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Table of Contents


Chapter 1	Orientation to Pharmacology	1
Chapter 2	Application of Pharmacology in Nursing Practice	2
Chapter 3	Drug Regulation, Development, Names, and Information	4
Chapter 4	Pharmacokinetics	5
Chapter 5	Pharmacodynamics	8
Chapter 6	Drug Interactions	9
Chapter 7	Adverse Drug Reactions and Medication Errors	11
Chapter 8	Individual Variation in Drug Responses	13
Chapter 9	Drug Therapy during Pregnancy and Breast-Feeding	14
Chapter 10	Drug Therapy in Pediatric Patients	16
Chapter 11	Drug Therapy in Geriatric Patients	17
Chapter 12	Basic Principles of Neuropharmacology	19
Chapter 13	Physiology of the Peripheral Nervous System	20
Chapter 14	Muscarinic Agonists and Antagonists	22
Chapter 15	Cholinesterase Inhibitors and Their Use in Myasthenia Gravis	25
Chapter 16	Drugs that Block Nicotinic Cholinergic Transmission: Neuromuscular Blocking Agents and Ganglionic Blocking Agents	27
Chapter 17	Adrenergic Agonists	29
Chapter 18	Adrenergic Antagonists	31
Chapter 19	Indirect-Acting Antiadrenergic Agents	34
Chapter 20	Introduction to Central Nervous System Pharmacology	36
Chapter 21	Drugs for Parkinson�s Disease	37
Chapter 22	Alzheimer�s Disease	39
Chapter 23	Drugs for Multiple Sclerosis	42
Chapter 24	Drugs for Epilepsy	45
Chapter 25	Drugs for Muscle Spasm and Spasticity	49
Chapter 26	Local Anesthetics	51
Chapter 27	General Anesthetics	53
Chapter 28	Opioid (Narcotic) Analgesics, Opioid Antagonists, and Nonopioid Centrally Acting Analgesics	55
Chapter 29	Pain Management in Patients with Cancer	59
Chapter 30	Drugs for Headache	61
Chapter 31	Antipsychotic Agents and Their Use in Schizophrenia	64
Chapter 32	Antidepressants	66
Chapter 33	Drugs for Bipolar Disorder	70
Chapter 34	Sedative-Hypnotic Drugs	73
Chapter 35	Management of Anxiety Disorders	75
Chapter 36	Central Nervous System Stimulants and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder	78
Chapter 37	Drug Abuse I: Basic Considerations	81
Chapter 38	Drug Abuse II: Alcohol	83
Chapter 39	Drug Abuse III: Nicotine and Smoking	86
Chapter 40	Drug Abuse IV: Major Drugs of Abuse Other Than Alcohol and Nicotine	87
Chapter 41	Diuretics	90
Chapter 42	Agents Affecting the Volume and Ion Content of Body Fluids	94
Chapter 43	Review of Hemodynamics	96
Chapter 44	Drugs Acting on the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System	99
Chapter 45	Calcium Channel Blockers	102
Chapter 46	Vasodilators	105
Chapter 47	Drugs for Hypertension	107
Chapter 48	Drugs for Heart Failure	110
Chapter 49	Antidysrhythmic Drugs	113
Chapter 50	Prophylaxis of Coronary Heart Disease: Drugs That Help Normalize Cholesterol and Triglyceride Levels	117
Chapter 51	Drugs for Angina Pectoris	119
Chapter 52	Anticoagulant, Antiplatelet, and Thrombolytic Drugs	123
Chapter 53	Management of ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction	127
Chapter 54	Drugs for Hemophilia	129
Chapter 55	Drugs for Deficiency Anemias	132
Chapter 56	Hematopoietic Agents	135
Chapter 57	Drugs for Diabetes Mellitus	138
Chapter 58	Drugs for Thyroid Disorders	143
Chapter 59	Drugs Related to Hypothalamic and Pituitary Function	146
Chapter 60	Drugs for Disorders of the Adrenal Cortex	149
Chapter 61	Estrogens and Progestins: Basic Pharmacology and Noncontraceptive Applications	151
Chapter 62	Birth Control	153
Chapter 63	Drug Therapy of Infertility	157
Chapter 64	Drugs that Affect Uterine Function	159
Chapter 65	Androgens	161
Chapter 66	Drugs for Erectile Dysfunction and Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia	163
Chapter 67	Review of the Immune System	166
Chapter 68	Childhood Immunization	168
Chapter 69	Immunosuppressants	172
Chapter 70	Antihistamines	175
Chapter 71	Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors: Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs and Acetaminophen	177
Chapter 72	Glucocorticoids in Nonendocrine Disorders	181
Chapter 73	Drug Therapy of Rheumatoid Arthritis	183
Chapter 74	Drug Therapy of Gout	186
Chapter 75	Drugs Affecting Calcium Levels and Bone Mineralization	187
Chapter 76	Drugs for Asthma	192
Chapter 77	Drugs for Allergic Rhinitis, Cough, and Colds	196
Chapter 78	Drugs for Peptic Ulcer Disease	199
Chapter 79	Laxatives	203
Chapter 80	Other Gastrointestinal Drugs	206
Chapter 81	Vitamins	209
Chapter 82	Drugs for Weight Loss	212
Chapter 83	Basic Principles of Antimicrobial Therapy	214
Chapter 84	Drugs That Weaken the Bacterial Cell Wall I: Penicillins	217
Chapter 85	Drugs That Weaken the Bacterial Cell Wall II: Cephalosporins, Carbapenems, Vancomycin, Telavancin, Aztreonam, Teicoplanin, and Fosfomycin	220
Chapter 86	Bacteriostatic Inhibitors of Protein Synthesis: Tetracyclines, Macrolides, and Others	223
Chapter 87	Aminoglycosides: Bactericidal Inhibitors of Protein Synthesis	227
Chapter 88	Sulfonamides and Trimethoprim	230
Chapter 89	Drug Therapy of Urinary Tract Infections	232
Chapter 90	Antimycobacterial Agents: Drugs for Tuberculosis, Leprosy, and Mycobacterium avium Complex Infection	235
Chapter 91	Miscellaneous Antibacterial Drugs: Fluoroquinolones, Metronidazole, Daptomycin, Rifampin, Rifaximin, Bacitracin, and Polymyxins	238
Chapter 92	Antifungal Agents	241
Chapter 93	Antiviral Agents I: Drugs for Non-HIV Viral Infections	245
Chapter 94	Antiviral Agents II: Drugs for HIV Infection and Related Opportunistic Infections	248
Chapter 95	Drug Therapy of Sexually Transmitted Diseases	252
Chapter 96	Antiseptics and Disinfectants	255
Chapter 97	Anthelmintics	257
Chapter 98	Antiprotozoal Drugs I: Antimalarial Agents	259
Chapter 99	Antiprotozoal Drugs II: Miscellaneous Agents	262
Chapter 100	Ectoparasiticides	264
Chapter 101	Basic Principles of Cancer Chemotherapy	266
Chapter 102	Anticancer Drugs I: Cytotoxic Agents	268
Chapter 103	Anticancer Drugs II: Hormonal Agents, Targeted Drugs, and Other Noncytotoxic Anticancer Drugs	271
Chapter 104	Drugs for the Eye	276
Chapter 105	Drugs for the Skin	279
Chapter 106	Drugs for the Ear	283
Chapter 107	Miscellaneous Noteworthy Drugs	285
Chapter 108	Dietary Supplements	288
Chapter 109	Management of Poisoning	291
Chapter 110	Potential Weapons of Biologic, Radiologic, and Chemical Terrorism	293
	Answer Key	297