TY  - BOOK
AU  - Laurence D.R
AU  - Bennett,P.N
AU  - Brown,M.J.
TI  -  Clinical pharmacology
SN  - 0443049904
AV  - RM301.28 .L38 1997
PY  - 1997///
CY  -  Edinburgh
PB  - Churchill Livingstone
KW  - pharmacology
N1  - includes bibliographical references and index; Preface		vii	(2)
Acknowledgements		ix	(1)
Note from the authors and publishers		x	
Section 1 GENERAL		3	(74)
1. Topics in drug therapy
3	(34)
2. Clinical pharmacology
37	(3)
3. Discovery and development of drugs
40	(7)
4. Evaluation of drugs in man
47	(17)
5. Official regulation of medicines
64	(7)
6. Classification and naming of drugs
71	(6)
Section 2 FROM PHARMACOLOGY TO TOXICOLOGY		77	(110)
7. General pharmacology
77	(44)
8. Unwanted effects and adverse drug reactions
121	(17)
9. Poisoning, overdose, antidotes
138	(13)
10. Nonmedical use of drugs
151	(36)
Section 3 INFECTION AND INFLAMMATION		187	(98)
11. Chemotherapy of infections
187	(10)
12. Antibacterial drugs
197	(18)
13. Chemotherapy of bacterial infections
215	(16)
14. Viral, fungal, protozoal and helminthic infections
231	(18)
15. Inflammation, arthritis and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs)
249	(18)
16. Drugs and the skin
267	(18)
Section 4 NERVOUS SYSTEM		285	(114)
17. Pain and analgesics
285	(25)
18. Sleep and anxiety
310	(17)
19. Drugs and mental disorder
327	(29)
20. Epilepsy, parkinsonism and allied conditions
356	(17)
21. Anaesthesia and neuromuscular block
373	(26)
Section 5 CARDIORESPIRATORY AND RENAL SYSTEMS		399	(120)
22. Cholinergic and antimuscarinic (anticholinergic) drugs
399	(13)
23. Adrenergic mechanisms (sympathomimetics, shock, hypotension)
412	(13)
24. Arterial hypertension, angina pectoris, myocardial infarction
425	(33)
25. Cardiac dysrhythmia and failure
458	(20)
26. Hyperlipidaemias
478	(6)
27. Kidney and urinary tract
484	(16)
28. Respiratory system
500	(19)
Section 6 BLOOD AND NEOPLASTIC DISEASE		519	(48)
29. Drugs and haemostasis
519	(15)
30. Cellular disorders and anaemias
534	(11)
31. Neoplastic disease and immunosuppression
545	(22)
Section 7 GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM		567	(32)
32. Stomach and oesophagus
567	(12)
33. Intestines
579	(10)
34. Liver, biliary tract, pancreas
589	(10)
Section 8 ENDOCRINE SYSTEM, METABOLIC CONDITIONS		599	(77)
35. Adrenal corticosteroids, antagonists, corticotrophin
599	(16)
36. Diabetes mellitus, insulin, oral antidiabetes agents
615	(18)
37. Thyroid hormones, antithyroid drugs
633	(9)
38. Hypothalamic, pituitary and sex hormones
642	(25)
39. Vitamins, calcium, bone
667	(9)
Index		676
N2  - This book is about the rational scientific basis and practice of drug therapy. Doctors need to understand the psychological and medical area in which they prescribe to deliver what patients have a right to expect, ie. maximum benefit with minimum risk

ER  -