This
lecture note on pharmacology is primarily a note for undergraduate health
science students such as health officer, nursing, midwifery and laboratory
technology students. The chapters open with a list of objectives to guide the
reader, and most end with questions which challenge the reader’s understanding
of the concepts covered with in the chapter. Most sections have an introduction
that provides an overview of the material to be covered.
Author(s): Teferra Abula, Srinivasa A.Rao, Amare Mengistu,
Solomomon Worku, Eshetu Legesse, Musie Aberra, Dawit, University of Gondar
This
note covers the following topics:introduction to pharmacology, Sources of drugs and their action,
Drug action on Kidney and GIT, Cardiovascular physiology and endocrine pharmacology.
Author(s): Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology
This book gives an overview of all
the known anticoagulants that can be useful for studying different aspects of
the haemostatic system or as a starting point for new drug development. It is
also a valuable tool for clinicians providing a description of the mode of
action and management of therapy for anticoagulant drugs used in daily clinical
practice in different clinical settings, including direct oral anticoagulants
dabigatran, rivaroxaban, edoxaban and apixaban .
This book presents Pharmacogenetic examples from a broad spectrum of
different drugs, for different diseases, which are representative of different
stages of evaluation or application. It has been designed so as to serve both
the unfamiliar reader through explanations of basic Pharmacogenetic concepts,
the clinician with presentation of the latest developments and international
guidelines, and the research scientist with examples of Pharmacogenetic
applications, discussions on the limitations and an outlook on the new
scientific trends in this field.
Pharmacology and Nutritional Intervention in the Treatment of Disease is
a book dealing with an important research field that has worldwide significance.
Its aim is to strengthen the research base of this field of investigation as it
yields knowledge that has important implications for biomedicine, public health
and biotechnology. The basic purpose of this book was to promote interaction and
discussion of problems of mutual interests among people in related fields
everywhere.
The author does not
claim for the book that it is an exhaustive treatise on Pharmacology suitable
for advanced students of the subject, but that it may be found useful to the
ordinary medical students and also to the general practitioners who may use it
to review their medical school instruction. In this second edition the author
has attempted to incorporate all new facts in pharmacology or in pharmaco-therapy
which have been developed since the previous edition.
It is
hoped that these guidelines will be used by all health care workers in their
daily care of patients suffering from respiratory diseases. Topics covered
includes: Drugs used in respiratory diseases, Inhalation drug delivery
devices, Pulmonary function testing, Asthma, Chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease, Cough, Upper respiratory tract Infections, Lower respiratory tract
Infections, Suppurative lung disease, Interstitial lung disease, Pre- and
post-operative Respiratory assessment.
Author(s): Ministry of Health, Government of Fiji Islands
Pharmacology
is the study of the changes induced in living organisms by the administration in
a state of minute division of such unorganized substances as do not act merely
as foods. In this book, author provides information about drugs, and the art of
applying drugs in disease and Toxicology.
The intent of this book is to provide an overview of current
conceptualizations of Pharmacotherapy. The book focuses on three major areas;
diagnosis, treatment, and prevention for a wide array of diseases; Cognitive and
Psychological disorders (Schizophrenia and Nicotine addiction), Inflammatory
disorders (New Chemical anti-inflammatory and Immunotherapy), updated
antihypertensive therapy and healing of ulcers with venous origin.
Natural products are a constant source of potentially active
compounds for the treatment of various disorders.Plant derived secondary
metabolites have been used by humans to treat acute infections, health disorders
and chronic illness for tens of thousands of years. Only during the last 100
years have natural products been largely replaced by synthetic drugs.Books on
drug discovery will play vital role in the new era of disease treatment using
natural products.
Bioactive Food Peptides in Health and Disease highlights
recent developments on bioactive food peptides for the promotion of human health
and the prevention/management of chronic diseases. The book provides a
comprehensive revision of bioactive peptides obtained from both animal and plant
food sources.
Author(s): Blanca Hernandez-Ledesma and
Chia-Chien Hsieh
This
guide covers the following topics: Factors Affecting Response to Drugs, Concepts
in Pharmacotherapy, Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics and Adverse Drug
Reactions.