A TEXT-BOOK OF PHARMACOLOGY AND THERAPEUTICS

By J. LAENY

CONTENTS PART I GENERAL PRINCIPLES 1 INTRODUCTION TO THERAPEUTICS 2 MECHANISMS OF DRUG ACTION (PHARMACODYNAMICS) 3 PHARMACOKINETICS 4 DRUG ABSORPTION AND ROUTES OF ADMINISTRATION 5 DRUG METABOLISM 6 RENAL EXCRETION OF DRUGS 7 EFFECTS OF DISEASE ON DRUG DISPOSITION 8 THERAPEUTIC DRUG MONITORING 9 DRUGS IN PREGNANCY 10 DRUGS IN INFANTS AND CHILDREN 11 DRUGS IN THE ELDERLY 12 ADVERSE DRUG REACTIONS 13 DRUG INTERACTIONS 14 PHARMACOGENETICS 15 INTRODUCTION OF NEW DRUGS AND CLINICAL TRIALS 16 CELL-BASED AND RECOMBINANT DNA THERAPIES 17 ALTERNATIVE MEDICINES: HERBALS AND NUTRACEUTICALS PART II THE NERVOUS SYSTEM 18 HYPNOTICS AND ANXIOLYTICS 19 SCHIZOPHRENIA AND BEHAVIOURAL EMERGENCIES 20 MOOD DISORDERS 21 MOVEMENT DISORDERS AND DEGENERATIVE CNS DISEASE 22 ANTI-EPILEPTICS 23 MIGRAINE 24 ANAESTHETICS AND MUSCLE RELAXANTS 25 ANALGESICS AND THE CONTROL OF PAIN PART III THE MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM 26 ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DRUGS AND THE TREATMENT OF ARTHRITIS PART IV THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM 27 PREVENTION OF ATHEROMA: LOWERING PLASMA CHOLESTEROL AND OTHER APPROACHES 28 HYPERTENSION 29 ISCHAEMIC HEART DISEASE 30 ANTICOAGULANTS AND ANTIPLATELET DRUGS 31 HEART FAILURE 32 CARDIAC DYSRHYTHMIAS PART V THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM 33 THERAPY OF ASTHMA, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE (COPD) AND OTHER RESPIRATORY DISORDERS PART VI THE ALIMENTARY SYSTEM 34 ALIMENTARY SYSTEM AND LIVER 35 VITAMINS AND TRACE ELEMENTS PART VII FLUIDS AND ELECTROLYTES 36 NEPHROLOGICAL AND RELATED ASPECTS PART VIII THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM 37 DIABETES MELLITUS 38 THYROID 39 CALCIUM METABOLISM 40 ADRENAL HORMONES 41 REPRODUCTIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY 42 THE PITUITARY HORMONES AND RELATED DRUGS PART IX SELECTIVE TOXICITY 43 ANTIBACTERIAL DRUGS 44 MYCOBACTERIAL INFECTIONS 45 FUNGAL AND NON-HIV VIRAL INFECTIONS 46 HIV AND AIDS 47 MALARIA AND OTHER PARASITIC INFECTIONS 48 CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY PART X HAEMATOLOGY 49 ANAEMIA AND OTHER HAEMATOLOGICAL DISORDERS PART XI IMMUNOPHARMACOLOGY 50 CLINICAL IMMUNOPHARMACOLOGY PART XII THE SKIN 51 DRUGS AND THE SKIN PART XIII THE EYE 52 DRUGS AND THE EYE PART XIV CLINICAL TOXICOLOGY 53 DRUGS AND ALCOHOL ABUSE 54 DRUG OVERDOSE AND POISONING