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| Contributors | |
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| Consultants to the Editors | |
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| Preface | |
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| Preface to the First Edition | |
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| General Principles | |
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| Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics: The Dynamics of Drug Absorption, Distribution, Action, and Elimination | |
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| Membrane Transporters and Drug Response | |
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| Drug Metabolism | |
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| Pharmacogenetics | |
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| The Science of Drug Therapy | |
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| Drugs Acting at Synaptic and Neuroeffector Junctional Sites | |
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| Neurotransmission: The Autonomic and Somatic Motor Nervous Systems | |
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| Muscarinic Receptor Agonists and Antagonists | |
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| Anticholinesterase Agents | |
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| Agents Acting at the Neuromuscular Junction and Autonomic Ganglia | |
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| Adrenergic Agonists and Antagonists | |
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| 5-Hydroxytryptamine (Serotonin): Receptor Agonists and Antagonists | |
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| Drugs Acting on the Central Nervous System | |
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| Neurotransmission and the Central Nervous System | |
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| General Anesthetics | |
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| Local Anesthetics | |
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| Therapeutic Gases: Oxygen, Carbon Dioxide, Nitric Oxide, and Helium | |
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| Hypnotics and Sedatives | |
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| Drug Therapy of Depression and Anxiety Disorders | |
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| Pharmacotherapy of Psychosis and Mania | |
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| Pharmacotherapy of the Epilepsies | |
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| Treatment of Central Nervous System Degenerative Disorders | |
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| Opioid Analgesics | |
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| Ethanol | |
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| Drug Addiction and Drug Abuse | |
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| Autacoids: Drug Therapy of Inflammation | |
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| Histamine, Bradykinin, and Their Antagonists | |
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| Lipid-Derived Autacoids: Eicosanoids and Platelet-Activating Factor | |
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| Analgesic-Antipyretic Agents; Pharmacotherapy of Gout | |
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| Pharmacotherapy of Asthma | |
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| Drugs Affecting Renal and Cardiovascular Function | |
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| Diuretics | |
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| Vasopressin and Other Agents Affecting the Renal Conservation of Water | |
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| Renin and Angiotensin | |
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| Treatment of Myocardial Ischemia | |
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| Therapy of Hypertension | |
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| Pharmacotherapy of Congestive Heart Failure | |
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| Antiarrhythmic Drugs | |
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| Drug Therapy for Hypercholesterolemia and Dyslipidemia | |
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| Drugs Affecting Gastrointestinal Function | |
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| Pharmacotherapy of Gastric Acidity, Peptic Ulcers, and Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease | |
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| Treatment of Disorders of Bowel Motility and Water Flux; Antiemetics; Agents Used in Biliary and Pancreatic Disease | |
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| Pharmacotherapy of Inflammatory Bowel Disease | |
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| Chemotherapy of Parasitic Infections | |
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| Chemotherapy of Protozoal Infections: Malaria | |
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| Chemotherapy of Protozoal Infections: Amebiasis, Giardiasis, Trichomoniasis, Trypanosomiasis, Leishmaniasis, and Other Protozoal Infections | |
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| Chemotherapy of Helminth Infections | |
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| Chemotherapy of Microbial Diseases | |
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| General Considerations of Antimicrobial Therapy | |
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| Sulfonamides, Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole, Quinolones, and Agents for Urinary Tract Infections | |
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| Penicillins, Cephalosporins, and Other [beta]-Lactam Antibiotics | |
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| Aminoglycosides | |
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| Protein Synthesis Inhibitors and Miscellaneous Antibacterial Agents | |
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| Chemotherapy of Tuberculosis, Mycobacterium avium Complex Disease, and Leprosy | |
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| Antifungal Agents | |
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| Antiviral Agents (Nonretroviral) | |
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| Antiretroviral Agents and Treatment of HIV Infection | |
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| Chemotherapy of Neoplastic Diseases | |
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| Antineoplastic Agents | |
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| Immunomodulators | |
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| Immunosuppressants, Tolerogens, and Immunostimulants | |
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| Drugs Acting on the Blood and the Blood-Forming Organs | |
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| Hematopoietic Agents: Growth Factors, Minerals, and Vitamins | |
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| Blood Coagulation and Anticoagulant, Thrombolytic, and Antiplatelet Drugs | |
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| Hormones and Hormone Antagonists | |
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| Pituitary Hormones and Their Hypothalamic Releasing Factors | |
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| Thyroid and Antithyroid Drugs | |
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| Estrogens and Progestins | |
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| Androgens | |
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| Adrenocorticotropic Hormone; Adrenocortical Steroids and Their Synthetic Analogs; Inhibitors of the Synthesis and Actions of Adrenocortical Hormones | |
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| Insulin, Oral Hypoglycemic Agents, and the Pharmacology of the Endocrine Pancreas | |
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| Agents Affecting Mineral Ion Homeostasis and Bone Turnover | |
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| Dermatology | |
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| Dermatological Pharmacology | |
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| Ophthalmology | |
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| Ocular Pharmacology | |
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| Toxicology | |
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| Principles of Toxicology and Treatment of Poisoning | |
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| Heavy Metals and Heavy-Metal Antagonists | |
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| Appendices | |
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| Principles of Prescription Order Writing and Patient Compliance | |