| Description |
xiv, 641 pages : illustration ; 28 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Section 1 -- 1. The four processes of drug therapy -- 1.2. The pharmacokinetic process -- 2. The pharmaceutical process: Is the drug getting into the patient? -- 2.2. Systematic availability (bioavailability) -- 2.3. Special drug formulations -- 3. The pharmacokinetic process: Is the drug getting to its site of action? -- 3.2. Drug distribution -- 3.3. Drug metabolism -- 3.4. Drug excretion -- 3.5. Simple pharmacokinetic calculations -- 3.6. The mathematics of pharmacokinetics -- 4. The pharmacodynamic process: Is the drug producing the required pharmacological effect? -- 4.2. Stereoisomerism and drug action -- 4.3. Graded responses to drugs: the dose-response curve in drug therapy -- 5. The therapeutic process: Is the pharmacological effect being translated into therapeutic effect? -- 5.2. Translation of the pharmacological effect of a drug into a therapeutic effect during long-term drug therapy -- 5.3. The aims of drug therapy -- 6. Practical applications of the analysis of drug therapy -- 6.2. The application of the processes of drug therapy in analysing failure to respond to treatment -- 7. Monitoring drug therapy -- 7.2. Monitoring the pharmacodynamic effects of drugs -- 7.3. Monitoring drug pharmacokinetics (plasma concentration measurement) -- 8. Pharmacogenetics and pharmacogenomics -- 8.2. Pharmacodynamic genetic variations -- 9. Adverse reactions to drugs -- 9.2. Incidence of adverse drug reactions -- 9.3. Classification of adverse drug reactions -- 9.4. Dose-related adverse drug reactions -- 9.5. Non-dose-related adverse drug reactions -- 9.6. Long-term and withdrawal effects causing adverse drug reactions -- 9.7. Delayed effects causing adverse drug reactions -- 9.8. Surveillance methods used in detecting adverse drug reactions -- 10. Drug interactions -- 10.2. Drugs likely to be involved in interactions -- 10.3. Pharmaceutical interactions -- 10.4. Pharmacokinetic interactions -- 10.5. Pharmacodynamic interactions -- 10.6. Lists clinically important drug interactions -- 11. Drug therapy in young and in old people -- 11.2. Drug therapy in old people -- 12. Drug therapy and reproduction -- 12.2. Hormone replacement therapy -- 12.3. The treatment of infertility -- 12.4. Drug therapy during pregnancy -- 12.5. Drug therapy in the termination of pregnancy and in the management of preterm labour and labour -- 12.6. Drug therapy and breast-feeding -- 13. Patient compliance -- 13.2. Methods of measuring compliance -- 13.3. Methods of improving compliance -- 14. Placebos -- 14.2. Factors that influence the response to placebos -- 14.3. Mode of action of placebos -- 14.4. Adverse effects of placebos -- 15. Drug discovery and development: the pharmaceutical industry and the regulatory authorities -- 15.2. Drug development -- 15.3. Post-marketing surveillance -- 15.4. Advertising -- 15.5. Regulatory authorities -- 15.6. Local drug and therapeutics committees -- 15.7. Drug costs -- 16. Clinical trials -- 16.2. The conduct of a clinical trial -- 16.3. Ethics -- 17. The drug history and the clinical examination and investigation of drug effects -- 17.1. Taking the drug history -- 17.2. Clinical examination and investigation of drug effects -- 17.3. The importance of good records and communication -- Section 2 -- 18. Principles of prescribing -- 18.2. Evidence - based medicine -- 18.3. How to choose a drug -- 19. How to write a prescription -- 19.2. Propriety names versus approved names -- 19.3. Prescribing controlled drugs -- 19.4. Repeat prescribing -- 19.5. Abbreviations -- 20. Sources of information on drugs -- 20.2. Pharmacokinetics -- 20.3. Pharmacological effects of drugs -- 20.4. Therapeutics -- 20.5. Pharmacogenetics -- 20.6. Adverse effects of drugs -- 20.7. Drug interactions -- 20.8. Clinical trials -- 20.9. Patient compliance -- 20.10. Prescribing information -- 20.11. Computerised databases -- 20.12. Drug information services -- 20.13. Bibliography -- Section 3 -- 21. Introduction to drug therapy -- 22.2. Chemotherapy of viral infections |
| Notes |
Previous ed.: 1992 |
|
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| SUBJECT |
Clinical pharmacology. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83708030
|
| Subject |
Pharmacology.
|
|
Chemotherapy.
|
|
Clinical pharmacology.
|
|
Pharmacology, Clinical.
|
|
Drug Therapy.
|
|
Drug Therapy.
|
|
Pharmacology, Clinical.
|
| Author |
Aronson, J. K., author
|
| LC no. |
2003265338 |
| ISBN |
0198509448 |
|
0192632345 (paperback) |
|
