Pharmacology: An Essential Textbook
eBook - PDF

Pharmacology: An Essential Textbook

  1. 458 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Pharmacology: An Essential Textbook

About this book

The perfect pharmacology study tool for the classroom and examinations!

Pharmacology: An Essential Textbook, Second Edition by Mark Simmons covers pharmacology facts and concepts necessary for success in the classroom and on board examinations. The clear and concise text presents important, clinically relevant pharmacology knowledge and concepts students must master. The updated edition includes the addition of new drugs, a chapter on water and fatsoluble vitamins, a greater number of clinical questions, and a fresh design.

Key Features

  • Hundreds of full-color illustrations, beautiful infographics, and summary tables provide visual depictions of important concepts
  • The succinct, bullet-point format focuses on must-master information
  • Flow charts used to delineate drug effects make complex interactions between different cells and organs easier to comprehend
  • Sidebars build on and integrate learning across the basic sciences and apply it to the clinical setting
  • Nearly 200 board-style and factual self-testing questions with explanatory answers are ideal for exam practice
  • An additional 200 questions and answers are available online at MedOne via the scratch-off code in the book

This is an invaluable resource for medical and nursing school pharmacology courses, pharmacy school students, other health professionals studying pharmacology, and advanced undergraduate courses in pharmacology or pharmaceutical sciences.

This book provides robust test prep for the USMLE® Step 1, COMLEX Level 1, NAPLEX, NCLEX and other licensing exams.

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Information

Publisher
Thieme
Year
2020
eBook ISBN
9781626237414
Edition
2
Subtopic
Pharmacology

Table of contents

  1. Pharmacology: An Essential Textbook
  2. MedOne Access Information
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Preface
  8. Acknowledgments
  9. Contributors
  10. I General Principles of Pharmacology
  11. II Drugs Acting on the Peripheral Nervous System
  12. III Drugs Acting on the Central Nervous System
  13. IV Drugs Acting on the Endocrine and Reproductive Systems
  14. V Drugs Acting on the Renal and Cardiovascular Systems
  15. VI Drugs Acting on the Respiratory and Gastrointestinal Systems
  16. VII Antimicrobial Drugs
  17. VIII Autocoids and Analgesic, Antipyretic, and Anti-inflammatory Drugs
  18. IX Cancer Chemotherapy, Toxicology and Vitamins
  19. Index
  20. Additional MedOne Access Information