Main description:

Thoroughly revised and completely updated, this textbook on pharmacology for dental and allied health students is simple and student-friendly, yet fully comprehensive. This edition includes more flowcharts, tables, diagrams and key boxes, and newer drugs and concepts have been introduced. Its user-friendly layout allows for a better visual memory.

Contents:

SECTION 1: GENERAL PHARMACOLOGY

Chapter 1: Introduction, Sources of Drugs and Routes of Drug Administration

Chapter 2: Pharmacokinetics

Chapter 3: Pharmacodynamics

Chapter 4: Adverse Drug Reactions, Drug Interactions and Drug Nomenclature

SECTION 2: AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DRUGS

Chapter 5: Cholinergic System

Chapter 6: Cholinergic Agonists

Chapter 7: Anticholinergic Drugs

Chapter 8: Skeletal Muscle Relaxants

Chapter 9: Adrenergic Agonists

Chapter 10: Adrenergic Antagonists and Treatment of Glaucoma

SECTION 3: DRUGS ACTING ON THE KIDNEY

Chapter 11: Diuretics and Antidiuretics

SECTION 4: CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM DRUGS

Chapter 12: Cardiac Glycosides and Treatment of Cardiac Failure

Chapter 13: Calcium Channel Blockers

Chapter 14: Antiarrhythmic Drugs

Chapter 15: Drugs Used in Angina Pectoris and Myocardial Infarction

Chapter 16: Antihypertensive Drugs

Chapter 17: Plasma Expanders and Pharmacotherapy of Shock

SECTION 5: CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DRUGS

Chapter 18: General Anesthetics

Chapter 19: Local Anesthetics

Chapter 20: Sedative Hypnotics

Chapter 21: Alcohols

Chapter 22: Antiepileptics

Chapter 23: Opioid Analgesics

Chapter 24: Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs

Chapter 25: Drugs Used in Rheumatoid Arthritis and Gout

Chapter 26: Drugs Used in Psychiatric Disorders

Chapter 27: Drugs Used in Parkinsonism

Chapter 28: Central Nervous System Stimulants

SECTION 6: AUTACOIDS

Chapter 29: Autacoids

SECTION 7: RESPIRATORY SYSTEM DRUGS

Chapter 30: Drugs Acting on Respiratory System

SECTION 8: DRUGS ACTING ON BLOOD

Chapter 31: Hematopoietic System

SECTION 9: GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT DRUGS

Chapter 32: Drugs Used in the Gastrointestinal Disorders

SECTION 10: CHEMOTHERAPY I

Chapter 33: General Considerations

Chapter 34: Sulfonamides, Cotrimoxazole and Quinolones

Chapter 35: Beta-lactam Antibiotics

Chapter 36: Broad-spectrum Antibiotics and Aminoglycosides

Chapter 37: Macrolides, Other Antibacterial Agents and Chemotherapy of Urinary Tract Infections

SECTION 11: CHEMOTHERAPY II

Chapter 38: Chemotherapy of Tuberculosis and Leprosy

Chapter 39: Antifungal Drugs

Chapter 40: Antiviral Drugs

Chapter 41: Chemotherapy of Malaria

Chapter 42: Drugs Used in Amoebiasis, Pneumocystosis, Leishmaniasis Trypanosomiasis and Anthelmintics

Chapter 43: Cancer Chemotherapy

SECTION 12: HORMONES

Chapter 44: Hypothalamus and Anterior Pituitary Hormones

Chapter 45: Thyroid Hormones and Antithyroid Drugs

Chapter 46: Corticosteroids

Chapter 47: Insulin and Oral Antidiabetic Drugs

Chapter 48: Agents Affecting Bone Mineral Turnover

Chapter 49: Estrogens, Progestins, Hormonal Contraceptives,Androgens and Anabolic Steroids

SECTION 13: MISCELLANEOUS DRUGS

Chapter 50: Miscellaneous Drugs

SECTION 14: DENTAL PHARMACOLOGY

Chapter 51: Dental Pharmacology

Index