At a Glance: Medical Pharmacology at a Glance
At a Glance: Medical Pharmacology at a Glance
Editor/Author
Neal, Michael J.
Publication Year: 2016
Publisher: Wiley
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ISBN: 978-1-118-90240-0
Category: Health & Medicine - Pharmaceutical Science
Book Status: Available
Table of Contents
Medical Pharmacology at a Glance is recognised as an excellent starting point for pharmacology study. This international best-seller is the perfect companion for all medical and health students, providing an accessible, visual overview of pharmacology.
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Table of Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Further reading
- How to use your textbook
- 1: Introduction: principles of drug action
- Receptors
- Transport systems
- Enzymes
- Second messengers
- G-proteins
- 2: Drug–receptor interactions
- Binding of drugs to receptors
- Antagonists
- Receptor reserve
- Partial agonists
- Intrinsic efficacy
- Bioassay
- Binding assays
- Localization of receptors
- Tachyphylaxis, desensitization, tolerance and drug resistance
- 3: Drug absorption, distribution and excretion
- Routes of administration
- Distribution and excretion
- Excretion
- 4: Drug metabolism
- Drugs
- Liver
- Phase I reactions
- Phase II reactions
- Factors affecting drug metabolism
- 5: Local anaesthetics
- Na+ channels
- Action potential
- Mechanism of local anaesthetics
- Chemistry
- Unwanted effects
- Methods of administration
- 6: Drugs acting at the neuromuscular junction
- Presynaptic agents
- Competitive neuromuscular blocking drugs
- Depolarizing neuromuscular blocking drugs
- 7: Autonomic nervous system
- Effects of sympathetic stimulation
- Acetylcholine
- 8: Autonomic drugs acting at cholinergic synapses
- Cholinomimetics
- Muscarinic antagonists (antimuscarinics)
- 9: Drugs acting on the sympathetic system
- Sympathomimetics
- Adrenoceptor antagonists
- 10: Ocular pharmacology
- Glaucoma
- Mydriatics
- 11: Asthma, hay fever and anaphylaxis
- Mediators
- Bronchodilators
- Cromoglicate
- Corticosteroids
- Acute severe asthma
- Antihistamines
- 12: Drugs acting on the gastrointestinal tract I: peptic ulcer
- Acid secretion
- Protective factors
- Ulcer healing drugs
- Antacids
- 13: Drugs acting on the gastrointestinal tract II: motility and secretions
- Motility stimulants
- Laxatives
- Antidiarrhoeal drugs
- Drugs used in inflammatory bowel disease
- Drugs used to dissolve gallstones
- Pancreatic supplements
- 14: Drugs acting on the kidney: diuretics
- Thiazides
- Loop diuretics
- Potassium-sparing diuretics
- 15: Drugs used in hypertension
- Thiazide and other diuretics
- β-adrenoceptor antagonists
- Vasodilator drugs
- Centrally acting drugs
- Acute severe hypertension
- 16: Drugs used in angina
- Nitrates
- β-Adrenoceptor antagonists
- Calcium-channel blockers
- Revascularization
- 17: Antiarrhythmic drugs
- Cardiac action potential
- Pacemaker cells
- Drugs used in supraventricular arrhythmias
- Drugs effective in supraventricular and ventricular arrhythmias
- Drugs used in ventricular arrhythmias
- Alternatives to drugs
- 18: Drugs used in heart failure
- ACE inhibitors and ARBs
- β-blockers
- Inotropic drugs
- Sympathomimetic agents
- 19: Drugs used to affect blood coagulation
- Anticoagulants
- Antiplatelet drugs
- Fibrinolytic drugs (thrombolytics)
- 20: Lipid-lowering drugs
- Lipoproteins
- Hyperlipidaemias
- Atherosclerosis
- Drug combinations
- 21: Agents used in anaemias
- Iron
- Iron preparations
- Vitamin B12
- Folic acid
- Erythropoietin
- 22: Central transmitter substances
- Amino acids
- Monoamines
- Other transmitters/modulaters
- 23: General anaesthetics
- Reticular activating system (RAS)
- Mechanism of action of anaesthetics
