Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Name: Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics
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ISBN: 9781405197786

ISBN-10: 1405197781

ISBN-13: 9781405197786

Edition: 8th 2010

Authors: John L. Reid, Gerard A. McKay, Matthew R. Walters, Gerard A. McKay

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Fully updated to provide the widest breadth of coverage of this integral part of the undergraduate curriculum, this new edition features the basic principles of clinical pharmacology and therapeutic aspects to help bridge the gap between science and the practice of medicine to provides a strong clinical orientation, and emphasises the topics which are of particular clinical importance to medical students.It includes case histories, clinical vignettes and summary boxes and features a new hospital-based author, Gerry McKay, to build on its clinical strengths.

Book details

List price: $24.99
Edition: 8th
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Limited
Publication date: 9/17/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 344
Size: 7.00" wide x 9.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.628
Language: English



Contributors


Preface


Acknowledgements



Principles of Clinical Pharmacology



Pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics



Clinical trials and drug development



Aspects of Therapeutics



Drugs and gastrointestinal disease



Management of coronary artery disease and its complications



Primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease



Drugs used to treat respiratory disease



Drugs used to treat neurological disease



Treatment of psychiatric disorders



Antimicrobial therapy



HIV and antiretroviral treatment



Travel medicine and tropical disease



Drugs and endocrine disease



Drugs and the reproductive system



Drugs and the urological system



Cancer therapeutics



Immunopharmacology



Corticosteroids



Drugs and the blood including anticoagulants and thrombolytic drugs



Drugs and inflammatory joint disease



Anaesthesia and the relief of pain



Practical Aspects of Prescribing



Clinical pharmacokinetics: dosage individualisation



Influence of renal and hepatic disease on pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics



Prescribing at extremes of age



Drugs in pregnant and breastfeeding women



Pharmacoeconomics: the economic evaluation of new drugs



Poisoning and drug overdose



Drugs you may need in a hurry



Prescribing and its pitfalls


Index