Pharmacology for the Health Care Professions

Pharmacology for the Health Care Professions
	Contents
	Foreword
	Preface
	Acknowledgements
	1 Introduction
		1.1 Pharmacology and health care professionals
		1.2 Patient compliance
		1.3 Drug names
	Part I Principles of pharmacology
	2 Drug disposition
		2.1 Chapter overview
		2.2 Administration of drugs
		2.3 Absorption of drugs
		2.4 Drug distribution
		2.5 Drug metabolism
		2.6 Excretion of drugs
		2.7 Summary
	3 Effects of drugs on the body
		3.1 Chapter overview
		3.2 Adverse reactions to drugs
		3.3 Variation in response to drug therapy
		3.4 Targets for drug action
		3.5 Summary
	Part II Systemic pharmacology
	4 Cardiovascular and blood disorders
		4.1 Cardiovascular disorders
		4.2 Hypertension
		4.3 Drugs used to treat cardiovascular disorders
		4.4 Blood disorders
		4.5 Anaemias
		4.6 Lipid metabolism
		4.7 Lipid-lowering drugs
		4.8 Summary
	5 Respiratory Disorders
		5.1 Chapter overview
		5.2 Asthma
		5.3 Chronic bronchitis
		5.4 Drugs used to treat respiratory disorders
		5.5 Treatment of other respiratory conditions
		5.6 Summary
	6 Disorders of the endocrine system
		6.1 Chapter overview
		6.2 Pituitary gland
		6.3 Thyroid gland
		6.4 Parathyroid glands
		6.5 Adrenal glands
		6.6 Pancreas
		6.7 Treatment of diabetes mellites
		6.8 Summary
	7 Disorders of the musculoskeletal system
		7.1 Chapter overview
		7.2 Rheumatic diseases
		7.3 Drugs used to treat rheumatic diseases
		7.4 Gout
		7.5 Drugs used to treat gout
		7.6 Osteoarthritis
		7.7 Paget’s disease
		7.8 Treatment of Paget’s disease
		7.9 Osteoporosis
		7.10 Drugs used to treat osteoporosis
		7.11 Osteomalacia
		7.12 Myasthenia gravis
		7.13 Treatment of myasthenia gravis
		7.14 Motor neuron disease and multiple sclerosis
		7.15 Summary
	8 Disorders of the skin
		8.1 Chapter overview
		8.2 Eczema
		8.3 Treatment of eczema
		8.4 Psoriasis
		8.5 Treatment of psoriasis
		8.6 Warts
		8.7 Treatment of warts
		8.8 Other viral infections of the skin
		8.9 Fungal infections of the skin and nails
		8.10 Drugs used to treat fungal infection of the skin and nails
		8.11 Bacterial infection of the skin
		8.12 Summary
	9 Chemotherapy of infectious diseases
		9.1 Chapter overview
		9.2 Bacteria
		9.3 Antibiotic drugs
		9.4 Treatment of tuberculosis
		9.5 Viruses
		9.6 Antiviral drugs
		9.7 Treatment of HIV infection
		9.8 Fungi
		9.9 Antifungal drugs
		9.10 Protozoa
		9.11 Antimalarial drugs
		9.12 Drugs for toxoplasma and pneumocystis pneumonia
		9.13 Parasitic worms
		9.14 Anthelmintics
		9.15 Summary
	10 Cancer chemotherapy
		10.1 Chapter overview
		10.2 Biology of cancer
		10.3 Principles of chemotherapy
		10.4 Drugs used in cancer chemotherapy
		10.5 Summary
	11 Disorders of the central nervous system
		11.1 Chapter overview
		11.2 Affective disorders
		11.3 Drugs used to treat depression
		11.4 Drugs used to treat bipolar depression and mania
		11.5 Psychoses
		11.6 Drugs used to treat schizophrenia
		11.7 Anxiety and insomnia
		11.8 Anxiolytics and hypnotics
		11.9 Treatment of anxiety
		11.10 Treatment of insomnia
		11.11 Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
		11.12 Treatment of ADHD
		11.13 Parkinson’s disease
		11.14 Drugs used to treat Parkinson’s disease
		11.15 Epilepsy
		11.16 Drugs used to treat epilepsy
		11.17 Alzheimer’s disease
		11.18 Treatment of Alzheimer’s disease
		11.19 Summary
	12 Anaesthesia and analgesia
		12.1 Chapter overview
		12.2 General anaesthesia
		12.3 Inhalation anaesthetics
		12.4 Intravenous anaesthetics
		12.5 Premedication and adjuncts to general anaesthesia
		12.6 Local anaesthesia
		12.7 Local anaesthetics
		12.8 Analgesia
		12.9 Peripherally acting analgesics
		12.10 Centrally acting analgesics
		12.11 Neuropathic pain
		12.12 Summary
	13 Contrast agents and adjuncts to radiography
		13.1 Chapter overview
		13.2 Contrast agents
		13.3 Cautions in use of contrast agents
		13.4 Complications of intravenous administration of contrast agents
		13.5 Adverse reactions to contrast agents
		13.6 Management of acute adverse reactions to contrast agents
		13.7 Adjuncts to radiography
		13.8 Summary
	Part III Prescribing and the law
	14 Medicines, the law and health care professionals
		14.1 Chapter overview
		14.2 Legislation
		14.3 Non-medical prescribing
		14.4 Summary
	15 Prescribing in practice
		15.1 Chapter overview
		15.2 Podiatry
		15.3 Extension of access to prescription-only medicines in podiatry and podiatic surgery
		15.4 Podiatry in the community
		15.5 Radiography
		15.6 Medicines in radiography: prescription, supply and administration
		15.7 Physiotherapy
		15.8 Summary
	Appendices
	Appendix A: Drug Names
	Appendix B: Glossary
	Appendix C: Examples of Patient Group Directions
	Bibliography
	Useful websites
	Index