| Other author/creator | Nagle, Barbara T. author. |
| Other author/creator | Kaufman, Michele B., author. |
| Other author/creator | Ariel, Hannah (Cooke), author. |
| Other author/creator | Peimani-Lalehzarzadeh, Yael, author. |
| Contents |
Pharmacology: an introduction -- Pharmacokinetics and factors of individual variation -- Geriatric pharmacology -- Math review and dosage calculations -- Introduction to the autonomic nervous system -- Drugs affecting the sympathetic nervous system -- Drugs affecting the parasympathetic nervous system -- Drugs affecting the autonomic ganglia -- Skeletal muscle relaxants -- Local anesthetics -- Introduction to the central nervous system -- Sedative-hypnotic drugs and alcohol -- Antipsychotic and antianxiety drugs -- Antidepressants, psychomotor stimulants, and lithium -- Psychotomimetic drugs of abuse -- Antiepileptic drugs -- Antiparkinson drugs and Alzheimer's disease drugs -- General anesthetics -- Opioid analgesics -- Nonnarcotic analgesics anti-inflammatory, and antigout drugs -- Review of cardiac physiology and pathology -- Treatment of heart failure -- Antiarrhythmic drugs -- Antianginal drugs -- Diuretics -- Antihypertensive drugs -- Anticoagulants and coagulants -- Nutrition and therapy -- Hypolipidemic drugs -- Hematinics -- Antihistamines and mast cell stabilizers -- Respiratory pharmacology, treatment of asthma, and COPD -- Therapy of GI disorders: peptic ulcers, GERD, and vomiting -- Agents that affect intestinal motility -- Introduction to the endocrine system -- Adrenal steroids -- Gonadal hormones, oral contraceptives, and erectile dysfunction drugs -- Drugs affecting the thyroid and parathyroid glands and bone degeneration -- Pancreatic hormones and antidiabetic drugs -- Posterior pituitary hormones: antidiuretic hormone and oxytocin -- Antibacterial agents -- Antifungal and antiviral drugs -- Parasitic infections: antiprotozoal and anthelmintic drugs -- Antiseptics and disinfectants -- Antineoplastic agents and oncology immunotherapy -- Immunopharmacology. |
| Abstract |
"The eighth edition of Pharmacology: An Introduction has been thoroughly updated, but the aim of this program remains what it has always been: to present a clear understanding of the basic concepts of pharmacology to the beginning student. Pharmacology is a complex subject that requires basic knowledge in many different scientific disciplines, particularly anatomy, physiology, and pathology. Health profession students often have limited exposure to these subjects, and one of the objectives of our text is to provide the necessary background information and to refresh the students' memory of previously learned material through which the therapeutic action of drugs can be clearly understood"-- Provided by publisher |
| General note | Includes index. |
| Spec. audience char. |
Ages 18+ McGraw-Hill Education. |
| Source of description | Description based on online resource; title from electronic title page (ProQuest Ebook Central, March 21, 2023). |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Hitner, Henry. Pharmacology. 8th edition. New York, NY : McGraw-Hill Education, [2022] 9781260021820 |
| LCCN | 2020045390 |
| ISBN | 9781260470543 electronic book ; epub |
| ISBN | 1260470547 electronic book ; epub |
| ISBN | paperback ; alk. paper |
| ISBN | loose-leaf ; alk. paper |
