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The scientific basis of clinical pharmacology : principles and examples / Reynold Spector ; foreword by Elliot S. Vesell.

By: Publication details: Boston : Little, Brown, c1986.Edition: 1st editionDescription: xix, 538 p. : ill. ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 0316805823 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • WB 330 S741s 1986
Contents:
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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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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