Contents
Pref•ce vii
1
PART
BASIC PRINCIPLES
Intnxhxtion 1

2. Pharmacodynamics
   16
3. Pharmacokinetics 26
4. Drug 35
5. Pharmac%enomics 41
   
   AUTONOMIC DRUGS 47
6. Introduction to Autonomic
   Pharmacology 47
   7• Cholinoceptor-Activating &
   Cholinesterase-Jnhibiting Drugs 60
   
   Cholin•xqtor Blockers & Cholinesterase
   Regenerators 69
7. 76
   Adren«eptor 85
   CARDIOVASCULAR DRUGS 93
   J J Drugs Used in Hypertension 93
8. Drugs Used in the Treatment of Angina
   Pectoris 103
   J 3. Drugs Used in Heart Fanure 112
   Antiarrhythmic Drugs 122
9. Diuretics & Other Drugs That Act
   on the Kidney 134
   PART
   DRUGS WITH IMPORTANT ACTIONS
   ON SMOOTH MUSCLE 145
10. Histamine, Serotonin, Drugs Used in
    Ergot Alkaloids, & Other Drugg
    Used in Migraine 145
11. Vasoactive 155
12. Prostaglandins & Other Eicosanoids 162
13. Nitric Oxide, Ihnors, & InhiMtors 169
14. Drugs Bed in Asthma & Chronic
    Obstructive Pulmonary Diwase 173
    DRUGS THAT ACT IN THE
    CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM 183
    21′ Intnxluction to CNS Pharmacol%Y 183
15. Sdative•Hypnotic Drugs 190
    23, Alcohols 198
16. Antiseizure Drugs 205
    2.5. General Anesthetics 214
17. Local Anesthetics 222
    27′ Skeletal Muscle 227
    28 Drugs in Parkinq)nistn &
    Other Movement Disorders 235
18. Antipsychotic & Disorder
    Agents 243

is, CONTENTS
Antidepressants 2S2
31, Opioid Analgesics & Antagonists

32. Drugs Of Abuse 269
    PART
    DRUGS WITH IMPORTANT ACTIONS
    ON BLOOD, INFLAMMATION, &
    GOUT 277
33. Agents in Cyt0Füs; Hemat0B)ietic
    Growth Factors 277
34. Drugs Used in Coagulation Disorders 286
35. Agents in Dydipidemia 298
    NSAIDs, Acetaminophen, & Drugs t%ed in
    Rheumatoid Arthritis &Gout 307
    VII
    PAR T
    ENDOCRINE DRUGS 319
36. Hypothalamic & 319
    Thyroid & Antithyroid Drugs 328
37. Adren«orticosteroids & Adrencxortical
    Antagonists 334
    •O. Gonadal Hutluunes
38. Pancreatic Hormones, Antidial*tic Drugs,
    & Glucagon 352
39. Agents That Affrct Mineral
    Homeostasis
    VIII
    PAR T
    CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC DRUGS 371
40. Beta-Lactam Antibiotics & Other Cell
    Wall- & Membrane-Active
    Antibiotics 372
    Tetracyclines’ Macrolides’ Clind•myun,
    Chloramphenicol, Mreplogramins, &
    Oxazolidinones 381
41. Aminoglycosides & 3D
42. Sulfonamides, Trirnethoprim, &
    Fluorupinolones 394
43. Drugs 401
44. Antifungal Agents 408
45. Antiviral Agents 415
    Miscellaneous Antimicrobial Agents &
    Disinfectants, Antiseptics, & Sterilants 42
    51• Clinical Use of Antimicrobial Agents 434
46. AntiprotounlDrugs 440
47. Clinical Of the
    Antihelminthic Drugs 449
48. Cancer Chemotherapy 455
49. Immur*armacology 467
    PAR T
    TOXICOLOGY 481
    56′ Enviruunental & (kcuFtioml
    481
50. Hevy Metals & 487
51. Management of the poioned Patient 03
    x
    PART
    SPECIAL TOPICS 501
52. Drugs Used in Gastrointestinal
    Disorders
    d), Cannabinoid Drugs 511
    Medications 514

62.
Mechanisms 519
Appendix I. Strategies for Improving Test
Performance 525
Appendix II. Key Words for Key Drugs 528
CONTENTS
Appendix Vvamin.tinn 1
Appendix Examination 2 $8
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