Basic Knowledge of Pharmacology

Description:

This is the perfect pharmacology textbook for medical and pharmacy students. The book was developed on the 30-year experience of the author as pharmacology professor in the United States and Germany. The book discusses the most important drugs (400) in the context of relevant diseases. Summary tables and schemes, MCQ exam questions, case studies and a list of drugs aid memorization of the material before an exam. All chapters are written in the same concise style and use a modern and precise pharmacological nomenclature. After reading of the book, the student will be able to critically assess the proper use of the most important drugs and advise patients properly. The didactic concept of the book has been developed on the author’s own pharmacology courses for which he has received numerous teaching awards. The book takes advantage of the learning spiral, in which material is presented repeatedly from various angles.  This book is an adaptation for an international audience of the German textbook “Basiswissen Pharmakologie” (2018)

Table of Contents:

I. General Principles

1. Introduction and Pharmacodynamics

2. Pharmacokinetics

3. Drug Allergy

4. Treatment of Drug Intoxications

II. Pharmacology of Integrative Systems

5. Cholinergic and Adrenergic System

6. Serotonergic System

7. Histaminergic System

8. Dopaminergic System

9. NO-cGMP System

10. Pain Pharmacology

11. Immunopharmacology

12. Pharmacology of the Kidney

III. Pharmacotherapy

13. Drugs for Treatment of Gastrointestinal Diseases

14. Drugs for Treatment of Respiratory Tract Diseases

15. Drugs for Treatment of Hypertension

16. Drugs for Treatment of Chronic Heart Failure and Coronary Heart Disease

17. Drug-Induced Arrhythmias and Drugs for the Treatment of Arrhythmias

18. Drugs for Treatment of Thromboembolic Diseases

19. Drugs for Treatment of Diabetes Mellitus

20. Drugs for Treatment of Osteoporosis

21. Drugs for Treatment of Thyroid Gland Diseases

22. Drugs for Treatment of Dyslipidemias

23. Drugs for Treatment of Gout

24. Sex Hormones: Hormonal Contraception and Hormone Replacement Therapy

25. Neuron Inhibitors with Pleiotropic Effects and Allosteric GABAAR Modulators

26. Local Anesthetics

27. Inhalation and Injection Anesthetics

28. Drugs for Treatment of Depression and Bipolar Disorder

29. Drugs for Treatment of Schizophrenia

30. Drugs for the Treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease

31. Drugs for the Treatment of Glaucoma and Age-Related Macular Degeneration

32. Drugs for the Treatment of Malignant Tumor Diseases

33. Drugs for the Treatment of Bacterial Infections

34. Drugs for the Treatment of Viral Infections

35. Drugs for the Treatment of Fungal Infections

36. Integrative Case Studies

37. The “100 List” of Drugs

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