Table of Contents

Basic & Clinical PharmacologyI.BASIC PRINCIPLES1.Introduction2.Drug Receptors & Pharmacodynamics3.Pharmacokinetics & Pharmacodynamics: Rational Dosing & the Tiem Course of Drug Action4.Drug Biotransformation5.Basic & Clinical Evaluation of New DrugsII.AUTONOMIC DRUGS6. Introduction to Autonomic Pharmacology7. Cholinoceptor-Activating & Cholinesterase-Inhibiting Drugs8. Cholinoceptor-Blocking Drugs9. Adrenoceptor-Activating & Other Sympathomimetic Drugs10. Adrenoceptor Antagonist DrugsIII.CARDIOVASCULAR-RENAL DRUGS 11. Antihypertensive Agents 12. Vasodilators & the Treatment of Angina Pectoris 13. Drugs Used in Heart Failure 14. Agents Used in Cardiac Arrhythmias 15. Diuretic AgentsIV.DRUGS WITH IMPORTANT ACTIONS ON SMOOTH MUSCLE16. Histamine, Serotonin, & the Ergot Alkaloids17. Vasoactive Peptides18.The Eicosanoids: Prostaglandins, Thromboxanes, Leukotrienes, & Related Compounds19.Nitric Oxide, Donors, & Inhibitors20.Drugs Used in AsthmaV.DRUGS THAT ACT IN THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM21.Introduction to the Pharmacology of CNS Drugs22.Sedative-Hypnotic Drugs23.The Alcohols24.Antiseizure Drugs25.General Anesthetics26.Local Anesthetics27.Skeletal Muscle Relaxants28.Pharmacologic Management of Parkinsonism & Other Movement Disorders29.Antipsychotic Agents & Lithium30.Antidepressant Agents31.Opioid Analgesics & Antagonists32.Drugs of Abuse VI.DRUGS USED TO TREAT DISEASES OF THE BLOOD, INFLAMMATION, & GOUT33.Agents Used in Anemias; Hematopoietic Growth Factors34.Drugs Used in Disorders of Coagulation35.Agents Used in Hyperlipidemia36.Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs, Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs, Nonopioid Analgesics, & Drugs Used in GoutVII: ENDOCRINE DRUGS37.Hypothalamic & Pituitary Hormones38.Thyroid & Antithyroid Drugs39.Adrenocorticosteroids & Adrenocortical Antagonists40.The Gonadal Hormones & Inhibitors41.Pancreatic Hormones & Antidiabetic Drugs42.Agents That Affect Bone Mineral HomeostasisVIII: CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC DRUGS43.Beta-Lactam Antibodies & Other Inhibitors of Cell Wall Synthesis44.Chloramphenicol. Tetracyclines, Macrolides, Clindamycin, & Streptogramins45.Aminoglycosides & Spectinomycin46.Sulfonamides, Trimethoprim, & Quinolones47.Antimycobacterial Drugs48.Antifungal Drugs49.Antiviral Agents50.Miscellaneous Antimicrobial Drugs: Disinfectants, Antiseptics, & Sterilants51.Clinical Use of Antimicrobial Agents52.Basic Principles of Antiparasitic Chemotherapy53.Antiprotozoal Drugs54.Clinical Pharmacology of the Anthelmintic Drugs55.Cancer Chemotherapy56.ImmunopharmacologyIX. TOXICOLOGY57.Introduction to Toxicology: Occupational & Environmental58.Heavy Metal Intoxication & Chelators59.Management of the Poisoned PatientX. SPECIAL TOPICS60.Special Aspects of Perinatal & Pediatric Pharmacology61.Special Aspects of Geriatric Pharmacology62.Dermatologic Pharmacology63.Drugs Used in Gastrointestinal Diseases64.Therapeutic & Toxic Potential of Over-the-Counter Agents, Botanicals, and Nutritional SupplementsAppendix I. Vaccines, Immune Globulins, & Other ComplexBiologic Products

About the Author

Bertram G. Katzung, MD, PhD
Professor Emeritus
Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA

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