Goodman & Gilman's the Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics

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McGraw-Hill, Health Professions Division, 1996 - Medical - 1905 pages
1. Pharmacokinetics: the dynamics of drug absorption, distribution, and elimination 3; 2. Pharmacodynamics: mechanisms of drug action and the relationship between drug concentration and effect 29; 3. Principles of therapeutics 43; 4. Principles of toxicology and treatment of poisoning 63; 5. Gene-based therapy 77; 6. Neurotransmission: the autonomic and somatic motor nervous systems 105; 7. Muscarinic receptor agonists and antagonists 141; 8. Anticholinesterase agents 161; 9. Agents acting at the neuromuscular junction and autonomic ganglia 177; 10. Catecholamines, sympathomimetic drugs, and adrenergic receptor 199; 11. 5-hydroxytryptamine (serotonin) receptor agonists and antagonists 249; 12. Neurotransmission and the central nervous system 267; 13. History and principles of anesthesiology 295; 14. General anesthetics 307; 15. Local anesthetics 331; 16. Therapeutic gases 349; 17. Hypnotics and sedatives: ethanol 361; 18. Drugs and the treatment of psychiatric disorders: psychosis and anxiety 399; 19. Drugs and the treatment of psychiatric disorders: depression and mania 431; 20. Drugs effective in the therapy of the epilepsies 461; 21. Drugs effective in the therapy of migraine 487; 22. Treatment of central nervous system degenerative disorders 503; 23. Opioid analgesics and antagonists 521; 24. Drug addiction and drug abuse 557; 25. Histamine, bradykinin and their antagonists 581; 26. Lipid-derived autacoids: eicosanoids and platelet-activating factor 601; 27. Analgesic-antipyretic and antiinflammatory agents and drugs employed in the treatment of gout 617; 28. Drugs used in the treatment of asthma 659; 29. Diuretics 685; 30. Vaspressin and other agents affecting the renal conservation of water 715; 31. Renin and angiotensin 733; 32. Drugs used for the treatment of myocardial ischemia 759; 33. Antihypertensive agents and the drug therapy of hypertension 781; 34. Pharmacological treatment of heart failure 809; 35. Antiarrhythmic drugs 839.

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The Dynamics of Drug Absorption Distribution and Elimination
3
Mechanisms of Drug Action and the Relationship Between Drug
29
Principles of Therapeutics
43
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