Part I Fundamentals of Pharmacokinetics. -- Introduction -- Absorption and distribution -- Metabolism and elimination -- Drug interactions. -- Part II Fundamentals of Pharmacodynamics and Toxicodynamics -- Drug receptors -- Dose-response relationship -- Drug toxicity -- Treating drug toxicity. -- Part III Drugs That Replace, Cure, or Treat Symptoms -- Hormones -- Chemotherapeutic agents: antibiotics and anticancer drugs -- Drug treatment of systems : neuropharmacology and substance abuse -- Cardiovascular drugs -- Pulmonary pharmacology -- Gastrointestinal pharmacology. -- Part IV Drug Development -- Drug discovery by the pharmaceutical industry -- Pharmaceutical development of drugs and the FDA -- Animals in research -- Alternative medicine. -- Part V Appendices, Glossary, and Calculations -- Appendix I The history of drug abuse laws in the united states -- Appendix II Molecular structure of nucleic acids -- Appendix III Glossary -- Appendix IV Top 10 drugs in history -- Appendix V Answers to self-assessment questions

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