiety Disorders
29. Central Nervous System Stimulants and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
UNIT VIII: DRUG ABUSE30. Drug Abuse I: Basic Considerations
31. Drug Abuse II: Alcohol
32. Drug Abuse III: Nicotine and Smoking
33. Drug Abuse IV: Major Drugs of Abuse Other Than Alcohol and Nicotine
UNIT IX: DRUGS THAT AFFECT THE HEART, BLOOD VESSELS, BLOOD, AND
BLOOD VOLUME
34. Review of Hemodynamics
35. Diuretics
36. Drugs Acting on the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System
37. Calcium Channel Blockers
38. Vasodilators
39. Drugs for Hypertension
40. Drugs for Heart Failure
41. Antidysrhythmic Drugs
42. Prophylaxis of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease: Drugs That Help Normalize
Cholesterol and Triglyceride Levels
43. Drugs for Angina Pectoris
44. Anticoagulant, Antiplatelet, and Thrombolytic Drugs
45. Drugs for Deficiency Anemias
UNIT X: DRUGS FOR ENDOCRINE DISORDERS
46. Drugs for Diabetes Mellitus
47. Drugs for Thyroid Disorders
UNIT XI: WOMEN'S HEALTH
48. Estrogens and Progestins: Basic Pharmacology and Noncontraceptive Applications
49. Birth Control
UNIT XII: MEN'S HEALTH
50. Androgens
51. Drugs for Erectile Dysfunction and Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia
UNIT XIII: ANTI-INFLAMMATORY, ANTIALLERGIC, AND IMMUNOLOGIC DRUGS
52. Review of the Immune System
53. Childhood Immunization
54. Antihistamines
55. Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors: Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs and
Acetaminophen
56. Glucocorticoids in Nonendocrine Disorders [Show Less]