Goodman and Gilman's Manual of Pharmacology and Therapeutics

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McGraw Hill Professional, Oct 19, 2007 - Medical - 642 pages

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"...the most authoritative and trusted source of pharmacological information, has now spawned a portable pocket drug guide....This manual extracts the essential core drug information from the eleventh edition of the parent book, referring the reader to the online version of the parent book for historical aspects, many chemical and clinical details, and additional figures and references. This makes G & G a very useful book. This will be of use to individuals in training or practice in the fields of pharmacy, medicine, nursing, or allied health disciplines where knowledge of drug actions are important....Each chapter provides the core essential information provided in the parent book in a very readable format. Readers can use this easy to handle and read manual for essential information along with the online version of the parent book as a reference for more in-depth specific information on drugs."--Doody's Review Service

The Goodman & Gilman Manual of Pharmacology and Therapeutics offers the renowned content of Goodman & Gilman's Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics, Eleventh Edition, condensed into an ultra-handy, streamlined reference.

More than just a pocket drug guide, this indispensable resource offers:

  • A carry-along source of essential fundamental information, with all the authority of Goodman & Gilman's Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics, Eleventh Edition
  • The benefits of the world's leading pharmacology text in a convenient, portable format
  • Comprehensive, yet streamlined and clinically relevant coverage of the pharmacological basis of therapeutics
  • High-yield overview of pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and the foundations of pharmacology
  • Expert insights into the properties, mechanisms, and uses of all the major drug classes
  • Considerations of vital patient-specific issues

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Contents

General Principles
1
Drugs Acting at Synaptic and Neuroeffector Junctional Sites
85
Drugs Acting on the Central Nervous System
203
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About the author (2007)

Laurence L. Brunton, PhD
Professor of Pharmacology & Medicine
University of California San Diego School of Medicine

Donald K. Blumenthal, PhD
Professor of Pharmacology & Toxicology
University of Utah School of Medicine

Iain L.O. Buxton, PharmD
Professor of Pharmacology
University of Nevada-Reno

Keith L. Parker, MD, PhD
Professor of Internal Medicine & Pharmacology
University of Texas Southwestern School of Medicine

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