Table of Contents

Part 1. Fundamentals of Pharmacokinetics 1. Introduction 2. Absorption and Distribution 3. Metabolism and Elimination 4. Drugs Interactions Part 2. Fundamentals of Pharmacodynamics 5. Drug Receptors 6. Dose Response Relationship 7. Drug Toxicity 8. Treating Drug Overdose Part 3. Drugs that Replace, Cure, or Treat Symptoms 9. Hormones 10. Chemotherapeutic Agents 11. Composition of the Nervous System, Neuropharmacology, and Substance Abuse 12. Cardiovascular Pharmacology Part 4. Drug Development 13. Drug Discovery by the Pharmaceutical Industry 14. Pharmaceutical Development of Drugs and the FDA 15. Animals in Research 16. Alternative Medicine Appendix: History of Drug Abuse Laws.