Basic Concepts in Pharmacology: What You Need to Know for Each Drug Class

Where to start. General principles. Receptor theory --
Absorption, distribution and clearance --
Pharmacokinetics --
Drug metabolism and renal elimination --
Autonomics. Review of the autonomic nervous system --
Cholinergic agonists --
Cholinergic antagonists --
Adrenergic agonists --
Adrenergic antagonists --
Drugs that affect the cardiovascular system. Drugs that improve cardiac contractility --
Antihypertensive drugs --
Drugs that treat heart failure --
Antiarrrhytmic drugs --
Drugs that affect blood --
Lipid-lowering drugs --
Drugs acting on the central nervous system. Anxiolytic and hynotic drugs --
Antidepressants and lithium --
Antipsychoyics or neuroleptics --
Drugs used in Parkinson’s disease --
Antiepileptic drugs --
Narcotics --
General anesthetics --
Local anesthetics --
Introduction to chemotherapy --
Inhibitors of cell wall synthesis --
Proteins synthesis inhibitors --
Folate anatgonists --
Quinolones and urinary tract antiseptics --
Drugs used in tuberculosis and leprosy --
Antifungal drugs --
Anthelmintic drugs --
Antiviral drugs --
Antiprotozoal drugs --
Anticancer drugs --
Drugs that affect the endocrine system. Andrenocortical hormones --
Sex steroids --
Thyroid and antithyroid drugs --
Insulin, glucagon and oral hypoglycemic drugs --
Miscellaneous drugs. Histamine and antihistamines --
Respiratory drugs --
Drugs that affect the GI tract --
Nonnarcotic analgesics and anti-inflammatory drugs --
Immunosuppressives --
Drugs used in osteoporosis --
Toxicology and poisoning.