Pharmacology for Technicians

Name: Pharmacology for Technicians
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ISBN: 9780763815271

ISBN-10: 0763815276

ISBN-13: 9780763815271

Edition: 2nd 2003

Authors: Don A. Ballington, Mary M. Laughlin

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This text for a pharmacology course for students in a pharmacy technician program focuses on drug classes and mechanisms of action in ordr to explain why certain drugs are prescribed for particular disease states. This second edition offers updated discussion of drug actions and interactions, and expanded treatment of generic drugs, the drug approval process, and pharmacokinetics. Internet research exercises are also new to this edition. Ballington is program coordinator for the pharmacy technician training program at Midlands Technical College (Columbia, South Carolina); Laughlin is affiliated with the Regional Medical Center in Memphis, Tennessee and the U. of Tennessee. Annotation…

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List price: $56.50
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: EMC/Paradigm Publishing
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 482
Size: 8.25" wide x 10.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 2.134
Language: English

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Preface	p. xi
The Science of Pharmacology	p. 1
The Evolution of Medicinal Drugs	p. 3
The History of Medicinal Drugs	p. 3
Present-Day Pharmacology Practice	p. 6
Drug Legislation and Regulation	p. 8
Drug Testing and Approval	p. 10
FDA Food Health Claims	p. 13
Chapter Summary	p. 14
Chapter Review	p. 15
Introduction to Pharmacology	p. 19
Receptors	p. 19
Mechanisms of Drug Action	p. 20
Pharmacokinetics	p. 20
Drug Effects	p. 25
Chapter Summary	p. 28
Chapter Review	p. 29
Administration of Pharmacologic Agents	p. 33
The Drug Prescription	p. 33
Five "Rights" for Correct Drug Administration	p. 35
Dosage Forms and Routes of Administration	p. 36
Factors that Influence Drug Effects	p. 39
Teaching Patients to Manage Their Medications	p. 44
Natural Chemicals that Affect Drug Action and Response	p. 45
Chapter Summary	p. 50
Chapter Review	p. 52
Anti-Infectives and Drugs for the Common Cold	p. 55
Antibiotics	p. 57
Fighting Bacterial Infections	p. 57
Classes of Antibiotics	p. 60
Miscellaneous Antibiotics	p. 70
Chapter Summary	p. 73
Drug Summary	p. 77
Chapter Review	p. 79
Antivirals, Antiretrovirals, and Antifungals	p. 83
Viruses and Their Characteristics	p. 83
Antiretrovirals	p. 88
Fungi and Their Characteristics	p. 93
Chapter Summary	p. 97
Drug Summary	p. 99
Chapter Review	p. 100
Antihistamines, Decongestants, Antitussives, and Expectorants	p. 103
Antihistamines	p. 103
Decongestants	p. 105
Antitussives	p. 107
Expectorants	p. 109
Chapter Summary	p. 110
Drug Summary	p. 111
Chapter Review	p. 112
Narcotic Pain Relievers and Other Nervous System Drugs	p. 115
Anesthetics, Analgesics, and Narcotics	p. 117
The Nervous System	p. 117
Anethesia	p. 119
Pain Management	p. 127
Migraine Headaches	p. 133
Chapter Summary	p. 137
Drug Summary	p. 139
Chapter Review	p. 141
Antidepressants, Antipsychotics, and Antianxiety Agents	p. 145
Antidepressants	p. 145
Antipsychotics	p. 151
Antianxiety Agents	p. 153
Alchoholism	p. 159
Chapter Summary	p. 162
Drug Summary	p. 164
Chapter Review	p. 166
Anticonvulsants and Drugs to Treat Other CNS Disorders	p. 169
Epilepsy	p. 169
Anti-Parkinson Agents	p. 177
Other CNS Disorders	p. 180
Chapter Summary	p. 186
Drug Summary	p. 187
Chapter Review	p. 188
Respiratory, GI, Renal, and Cardiac Drugs	p. 191
Respiratory Drugs	p. 193
Asthma	p. 193
Emphysema and Chronic Bronchitis	p. 201
Other Lung Diseases	p. 203
Smoking Cessation	p. 207
Chapter Summary	p. 210
Drug Summary	p. 212
Chapter Review	p. 213
Gastrointestinal Drugs	p. 217
Structure and Function of the Gastrointestinal System	p. 217
Gastrointestinal Diseases	p. 218
Antidiarrheals	p. 226
Fiber, GI Diseases, and Constipation	p. 227
Antiemetics	p. 231
Obesity	p. 233
Pharmacologic Treatment of Parasites	p. 236
Chapter Summary	p. 239
Drug Summary	p. 241
Chapter Review	p. 243
Urinary System Drugs	p. 247
Renal Function and Disease	p. 247
Drugs for the Urinary Tract	p. 251
Diuretics	p. 255
Chapter Summary	p. 259
Drug Summary	p. 260
Chapter Review	p. 261
Cardiovascular Drugs	p. 267
Heart Disease	p. 267
Antiarrhythmics	p. 268
Drugs for Congestive Heart Failure (CHF)	p. 274
Myocardial Infarction (MI)	p. 277
Angina Pectoris	p. 278
Hypertension	p. 281
Anticoagulants and Antiplatelets	p. 287
Stroke	p. 291
Hyperlipidemia	p. 294
Chapter Summary	p. 299
Drug Summary	p. 303
Chapter Review	p. 305
Nonnarcotic Analgesics, Muscle Relaxants, Hormones, and Topicals	p. 309
Muscle Relaxants, Nonnarcotic Analgesics, and Drugs for Arthritis	p. 311
Muscle Relaxants	p. 311
Digestive Therapy for Herniated Disc	p. 313
Nonnarcotic Analgesics	p. 313
Drugs for Arthritis and Related Disorders	p. 317
Chapter Summary	p. 325
Drug Summary	p. 328
Chapter Review	p. 329
Hormones	p. 333
Thyroid Hormones	p. 333
Adrenal Sex Hormones and Male Impotence	p. 336
Female Hormones	p. 339
Drugs for Bone Diseases	p. 344
Drugs for Sexually Transmitted Diseases	p. 346
Corticosteroids	p. 350
Hypoglycemic Agents	p. 352
Growth Hormone	p. 359
Chapter Summary	p. 361
Drug Summary	p. 364
Chapter Review	p. 366
Topicals, Opthalmics, and Otics	p. 371
Structure and Function of Skin	p. 371
Disorders of the Skin and Agents to Treat Them	p. 372
Opthalmics	p. 385
Otics	p. 388
Chapter Summary	p. 390
Drug Summary	p. 392
Chapter Review	p. 394
Chemotherapy, Herbs, and Miscellaneous Drugs	p. 397
Recombinant Drugs and Chemotherapy	p. 399
Recombinant DNA	p. 399
Immune System	p. 406
Neoplastic Disease (Cancer)	p. 413
Chapter Summary	p. 421
Drug Summary	p. 423
Chapter Review	p. 425
Vitamins, Nutritional Supplements, Natural Supplements, Antidotes, and CODE Blue Emergencies	p. 429
Total Parenteral Nutrition	p. 429
Vitamins, Fluid Levels, and Electrolytes	p. 434
Natural Supplements	p. 439
Poisons and Antidotes	p. 442
CODE Blue Emergencies	p. 446
Chapter Summary	p. 450
Drug Summary	p. 452
Chapter Review	p. 454
Equivalent Measures and Conversions	p. 457
Abbreviations	p. 459
Lab Values	p. 461
Index	p. 463
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