Section I. Basic principles -- Section II. Autonomic drugs -- Section III. Cardiovascular-renal drugs -- Section IV. Drugs with important actions on smooth muscle -- Section V. Drugs that act in the central nervous system -- Section VI. Drugs used to treat diseases of the blood, inflammation, & gout -- Section VII. Endocrine drugs -- Section VIII. Chemotherapeutic drugs -- Section IX. Toxicology -- Section X. Special topics.

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Print version c2012.

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction ; Drug receptors & pharmacodynamics ; Pharmacokinetics & pharmacodynamics: rational dosing & the time course of drug action ; Drug biotransformation ; Development & regulation of drugs ; Introduction to autonomic pharmacology ; Cholinoceptor-activating & cholinesterase-inhibiting drugs ; Cholinoceptor-blocking drugs ; Adrenoceptor agonists & sympathomimetic drugs ; Adrenoceptor antagonist drugs ; Antihypertensive agents ; Vasodilators & the treatment of angina pectoris ; Drugs used in heart failure ; Agents used in cardiac arrhythmias ; Diuretic agents ; Histamine, serotonin, & the ergot alkaloids ; Vasoactive peptides ; Ecosanoids: prostaglandins, thromboxanes, leukotrienes, & related compounds ; Nitric oxide ; Drugs used in asthma ; Introduction to the pharmacology of cns drugs ; Sedative-hypnotic drugs ; Alcohols ; Antiseizure drugs ; General anesthetics ; Local anesthetics ; Skeletal muscle relaxants ; Pharmacologic management of parkinsonism & other movement disorders ; Antipsychotic agents & lithium ; Antidepressant agents ; Opioid analgesics & antagonists ; Drugs of abuse ; Agents used in anemias; hematopoietic growth factors ; Drugs used in disorders of coagulation ; Agents used in dyslipidemia ; Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs, nonopioid analgesics, & drugs used in gout ; Hypothalamic & pituitary hormones ; Thyroid & antithyroid drugs ; Adrenocorticosteroids & adrenocortical antagonists ; Gonadal hormones & inhibitors ; Pancreatic hormones & antidiabetic drugs ; Agents that affect bone mineral homeostasis ; Chemotherapeutic drugs ; Beta-lactam & other cell wall- & membrane-active antibiotics ; Tetracyclines, macrolides, clindamycin, chloramphenicol, streptogramins, & oxazolidinones ; Aminoglycosides & spectinomycin ; Sulfonamides, trimethoprim, & quinolones ; Antimycobacterial drugs ; Antifungal agents ; Antiviral agents ; Miscellaneous antimicrobial agents; disinfectants, antiseptics, & sterilants ; Clinical use of antimicrobial agents ; Antiprotozoal drugs ; Clinical pharmacology of the antihelminthic drugs ; Cancer chemotherapy ; Immunopharmacology ; Introduction to toxicology: occupational & environmental ; Heavy metal intoxication & chelators ; Management of the poisoned patient ; Special aspects of perinatal & pediatric pharmacology ; Special aspects of geriatric pharmacology ; Dermatologic pharmacology ; Drugs used in the treatment of gastrointestinal diseases ; Therapeutic & toxic potential of over-the-counter agents ; Dietary supplements & herbal medications ; Rational prescribing & prescription writing ; Important drug interactions & their mechanisms ; Vaccines, immune globulins, & other complex biologic products ; Schedule of controlled drugs.

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