The scientific basis of clinical pharmacology : principles and examples / Reynold Spector ; foreword by Elliot S. Vesell.
Publication details: Boston : Little, Brown, c1986.Edition: 1st editionDescription: xix, 538 p. : ill. ; 26 cmISBN:- 0316805823 (pbk.)
- WB 330 S741s 1986
Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Book Open Access | Health Sciences Library | WB 330 S741s 1986 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | MBAL22021087 |
Includes bibliographies and index.
Contents
I. Assessment of utility of drugs
1. Introduction Therapeutics
2. Evaluation of benefits of therapy
3. Evaluation of adverse effects of drugs
4. Drugs on the market: Laws, regulations and reality
II. General clinical pharmacology
5. Drug metabolism and pharmacogenetics
6. Pharmacokinetics
7. Pharmacodynamics
8. Factors affecting pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics
9. The drug assay laboratory: Clinical utility
10. Developmental aspects of clinical pharmacology
III. Undesirable effects of drugs
11. Adverse effects of drugs
12. Drug interactions
13. Drug and alcohol abuse
IV. Treatment of diseases and syndromes
14. Poisoning and overdose
15. Cardiovascular drugs
16. Renal disorders
17. Gastrointestinal and hepatobiliary disorders
18. Analgesia
19. Respiratory diseases
20. Rheumatic diseases
21. Psychiatric disorders
22. Prevention and treatment of infectious diseases
23. Neurologic diseases
24. Chemotherapy for malignancy
25. Endocrine therapy
26. Hematologic disorders
V. Approach to the patient
27. The patient - physician relationship
28. Avoidance of drug toxicity
29. Management of adverse drug reactions
30. Epidemiology of drug use
VI. The literature
31. Approach to the literature of therapeutics
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