Title	Pharmacology [electronic resource] / edited by Joanne I. Moore
Imprint	New York, NY : Springer US, 1987
Connect to	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-0280-3
Descript	XI, 247 p. online resource

More than ten years ago, the faculty members of the Department of Pharmacology at the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine developed a review book of medical pharmacology in response to requests from our second year medical students who were preparing to sit for the Part I examination of the National Board of Medical Examiners. The students expressed a need for an organized approach to cope with the volume of basic science curricular material presented during the first two years. Therefore, our review book was not designed to provide a comprehensive text on pharmacology, but rather to provide the students with a significant core of information, as a refresher, after they had successfully completed a basic course in pharmacology. This book represents a major revision of our review of medical pharmacology. The book has been reorganized, updated and expanded to provide current information on major new drugs and information on older drug groups that typically are covered on licensure examinations. The book also has been expanded to include a large number of new questions for self-examination. The faculty have endeavored to retain a reasonably concise, relevant and readable review book that will provide the students with a thorough review of pharmacology. Students are advised to refer to comprehensive textbooks, as needed, to fill in any gaps in their knowledge which may be disclosed by the self-examinations

Section I: General Principles -- Mechanisms of Drug Action -- Absorption of Drugs -- Distribution of Drugs -- Excretion of Drugs -- Determinants of Plasma Concentrations and Dosing Schedules -- Metabolism of Drugs -- Pharmacogenetics -- Review Questions -- Answers -- Section II: Autonomic Drugs -- Sympathetic Division (Adrenergic) -- Parasympathetic Division (Cholinergic) -- Autonomic Ganglia -- Neuromuscular Blocking Drugs -- Review Questions -- Answers -- Section III: Central Nervous System Drugs -- General Anesthetics -- Local Anesthetics -- Sedative-Hypnotics -- Alcohols -- Anticonvulsants -- Antiparkinsonism Drugs -- CNS Muscle Relaxants -- CNS Stimulants -- Antidepressants -- Antipsychotics -- Opioid Analgesics -- Hallucinogenic Drugs -- Drug Abuse -- Review Questions -- Answers -- Section IV: Autacoids, Non-Narcotic Analgesics and Agents Used in Gout -- Autacoids -- Non-Narcotic Analgesics -- Agents Used in Gout -- Other Agents Used in Rheumatoid Arthritis -- Review Questions -- Answers -- Section V: Renal, Cardiovascular and Hematopoietic Drugs -- Diuretic Agents -- Antidiuretic Drugs -- Cardiovascular Drugs -- Anticoagulants -- Anti-Anemic Drugs -- Review Questions -- Answers -- Section VI: Endocrines -- Thyroid-Antithyroid -- Adrenocortical Steroids -- Parathyroid Hormone -- Insulin -- Ovarian Hormones and Ovulatory Agents -- Androgens and Anabolic Steroids -- Anterior Pituitary -- Posterior Pituitary Hormones -- Review Questions -- Answers -- Section VII: Chemotherapy -- Chemotherapy of Microbial Diseases -- Antifungal Agents -- Antiviral Drugs -- Chemotherapy of Neoplastic Diseases (Cancer Chemotherapy) -- Chemotherapy of Parasitic Diseases -- Review Questions -- Answers -- Section VIII: Miscellaneous Drugs -- Gastrointestinal Drugs -- Respiratory Drugs -- Oxytocic Drugs and Uterine Relaxants -- Toxicology -- Anti-Migrane Drugs -- Vitamins -- Review Questions -- Answers