Manual of phamacology and therapeutics

Manual of phamacology and therapeutics

Buxton, Iain L. , Blumenthal, Donald K. , Parker, Keith L. , Brunton, Laurence L.

2008

McGraw Hill New York

1219 p.

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978-0-07-144343-2

615.1 Medicamentos (materia médica)

FARMACOLOGÍA, ADRENÉRGICO, TUBERCULOSIS, DERMATOLÓGICO

Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics: the dynamics of drug absorption, distribution, action, and elimination. Membrane transporters and drug response. Drug metabolism. Pharmacogenetics. The science of drug therapy. Neurotransmission: the autonomic and somatic motor nervous systems. Muscarinic receptor agonists and antagonists. Acetylcholinesterase inhibitors. Agents acting at the neoromuscular junction and autonomic ganglia. Adrenergic agonists and antagonists. Hydroxytryptamine (serotonin). Neurotransmission and the central nervous system. General anesthetics. Local anesthetics. Therapeutic gases; O2, CO2, NO, He. Hypnotics and sedatives. Drug therapy of depression and anxiety disorders. Pharmacotherapy of psychosis and mania. Pharmacotherapy of the epilepsies. Treatment of CNS degenerative disorders. Opioid analgesics. Pharmacology and toxicology of etanol. Drug addiction and drug abuse. Histamine, bradykinin, and their antagonists. Lipid-derived autocoids: eicosanoids and platelet-activating factor. Analgesic-antipyretic and anti-inflammatory agents; pharmacotherapy of gout. Pharmacotherapy of asthma. Diuretics. Vasopressin and other agents affecting the renal conservation of water. Renin and angiotensin. Treatment of myocardial ischemia. Therapy of hypertension. Pharmacotherapy of congestive heart failure. Antiarrhythmic drugs. Drug therapy for hypercholesterolemia and dyslipidemia. Pharmacotherapy of gastric acidity, peptic ulcers, and gastroesophageal reflux disease. Treatment of disorders of bowel motility and water flux: antiemetics; aents used in biliary and pancreatic disease. – Pharmacotherapy of inflammatory bowel disease. Chemotherapy of protozoal infections: malaria. Chemotherapy of protozoal infections: amebiasis, giardiasis, trichomoniasis, tripanosomiasis, leishmaniasis, and other protozoal infections. Chemotherapy of helminth infections. General principles of antimicrobial therapy. Sulfonamides, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, quinolones, and agents for urinary tract infections. Penicillins, cephalosporins, and other ß-lactam antibiotics. Aminoglycosides. Protein synthesis inhibitors and miscellaneous antibacterial agents. Chemotherapy of tuberculosis, mycobacterium avium complex disease, and leprosy. Antifungal agents. Antiviral agents (nonretroviral). Antiretroviral agents and treatment of HIV infection. Antineoplastic agents. Immunosuppressants, tolerogens and immunostimulants. Hematopoietic agents: growth factors, minerals and vitamins. Blood coagulation and anticoagulant, thrombolytic and antiplatelect drugs. Pituitary hormones and their hypothalamic releasing hormones. Thyroid and antithyroid drugs. Estrogens and progestins. Androgens. Adrenocortcotropic hormone; adrenocortical steroids and their systhetic analogs; inhibitors of the synthesis and actions of adrenocortical hormones. Insulin, oral hypoglycemic agents and the pharmacology of the endocrine pancreas. Agents affecting mineral ion homeostasis and bone turnover. Dermatological pharmacology. Ocular pharmacology. Principles of toxicology and treatment of poisoning. Heavy metal and heavy –metal antagonists.