
- 86 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- 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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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- INTRODUCTION
- SOME CLASSES OF DRUGS
- COMMON ABBREVIATIONS USED IN DRUG ADMINISTRATION
- SOME DEFINITIONS
- ROUTES OF DRUG ADMINISTRATION
- DRUG ABSORPTION, DISTRIBUTION, METABOLISM AND ELIMINATION
- MECHANISMS OF DRUG ACTION – PHARMACODYNAMICS
- DRUG RECEPTORS
- SOME DRUGS AFFECTING ADRENERGIC TRANSMISSION
- DRUGS AND THE RESPIRATORY TRACT
- STEROIDS (GLUCOCORTICOIDS, CORTICOSTEROIDS)
- CARDIOVASCULAR DRUGS
- DRUGS AFFECTING CARDIAC CONTRACTILITY
- ANTIARRHYTHMIC DRUGS
- LIPID-LOWERING DRUGS
- NICE GUIDANCE TO CHOICE OF DRUG TREATMENT FOR NEWLY DIAGNOSED HYPERTENSION
- PREVENTION OF CVD
- CHRONIC HEART FAILURE
- ANTITHROMBOTICS
- DIURETICS
- URINARY INCONTINENCE
- GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT
- ANTIEMETICS
- ANALGESICS
- DRUGS TO TREAT DIABETES MELLITUS
- SOME ANTIBACTERIAL DRUGS
- THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
- ANTIDEPRESSANTS
- HYPNOTICS
- ANTIPSYCHOTIC DRUGS
- ADVERSE DRUG REACTIONS
- ADVERSE DRUG EVENTS
- DRUG AND FOOD INTERACTIONS
- SOME DIFFERENTIATING FEATURES OF DRUG OVERDOSE
- COMMON DRUG OVERDOSES
- USEFUL WEBSITES