Drug Dosage and Therapy MD0913

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
LESSON 1
	Section I. INTERPRETING MEDICAL ORDERS
		1-1. COMMON MEDICAL ABBREVIATIONS
		1-2. ROMAN NUMERALS
		1-3. INTERPRETATION OF ORDERS FOR DRUGS
	Section II. RATIO AND PROPORTION
		1-4. BASIC MATHEMATICS
		1-5. IMPORTANCE OF RATIO AND PROPORTION
		1-6. RATIOS
		1-7. PROPORTIONS
	Section III. THE METRIC SYSTEM
		1-8. ADVANTAGES OVER OTHER SYSTEMS
		1-9. VALUES OF PREFIXES
		1-10. COMMONLY USED RELATIONSHIPS
		1-11. CONVERSION WITHIN THE METRIC SYSTEM
	Section IV. THE APOTHECARY SYSTEM
		1-12. INTRODUCTION
		1-13 APOTHECARY WEIGHT
		1-14. APOTHECARY VOLUME
	Section V. CONVERSIONS
		1-15. CONVERSION BETWEEN SYSTEMS
		1-16. APPROXIMATE HOUSEHOLD EQUIVALENTS
	Section VI. PERCENTAGE SOLUTIONS
		1-17. EXPLANATION
		1-18. FIELD DILUTION OF ISOPROPYL ALCOHOL
	Section VII. INJECTION DOSE CALCULATIONS
		1-19. INTRODUCTION
		1-20. SOLVING BY RATIO AND PROPORTION
		1-21. ANTIBIOTIC DILUTIONS
	Section VIII. PEDIATRIC DOSE CALCULATIONS
		1-22. INTRODUCTION
		1-23. DOSAGE RULES INVOLVING A FRACTION OF THE ADULT DOSE
		1-24. PEDIATRIC DOSE CALCULATION BASED ON BODY WEIGHT
		1-25. PEDIATRIC DOSE CALCULATIONS BASED ON SURFACE AREA
	EXERCISES
	SOLUTIONS
LESSON 2
	Section I. INTRODUCTION TO PHARMACOLOGY
		2-1. DEFINITIONS
		2-2. DOSAGE FORMS
		2-3. POSOLOGY
		2-4. FACTORS AFFECTING DRUG ACTION
	Section II. ANTISEPTICS AND DISINFECTANTS
		2-5. DEFINITIONS
		2-6. ALCOHOLS
		2-7. BENZALKONIUM CHLORIDE
		2-8. HYDROGEN PEROXIDE a. Action and Uses. Hydrogen
		2-9. HEXACHLOROPHENE (SURGICAL DETERGENT AND SURGICAL SOAP)
		2-10. THIMEROSAL
		2-11. DISINFECTANT--GERMICIDAL AND FUNGICIDAL CONCENTRATE (WESCODYNE)
		2-12. POVIDONE-IODINE
		2-13. FORMALDEHYDE SOLUTION (FORMALIN)
	Section III. OTHER TOPICAL DRUGS
		2-14. ALUMINUM ACETATE SOLUTION (BUROW'S SOLUTION)
		2-15. ZINC OXIDE OINTMENT
		2-16. CALAMINE LOTION, PHENOLATED AND MENTHOLATED
		2-17. COMPOUND BENZOIN TINCTURE
		2-18. HYDROCORTISONE CREAM
		2-19. SODIUM FLUORESCEIN APPLICATORS
	Section IV. ANTACIDS
		2-20. INTRODUCTION
		2-21. SODIUM BICARBONATE
		2-22. ALUMINUM HYDROXIDE GEL
		2-23. ALUMINUM HYDROXIDE GEL AND MAGNESIUM HYDROXIDE
		2-24. MILK OF MAGNESIA
		2-25. ALUMINUM HYDROXIDE AND MAGNESIUM HYDROXIDE
		2-26. CHOICE OF AN ANTACID
	Section V. CATHARTICS
		2-27. INTRODUCTION
		2-28. INDICATIONS AND CONTRAINDICATIONS FOR CATHARTICS
		2-29. STIMULANT (IRRITANT) CATHARTICS
		2-30. SALINE CATHARTICS
		2-31. FECAL SOFTENERS
	Section VI. ANTIDIARRHEALS
		2-32. KAOLIN MIXTURE WITH PECTIN
		2-33. DIPHENOXYLATE HYDROCHLORIDE AND ATROPINE SULFATE TABLETS
		2-34. PAREGORIC
	Section VII. RESPIRATORY DRUGS
		2-35. ANTITUSSIVES
		2-36. EXPECTORANTS
