Lecture Notes: Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics

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Edition: 8th
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2010-10-12
Publisher(s): Wiley-Blackwell
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Summary

Lecture Notes: Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics provides all the necessary information, within one short volume, to achieve a thorough understanding of how drugs work, their interaction with the body in health and disease, and the practical aspects of prescribing drugs appropriately in clinical situations.Presented in an easy-to-use format, this eighth edition builds on the clinical relevance for which the title has become well-known, and features an up to date review of drug use across all major clinical disciplines together with an overview of contemporary medicines regulation and drug development.Key features include: A section devoted to the practical aspects of prescribing Clinical scenarios and accompanying questions to contextualise information End of chapter summary boxes Numerous figures and tables which help distill the information for revision purposesWhether you need to develop or refresh your knowledge of pharmacology, Lecture Notes: Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics presents 'need to know' information for all those involved in prescribing.

Author Biography

Gerard A. McKay: Consultant Physician and Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer, Glasgow Royal Infirmary

John L. Reid: Emeritus Professor of Medicine and Therapeutics, University of Glasgow

Matthew R. Walters: Professor of Clinical Pharmacology and Honorary Consultant Physician, Division of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow

Table of Contents

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
Pharmacoeconomics: the economic evaluation of new drugs
Poisoning and drug overdose
Drugs you may need in a hurry
Prescribing and its pitfalls
Index
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