Book Description
This best selling book delivers the most current, complete, and authoritative pharmacology information to students and practitioners. All sections are updated with new drug information and references. New! Many new figures and diagrams, along with boxes of highlighted material explaining the "how and why" behind the facts.


Book Info
Univ. of California, San Francisco. Brandon/Hill Medical List selection (#468). Pharmacology text for medical and pharmacy students, residents, and clinicians. Previous edition: c1998. Includes a new chapter on botanicals and nutritional supplements and features special-interest boxes. Two-tone format. Illustrated. Softcover.


From the Back Cover
Current. Comprehensive. Concise. Always.
*The most current and authoritative information available
*Concise and thorough introduction to basic and clinical pharmacology
*All chapters rigorously updated with the latest drug information and references
*New chapter on botanicals (herbal medications) and nutritional supplements
*Features include special-interst boxes and lists of common preparations and dosage information
*More than 600 illustrations and tables
*Ideal pharmacology text for medical students and students in other health-related professions
This well-respected and influential text is known for clarity, comrehensiveness, and student-friendly features
*Basic and clinical pharmacology from the most authoritative source
*Organized by drug groups and prototypes
*Mechanism of action and toxicities of traditional and newer drugs
*Treatment strategies and drugs of choice for all major diseases

FROM OUR EDITORS

This bestselling pharmacology text emphasizes drug groups and prototypes rather than individual drugs though general and trade preparations are provided at the end of each chapter. Two-color and black-and-white charts, figures, and diagrams throughout highlight examples and special information. Expanded coverage of molecular biology; new receptors; neurotransmitters; drug interactions; the clinical management of asthma, congestive heart failure, Alzheimer's, and other diseases; more.

ANNOTATION

The book contains predominantly black-and-white illustrations, with some color illustrations.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

This best selling book delivers the most current,complete,and authoritative pharmacology information to students and practitioners. All sections are updated with new drug information and references. New! Many new figures and diagrams,along with boxes of highlighted material explaining the "how and why" behind the facts.

Current. Comprehensive. Concise. Always.
*The most current and authoritative information available
*Concise and thorough introduction to basic and clinical pharmacology
*All chapters rigorously updated with the latest drug information and references
*New chapter on botanicals (herbal medications) and nutritional supplements
*Features include special-interst boxes and lists of common preparations and dosage information
*More than 600 illustrations and tables
*Ideal pharmacology text for medical students and students in other health-related professions This well-respected and influential text is known for clarity,comrehensiveness,and student-friendly features
*Basic and clinical pharmacology from the most authoritative source
*Organized by drug groups and prototypes
*Mechanism of action and toxicities of traditional and newer drugs
*Treatment strategies and drugs of choice for all major diseases

FROM THE CRITICS

Eric M. Scholar

This is the eighth edition of this editor's long-standing pharmacology textbook. It is designed to be a complete, authoritative, current, and readable pharmacology textbook. This book is written for medical, pharmacy, and health science students as well as house officers and clinicians. The information is presented in a sequence similar to many pharmacology books, starting with basic principles. Within each chapter, emphasis is placed on drug groups and prototypes. Clinical pharmacology has been made an integral part of this text. At the end of each chapter are lists of commercial preparations available, including trade and generic names as well as the dosage formulations available. In addition to a description of new drugs added since the last edition (1998), this edition contains a new chapter on botanicals and food supplements. Several of the chapters have been revised since the last edition and several new figures have been added. As found in the last edition, the book contains two appendixes, one on biologic products and one on important drug interactions. The editor is well qualified to write this text as are the authors of the different chapters. This is a very good textbook, as were the previous editions. It is a pharmacology book that is complete but that does not contain all the details that some pharmacology books do. The editor achieves a midpoint between books that provide extensive detail and some of the newer ones that are oversimplified. Fortunately, the editor avoids that latter trend in this book. The new chapter on botanicals is an excellent addition considering the widespread use of these drugs in recent years. I thought the editor exaggerated theadditions made in this new edition in his preface. He stated that several chapters underwent major revision but upon detailed examination it appeared that the changes were, in most cases, small. Overall, though, it is a very good book.

Doody Review Services

Reviewer: Eric M. Scholar, PhD (University of Nebraska Medical Center)Description: This is the eighth edition of this editor's long-standing pharmacology textbook. Purpose: It is designed to be a complete, authoritative, current, and readable pharmacology textbook. Audience: This book is written for medical, pharmacy, and health science students as well as house officers and clinicians. Features: The information is presented in a sequence similar to many pharmacology books, starting with basic principles. Within each chapter, emphasis is placed on drug groups and prototypes. Clinical pharmacology has been made an integral part of this text. At the end of each chapter are lists of commercial preparations available, including trade and generic names as well as the dosage formulations available. In addition to a description of new drugs added since the last edition (1998), this edition contains a new chapter on botanicals and food supplements. Several of the chapters have been revised since the last edition and several new figures have been added. As found in the last edition, the book contains two appendixes, one on biologic products and one on important drug interactions. The editor is well qualified to write this text as are the authors of the different chapters. Assessment: This is a very good textbook, as were the previous editions. It is a pharmacology book that is complete but that does not contain all the details that some pharmacology books do. The editor achieves a midpoint between books that provide extensive detail and some of the newer ones that are oversimplified. Fortunately, the editor avoids that latter trend in this book. The new chapter on botanicals is an excellent addition considering the widespread use of these drugs in recent years. I thought the editor exaggerated the additions made in this new edition in his preface. He stated that several chapters underwent major revision but upon detailed examination it appeared that the changes were, in most cases, small. Overall, though, it is a very good book.

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