	Section VIII. LOCAL ANESTHETICS
		2-37. INTRODUCTION
		2-38. METHODS OF ADMINISTRATION
		2-39. OVERDOSAGE TOXICITY
		2-40. PROCAINE HYDROCHLORIDE
		2-41. LIDOCAINE HYDROCHLORIDE
		2-42. DIBUCAINE OINTMENT
		2-43. TETRACAINE
		2-44. EUGENOL
		2-45. DICHLOROTETRAFLUOROETHANE ANESTHETIC
	EXERCISES
	SOLUTIONS
LESSON 3
	Section I. THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
		3-1. PARTS OF THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
		3-2. PHARMACOLOGIC CONSIDERATIONS OF THE CNS
	Section II. SEDATIVE-HYPNOTICS
		3-3. EFFECTS OF SEDATIVE-HYPNOTICS
		3-4. USES OF SEDATIVE-HYPNOTICS
		3-5. SIDE EFFECTS
		3-6. OVERDOSES OF SEDATIVE-HYPNOTICS
		3-7. SUMMARY OF INDIVIDUAL AGENTS
		3-8. PHENOBARBITAL
		3-9. SODIUM SECOBARBITAL (SECONAL SODIUM)
		3-10. SODIUM PENTOBARBITAL (NEMBUTAL)
		3-11. DIAZEPAM (VALIUM)
	Section III. ANTIPSYCHOTIC TRANQUILIZERS AND RELATED ANTIDEPRESSANTS
		3-12. INTRODUCTION
		3-13. EFFECTS OF ANTIPSYCHOTIC TRANQUILIZERS
		3-14. TOXICITY CAUSED BY LARGE DOSES
		3-15. THERAPEUTIC USES
		3-16. CHLORPROMAZINE HYDROCHLORIDE
		3-17. SUMMARY OF RELATED AGENTS
		3-18. RELATED ANTIDEPRESSANTS
	Section IV. NARCOTIC ANALGESICS
		3-19. EFFECTS OF NARCOTIC ANALGESICS
		3-20. TOLERANCE, ADDICTION, AND HABITUATION
		3-21. CAUTIONS FOR THE USE OF NARCOTIC ANALGESICS
		3-22. MORPHINE
		3-23. CODEINE
		3-24. MEPERIDINE HYDROCHLORIDE
		3-25. PROPOXYPHENE HYDROCHLORIDE
		3-26. NALOXONE HYDROCHLORIDE INJECTION--NARCOTIC ANTAGONIST
	Section V. NONADDICTIVE ANALGESICS AND ANTIPYRETICS
		3-27. INTRODUCTION
		3-28. ASPIRIN
		3-29. ACETAMINOPHEN
	Section VI. CNS STIMULANTS
		3-30. INTRODUCTION
		3-31. AMPHETAMINES
		3-32. SPECIFIC AMPHETAMINES AND RELATED PREPARATIONS
	EXERCISES
	SOLUTIONS
LESSON 4
	Section I. THE AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM
		4-1. INTRODUCTION
		4-2. TYPES OF AUTONOMIC DRUGS
	Section II. ANTICHOLINERGIC (PARASYMPATHOLYTIC) DRUGS
		4-3. ATROPINE AS THE STANDARD ANTICHOLINERGIC DRUG
		4-4. PROPANTHELINE
		4-5. HOMATROPINE HYDROCHLORIDE OPHTHALMIC OINTMENT
	Section III. ADRENERGIC (SYMPATHOMIMETIC) DRUGS
		4-6. INTRODUCTION
		4-7. EPINEPHRINE
		4-8. EPHEDRINE
		4-9. METARAMINOL BITARTRATE INJECTION
		4-10. PHENYLEPHRINE HYDROCHLORIDE
		4-11. MISCELLANEOUS SYMPATHOMIMETICS
	Section IV. VASODILATOR DRUGS
		4-12. INTRODUCTION
		4-13. AMYLNITRITE
		4-14. NITROGLYCERIN TABLETS
	Section V. FLUID AND ELECTROLYTE THERAPY
		4-15. FLUID VOLUME REPLACEMENT
		4-16. NORMAL HUMAN SERUM ALBUMIN
		4-17. PLASMA PROTEIN FRACTION
		4-18. DEXTROSE SOLUTIONS
		4-19. SODIUM CHLORIDE INJECTION
		4-20. RINGER'S INJECTION
		4-21. LACTATED RINGER'S INJECTION
		4-22. POTASSIUM CHLORIDE INJECTION
		4-23. SODIUM BICARBONATE INJECTION
