Pharmacology /
H. P. Rang, M. Maureen Dale, and James Ritter
- Fourth edition.
- Edinburgh : Churchill Livingstone, c2000.
- x, 830 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
SECTION 1 GENERAL PRINCIPLES -- SECTION 2 CHEMICAL MEDIATORS -- SECTION 3 DRUGS AFFECTING MAJOR ORGAN SYSTEMS -- SECTION 4 THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM -- SECTION 5 CHEMOTHERAPY OF INFECTIOUS AND MALIGNANT DISEASE -- SECTION 6 GENERAL TOPICS
Providing students with an overview of how a class of drugs will be used in a clinical situation, this text covers physiology and biochemistry as well as pharmacology. It explains how drugs act and relates them to their effects and clinical uses.