An introduction to mechanisms in pharmacology and therapeutics /

An Introduction to Mechanisms in Pharmacology and Therapeutics aims to provide some extra information and background reading on modes of action of drugs, but it is not meant to replace existing pharmacology textbooks. It also attempts to show the connection between cell biology and the practice of c...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Rogers, Howard (Autor), Spector, Roy G. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : William Heinemann Medical, 1976.
Temas:
Drugs > Physiological effect.
Cells > Effect of drugs on.
Pharmacology.
Chemotherapy.
Pharmacology
Drug Therapy
M�edicaments > Effets physiologiques.
Cellules > Effets des m�edicaments sur.
Pharmacologie.
Chimioth�erapie.
pharmacology.
MEDICAL > Pharmacology.
Cells > Effect of drugs on
Chemotherapy
Drugs > Physiological effect
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Front Cover; An Introduction to Mechanisms in Pharmacology and Therapeutics; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1. The Cell and Drugs; SUMMARY; REFERENCES; Chapter 2. Drug-Receptor Interactions; FORCES BINDING THE DRUG TO THE RECEPTOR; THE MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS OF DRUG-RECEPTOR COMBINATION; THE EFFECT OF DRUG BINDING ON THE RECEPTOR; REFERENCES; Chapter 3. Cell Membranes; PHYSICAL EFFECTS OF DRUGS ON MEMBRANES; REFERENCES; Chapter 4. Drugs and Intracellular Control Mechanisms; (a) CALCIUM AND EXCITATION-RESPONSE COUPLING
  • (B) CHEMICAL CONTROL OF TRANSMITTER RELEASE AND ACTIVITY(c) DRUGS WHICH AFFECT THE CONTROL OF BLOOD GLUCOSE; (d) BLOOD LIPID LOWERING AGENTS; (e) THE INFLUENCE OF DRUGS ON FOLATE METABOLISM; REFERENCES; Chapter 5. The Fate of Drugs in the Body; PROTEIN BINDING; METABOLIC HALF-LIFE
  • METABOLIC CONVERSIONS; CONJUGATION REACTIONS; FACTORS WHICH MODIFY DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG EXCRETION; REFERENCES; Chapter 6. Pharmacogenetics; FREQUENTLY OCCURRING CONDITIONS; RARE CONDITIONS; OTHER FACTORS PRODUCING VARIABILITY IN DRUG RESPONSE; REFERENCES; Chapter 7. The Nervous System; ACETYLCHOLINE
  • THE ADRENERGIC NERVOUS SYSTEMTHE NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; ANAESTHETICS; LOCAL ANAESTHETICS; HYPNOTICS; ANXIOLYTIC DRUGS; ANTIDEPRESSANT DRUGS; THE MAJOR TRANQUILLISERS; ANTICONVULSANTS; ANTI-PARKINSONIAN DRUGS; DRUG-INDUCED PARKINSONISM; THE NARCOTIC ANALGESICS; ALCOHOL; MIGRAINE; REFERENCES; Chapter 8. Anti-inflammatory Analgesics; Gout Antihistamines; Immunosuppressive Drugs; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY ANALGESICS (MINOR ANALGESICS); GOUT; HISTAMINE; SOME MECHANISMS OF ACTION OF IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE DRUGS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE DRUGS; REFERENCES; Chapter 9. Circulatory System; ANTIARRHYTHMIC DRUGS
  • AUTONOMIC CONTROL OF THE HEARTVASOACTIVE DRUGS; VASODILATOR DRUGS; THE CONTROL OF BLOOD PRESSURE; ANTI-ANGINAL DRUGS; CARDIAC GLYCOSIDES; REFERENCES; Chapter 10. Drugs acting on the Respiratory System; CHEMICAL CONTROL OF RESPIRATION; AIRWAYS OBSTRUCTION; COUGH; REFERENCES; Chapter 11. The Diuretic Drugs; THE NORMAL NEPHRON; METHODS OF DETERMINING SITES OF ACTION OF DIURETICS; GROUPS OF DIURETICS; POTASSIUM DEPLETION; THE USE OF DIURETICS; REFERENCES; Chapter 12. The Alimentary System; APPETITE DEPRESSANT DRUGS; DRUGS USED IN THE TREATMENT OF OESOPHAGEAL DISORDERS; ANTIEMETICS
  • 5-HYDROXYTRYPTAMINE (5-HT)THE CONTROL OF GASTRIC SECRETION AND PEPTIC ULCERATION; DRUGS USED TO CONTROL DIARRHOEA; LAXATIVES AND PURGATIVES; THE LIVER AND BILIARY APPARATUS; GALLSTONES; REFERENCES; Chapter 13. Chemotherapy; ANTIBACTERIAL DRUGS; ANTIVIRAL CHEMOTHERAPY; ANTIMALARIALS; LEISHMANIASIS AND SCHISTOSOMIASIS; TRYPANOSOMIASIS; FILARIASIS; AMOEBIASIS; ANTHELMINTICS; ANTITUMOUR DRUGS; STRATEGY OF THE USE OF ANTICANCER DRUGS; REFERENCES; Index

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