Description
FASTtrack: Pharmacology is a revision guide that provides a brief account of drug action. The authors have taken a therapeutic area and considered the major classes of drugs, their actions and, to a limited degree, their uses.
New in this edition:
- Each chapter completely updated to take account of recent changes, and include future drugs
- Multiple choice tests
- New chapters on immunopharmacology, oral contraceptives and local anaesthetics
- Greater use of summary tables.
This study guide deals with molecular pharmacology at a more advanced level, so that the book is also useful for advanced pharmacology studied in the later years of pharmacy and science degrees.
• Pharmacodynamics
• Receptors
• G-proteins and Their Downstream Signaling Cascades
• Ion Channels and Transporters
• Quantitive Pharmacology
• Autonomic Pharmacology
• Local Mediators
• Pharmacokinetics and Drug Metabolism
• Gastric Pharmacology
• Lower Gastrointestinal Pharmacology
• Antiemetics
• Antiarrhythmics
• Cardiovascular Drugs
• Renal and Urinary Pharmacology
• Antithrombotic Agents
• Antiobesity Drugs
• Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
• Allergy
• Anxiolytics and Hypnotics
• Antidepressants
• Antiepileptic Drugs
• Antipsychotic Drugs
• Parkinson's Disease
• Analgesics
• Drugs of Abuse
• General Anaesthetics
• Neuromuscular Blocking Drugs
• Thyroid Disorders
• Diabetes Mellitus
• Antibacterial Agents
• Non-bacterial Infections
• Anticancer Drugs
• Steroids
• Oral Contraceptives
• Immunopharmacology
• Biopharmaceuticals
• Variation in Clinical Efficacy