- Premedication
- Intravenous agents
- Inhalation agents
- 24: Anxiolytics and hypnotics
- GABA receptors
- Barbiturate receptor
- Benzodiazepines
- Antidepressants
- Drugs acting at serotonergic (5HT) receptors
- 25: Antiepileptic drugs
- Causes of epilepsy
- Mechanisms of action of anticonvulsants
- Drugs used in partial and generalized tonic–clonic (grand mal) seizures
- Drugs used to treat absences (petit mal)
- Drugs effective in tonic–clonic (grand mal) and absence (petit mal) seizures
- Drug withdrawal
- Pregnancy
- 26: Drugs used in Parkinson's disease
- Aetiology
- Dopaminergic drugs
- Dopamine agonists
- Drugs causing dopamine release
- MAOB and COMT inhibitors
- Antimuscarinics
- 27: Antipsychotic drugs (neuroleptics)
- Dopamine receptors
- Chemical classification
- Depot preparations
- 28: Drugs used in affective disorders: antidepressants
- Monoamine theory of depression
- Mechanism of action of antidepressants
- Drugs that inhibit amine uptake
- Receptor blockers
- Monoamine oxidase inhibitors
- Mechanism of action
- 29: Opioid analgesics
- Strong opioid analgesics
- Weak opioid analgesics
- 30: Drugs used in nausea and vertigo (antiemetics)
- Drug-induced vomiting
- Motion sickness
- Vestibular disease
- Pregnancy
- 31: Drug misuse and dependence
- Central stimulants
- Opioids
- Hallucinogens (psychedelics)
- General depressants
- Tobacco
- 32: Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs)
- Mechanisms of action
- Adverse effects
- Other NSAIDs
- Gout
- 33: Corticosteroids
- Glucocorticoids
- Mineralocorticoids
- 34: Sex hormones and drugs
- Infertility
- Testosterone
- Oestrogens
- Progestogens
- Oral contraceptives
- 35: Thyroid and antithyroid drugs
- Hyperthyroidism (thyrotoxicosis)
- Antithyroid drugs
- Hypothyroidism
- Replacement therapy
- 36: Antidiabetic agents
- Insulin release
- Insulin preparations
- Adverse effects
- Insulin regimens
- Oral antidiabetic drugs
- 37: Antibacterial drugs that inhibit nucleic acid synthesis: sulphonamides, trimethoprim, quinolones and nitroimidazoles
- Selective toxicity
- Sulphonamides
- Quinolones
- 5-Nitroimidazoles
- 38: Antibacterial drugs that inhibit cell wall synthesis: penicillins, cephalosporins and vancomycin
- Penicillins
- Cephalosporins
- Other β-lactam antibiotics
- Vancomycin
- 39: Antibacterial drugs that inhibit protein synthesis: aminoglycosides, tetracyclines, macrolides and chloramphenicol
- Aminoglycosides
- Macrolides
- Tetracyclines
- Chloramphenicol
- Streptogramins
- 40: Antifungal drugs
- Fungal infections
- Polyenes
- Flucytosine
- Imidazoles
- Triazoles
- Echinocandins
- 41: Antiviral drugs
- Drugs that prevent the virus entering or leaving the host cells
- Drugs that inhibit viral DNA polymerase
- Drugs that inhibit viral reverse transcriptase
- 42: Drugs acting on parasites I: helminths (worms)
- Nematodes (roundworms)
- Trematodes (flukes)
- Cestodes (tapeworms)
- Anthelmintics
- 43: Drugs acting on parasites II: protozoa
- Blood schizonticides (slow-acting)
- Blood schizonticides (rapid-acting)
- Tissue schizonticide
- Other protozoal diseases
- 44: Drugs used in cancer
- Alkylating agents
- Cytotoxic antibiotics
- Vinca alkaloids and taxanes
- Antimetabolites
- Monoclonal antibodies
- Hormones and hormone antagonists
- 45: Immunosuppressants and antirheumatoid drugs
- Corticosteroids
- Antiproliferative drugs
- Calcineurin inhibitors
- Monoclonal antibodies
- Disease-modifying antirheumatoid drugs (DMARDs)
- Anticytokine drugs
- 46: Poisoning
- Reduction of absorption
- Enhancement of elimination
- Aspirin
- Paracetamol
- Opioids
- Tricyclic antidepressants
- 47: Adverse drug reactions
- Drug interactions
- Drug allergy
- Teratogenesis
- Carcinogenesis
- Case studies and questions
- Answers