Drugs in Use
eBook - ePub

Drugs in Use

  1. 86 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Drugs in Use

About this book

Understanding how drugs work is made simple in this easy to use pocket-sized guide. Drugs in common use are described under each body system and will form an aid to your confident administration of drugs to fit your patients' needs.

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Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2014
eBook ISBN
9781317905622
Edition
2

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Table of Contents
  5. INTRODUCTION
  6. SOME CLASSES OF DRUGS
  7. COMMON ABBREVIATIONS USED IN DRUG ADMINISTRATION
  8. SOME DEFINITIONS
  9. ROUTES OF DRUG ADMINISTRATION
  10. DRUG ABSORPTION, DISTRIBUTION, METABOLISM AND ELIMINATION
  11. MECHANISMS OF DRUG ACTION – PHARMACODYNAMICS
  12. DRUG RECEPTORS
  13. SOME DRUGS AFFECTING ADRENERGIC TRANSMISSION
  14. DRUGS AND THE RESPIRATORY TRACT
  15. STEROIDS (GLUCOCORTICOIDS, CORTICOSTEROIDS)
  16. CARDIOVASCULAR DRUGS
  17. DRUGS AFFECTING CARDIAC CONTRACTILITY
  18. ANTIARRHYTHMIC DRUGS
  19. LIPID-LOWERING DRUGS
  20. NICE GUIDANCE TO CHOICE OF DRUG TREATMENT FOR NEWLY DIAGNOSED HYPERTENSION
  21. PREVENTION OF CVD
  22. CHRONIC HEART FAILURE
  23. ANTITHROMBOTICS
  24. DIURETICS
  25. URINARY INCONTINENCE
  26. GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT
  27. ANTIEMETICS
  28. ANALGESICS
  29. DRUGS TO TREAT DIABETES MELLITUS
  30. SOME ANTIBACTERIAL DRUGS
  31. THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
  32. ANTIDEPRESSANTS
  33. HYPNOTICS
  34. ANTIPSYCHOTIC DRUGS
  35. ADVERSE DRUG REACTIONS
  36. ADVERSE DRUG EVENTS
  37. DRUG AND FOOD INTERACTIONS
  38. SOME DIFFERENTIATING FEATURES OF DRUG OVERDOSE
  39. COMMON DRUG OVERDOSES
  40. USEFUL WEBSITES