Pharmacology III MD0806

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
LESSON 1
	THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
		INTRODUCTION
		COMPONENTS AND SUBDIVISIONS OF THE HUMAN RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
		SUPRALARYNGEAL STRUCTURES
		LARYNX
		INFRALARYNGEAL STRUCTURES
	BREATHING AND BREATHING MECHANISMS IN HUMANS
		INTRODUCTION
		COSTAL (THORACIC) BREATHING
		DIAPHRAGMATIC (ABDOMINAL) BREATHING
	CONDITIONS AFFECTING THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
		INTRODUCTION
		PNEUMONIA
		ASTHMA
		STATUS ASTHMATICUS
		EMPHYSEMA
		PULMONARY EDEMA
	RESPIRATORY SYSTEM DRUGS
		INTRODUCTION
		ANTITUSSIVE AGENTS
		EXPECTORANT AGENTS
		ANTITUSSIVE-EXPECTORANT COMBINATION PRODUCTS
		MUCOLYTICS
		BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS
	EXERCISES
	SOLUTIONS
LESSON 2
	INTRODUCTION
		NEED FOR CIRCULATORY SYSTEMS
		BASIC COMPONENTS OF ANY CIRCULATORY SYSTEM
		CIRCULATORY SYSTEMS IN THE HUMAN BODY
	THE HUMAN CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
		GENERAL
		BLOOD
		BLOOD VESSELS
		BLOOD CLOTTING
		MECHANISMS OF BLOOD CLOTTING
		BLOOD PRESSURE
		ABNORMAL BLOOD PRESSURE
		DISORDERS WHICH AFFECT THE BLOOD SYSTEM
		DISORDERS ASSOCIATED WITH THE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM
		VASCULAR DISORDERS
		BONE MARROW DEPRESSION
	THE HEART AND THE SYSTEMIC CIRCULATION OF BLOOD
		THE HEART
		THE PROPERTY OF INHERENT RHYTHMICITY
		THE HEARTBEAT
		ELECTROLYTES OF SIGNIFICANCE IN HEART FUNCTIONING
		CARDIAC DISORDERS
		CARDIOVASCULAR CIRCULATORY PATTERNS
	THE HUMAN LYMPHATIC SYSTEM
		GENERAL
		STRUCTURES OF THE HUMAN LYMPHATIC SYSTEM
	EXERCISES
	SOLUTIONS
LESSON 3
	CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE AND ITS TREATMENT
		INTRODUCTION
		REVIEW OF CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE
		TREATMENT OF CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE
		ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS (ACE INHIBITORS)
		DIGITALIS AND THE RELATED GLYCOSIDES
		DIGITALIZING DOSE
		DIGITALIS PRODUCTS
		OTHER AGENTS USED IN CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE
	THE ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENTS
		REVIEW OF CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIAS
		THE USE OF ANTIARRHYTHMIC DRUGS
		SPECIFIC ANTIARRHYTHMIC DRUGS
	ANTIHYPERLIPIDEMIC AGENTS
		REVIEW OF ATHEROSCLEROSIS
		DEFINITIONS
		RISK FACTORS
		TREATMENT
	EXERCISES
	SOLUTIONS
LESSON 4
	DEFINITIONS
		INTRODUCTION
		IMPORTANT TERMS AND THEIR DEFINITIONS
	VASODILATOR DRUGS
		INTRODUCTION
		SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXANT VASODILATORS
		AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM VASODILATORS
	EXERCISES
	SOLUTIONS
LESSON 5
	DEFINITIONS
		INTRODUCTION
		DEFINITIONS
	COAGULANTS
		REVIEW OF THE CLOTTING PROCESS
		COAGULANTS (PROMOTING CLOT FORMATION)
	ANTICOAGULANTS
		INTRODUCTION
		IMPORTANT WARNING ASSOCIATED WITH THE ANTICOAGULANTS
		ANTICOAGULANT AGENTS
	HEMATINICS
		INTRODUCTION
		HEMATINIC AGENTS
	STIMULATING FACTORS
		INTRODUCTION
	EXERCISES
	SOLUTIONS
LESSON 6
	OVERVIEW OF THE UROGENITAL SYSTEMS
		INTRODUCTION
		DISCUSSION OF LESSON CONTENT
	THE HUMAN URINARY SYSTEM
		INTRODUCTION
		THE HUMAN URINARY SYSTEM
		THE KIDNEY
		HORMONES INVOLVED IN THE FORMATION OF URINE
		URETERS
		URINARY BLADDER
		URETHRA
		URINARY TRACT DISORDERS
	INTRODUCTION TO HUMAN GENITAL (REPRODUCTIVE) SYSTEMS
		SEXUAL DIMORPHISM
		ADVANTAGES OF DOUBLE PARENTING
		MAJOR COMPONENT CATEGORIES OF THE GENTIAL SYSTEMS
	THE HUMAN FEMALE GENITAL (REPRODUCTIVE) SYSTEM
		PRIMARY SEX ORGANS (OVARIES)
		SECONDARY SEX ORGANS
		SECONDARY SEXUAL CHARACTERISTICS
		MAMMARY GLANDS
	THE HUMAN MALE GENITAL (REPRODUCTIVE) SYSTEM
		PRIMARY SEX ORGANS (TESTES)
		SECONDARY SEX ORGANS
		SECONDARY SEXUAL CHARACTERISTICS
	EXERCISES
	SOLUTIONS
LESSON 7
	INTRODUCTION TO HYPERTENSION
		INTRODUCTION
		TREATMENT OF HYPERTENSION
		DEFINITION OF ESSENTIAL (PRIMARY) HYPERTENSION
		CLASSES OF ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION
		REVIEW OF IMPORTANT FACTORS RELATING TO HYPERTENSION
		DIURETICS IN THE TREATMENT OF HYPERTENSION
		COMBINATION THERAPY IN THE TREATMENT OF HYPERTENSION
	DRUGS USED IN THE TREATMENT OF HYPERTENSION
		DRUGS WHICH ACT ON THE SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM
		BETA ADRENERGIC BLOCKERS
		SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXANTS
		COMBINATION PRODUCTS
		THE TREATMENT OF A HYPERTENSIVE CRISIS OR EMERGENCY
	EXERCISES
	SOLUTIONS
LESSON 8
	DIURETIC AGENTS
		INTRODUCTION
		DEFINTION OF DIURETIC
		USES OF DIURETICS
		TYPES OF DIURETICS
	ANTIDIURETIC AGENTS
		INTRODUCTION
		MECHANISM OF ACTION OF ANTIDIURETICS
		EXAMPLES OF ANTIDIURETIC AGENTS
	EXERCISES
	SOLUTIONS
LESSON 9
	INTRODUCTION
		GENERAL
		DEFINITIONS
		CAUSES OF POISONING
	THE PHARMACY AND POISON PREVENTION
		THE POISON PREVENTION PACKAGING ACT OF 1970
		THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE POISON PREVENTION PACKAGING ACT OF 1970
		EXCEPTIONS TO THE ACT
		CONSIDERATIONS FOR THE OUTPATIENT PHARMACY
	THE TREATMENT OF POISONING
		INTRODUCTION
		TREATMENT GUIDELINES FOR POISONING VICTIMS
	POISON CONTROL AND INFORMATION
		INTRODUCTION
		POISON INFORMATION/CONTROL CENTERS
		SUGGESTED REFERENCES TO BE MAINTAINED IN THE PHARMACY IN RELATION TO POISONING INFORMATION
		CONCLUDING COMMENTS
	EXERCISES
	SOLUTIONS
ANNEX
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