	Section VI. ANTIHISTAMINES
		4-24. INTRODUCTION
		4-25. HISTAMINE POISONING
		4-26. ALLERGY AND ANAPHYLAXIS WITH HISTAMINE
		4-27. INTRODUCTION TO ANTIHISTAMINES
		4-28. DIPHENHYDRAMINE HYDROCHLORIDE
		4-29. DIMENHYDRINATE
		4-30. MECLIZINE HYDROCHLORIDE
		4-31. PROMETHAZINE HYDROCHLORIDE
		4-32. CHLORPHENIRAMINE MALEATE
		4-33. TRIPROLIDINE HYDROCHLORIDE
	Section VII. OTHER AGENTS
		4-34. HYDROCORTISONE SODIUM SUCCINATE
		4-35. MANNITOL INJECTION--AN OSMOTIC DIURETIC
	EXERCISES
	SOLUTIONS
LESSON 5
	Section I. MICROBIOLOGY
		5-1. BACTERIA
		5-2. VIRUSES
		5-3. RICKETTSIAE
	Section II. BIOLOGICALS (IMMUNIZING AGENTS)
		5-4. TERMINOLOGY
		5-5. ALLERGIC (HYPERSENSITIVE) REACTIONS
		5-6. PRECAUTIONS
		5-7. SERUMS
		5-8. TOXOIDS
		5-9. BACTERIAL VACCINES
		5-10. VIRAL VACCINES
	Section III. PENICILLINS AND CEPHALOSPORINS; ERYTHROMYCIN
		5-11. INTRODUCTION
		5-12. SPECTRUM OF ACTIVITY
		5-13. PENICILLINS
		5-14. POTASSIUM PENICILLIN G FOR INJECTION
		5-15. PROCAINE PENICILLIN G
		5-16. BENZATHINE PENICILLIN G
		5-17. POTASSIUM PHENOXYMETHYL PENICILLIN (PENICILLIN V)
		5-18. AMPICILLIN
		5-19. PENICILLINS RESISTANT TO PENICILLINASE
		5-20. CEPHALOSPORINS
		5-21. ERYTHROMYCIN
	Section IV. TETRACYCLINES
		5-22. INTRODUCTION
		5-23. INDICATIONS
		5-24. USUAL DOSAGE
		5-25. ADVERSE REACTIONS
		5-26. CAUTIONS AND WARNINGS
		5-27. SUPPLY
	EXERCISES
	SOLUTIONS
LESSON 6
	Section I. AMINOGLYCOSIDES
		6-1. INTRODUCTION
		6-2. STREPTOMYCIN SULFATE
		6-3. KANAMYCIN SULFATE INJECTION
		6-4. GENTAMICIN SULFATE
		6-5. NEOMYCIN SULFATE
	Section II. SULFONAMIDES
		6-6. INTRODUCTION
		6-7. EFFECTIVENESS
		6-8. SULFISOXAZOLE
		6-9. SODIUM SULFACETAMIDE
	Section III. ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS
		6-10. INTRODUCTION
		6-11. GRISEOFULVIN TABLETS
		6-12. TOLNAFTATE SOLUTION
		6-13. NYSTATIN
		6-14. IODOCHLORHYDROXYQUIN AND HYDROCORTISONE
		6-15. SELENIUM SULFIDE LOTION
		6-16. UNDECYLENIC ACID
	Section IV. ANTIMALARIAL DRUGS
		6-17. MALARIA
		6-18. CLASSIFICATION OF ANTIMALARIAL DRUGS
		6-19. CHLOROQUINE AND PRIMAQUINE PHOSPHATE TABLETS
		6-20. CHLOROQUINE
		6-21. PRIMAQUINE
		6-22. DAPSONE
		6-23. QUININE
		6-24. PYRIMETHAMINE
		6-25. SULFADOXINE AND PYRIMETHAMINE
	Section V. ANTHELMINTIC DRUGS
		6-26. INTRODUCTION
		6-27. DRUGS OF CHOICE FOR SPECIFIC INFECTIONS
		6-28. MEBENDAZOLE
		6-29. DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE CITRATE
		6-30. PYRANTEL PAMOATE
		6-31. PIPERAZINE CITRATE
		6-32. NICLOSAMIDE
		6-33. QUINACRINE
		6-34. TETRACHLOROETHYLENE
		6-35. THIABENDAZOLE
		6-36. PRAZIQUANTEL
	Section VI. OTHER AGENTS
		6-37. METRONIDAZOLE
		6-38. GAMMA BENZENE HEXACHLORIDE (LINDANE)
	EXERCISES
	SOLUTIONS
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