Featuring:
·Every topic updated with the most recent guidelines, evidence, pricing, and drug coverage.
·New topics including: Treatment-Resistant Depression; Asthma; Colour Comparison Chart; Anxiety Overview; ADHD Overview; COVID-19 Treatment & Prevention; the Art of Optimizing Heart Failure
Description:
This new COLOR edition includes thoroughly revised and updated information about the latest drug guidelines in Pharmacology. Top to bottom pharmaceutical updates for all systems with extensive inclusions for cancer treatment and anti-obestiy/appetite suppression medications.
EXCELLENT USMLE BOARD REVIEW!
A concise overview of the most important principles in clinical pharmacology, with drug comparisons in clear chart format. The book blends the essentials of basic pharmacology and clinical pharmacology so that transition from classroom to clinic is less abrupt. The text that surrounds the tables emphasize key issues pertaining to therapeutic rationale, basic pharmacologic principles and clinical use of drugs.
Topics include:
- Principles of Pharmacology (Pharmacokinetics, drug actions at multiple levels, drug interactions, tolerance, dependence and withdrawal)
- Peripheral Nervous System
- Central Nervous System
- Cardiovascular and Hematology Drugs
- Respiratory Drugs
- GI Drugs
- Anti-Infective Agents
- Anticancer drugs
- Anti-Inflammatory and Immunomodulating Agents
- Endocrine System Drugs (Including Anti-Obesity and Appetite Suppression Drugs)
A Doody's Core Title for 2023!
The landmark pharmacology reference?updated to reflect the latest research and developments in the field
For more than 50 years, Goodman & Gilman’s: The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics has represented the pinnacle of authority and accuracy in describing the actions and uses of therapeutic agents in relation to physiology and pathophysiology. The text's careful balance of basic science and clinical applications has guided thousands of health care practitioners and students to a clear understanding of the drugs essential to preventing, diagnosing and treating disease.
This Fourteenth Edition includes five new chapters, 600+ illustrations, and important content from 53 new contributors. More than a textbook, Goodman & Gilman’s is a working template for the effective and rational prescribing of drugs in daily practice.
Goodman & Gilman’s: The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics, Fourteenth Edition features:
- Five NEW chapters on:
-Pharmacovigilance
-The blood-brain barrier
-Cannabis
-Antibodies, immune checkpoint inhibitors, CAR-T cells, and other biological agents
-Gastrointestinal microbiome and drug response - Expanded coverage of the use of genetic polymorphisms in designing appropriate therapies
- Revised and expanded chapter on pharmacodynamics and the molecular mechanisms of drug action
- 600+ color illustrations
- Drug Fact Tables summarizing clinical pharmacology
- Content Outline and Abbreviation List at the beginning of each chapter
- 50 NEW figures on mechanism of drug actions
- 53 NEW contributors
- NEW online updates
Description:
Updated with the latest clinical advances, Rowland and Tozer's Clinical Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics, Fifth Edition , explains the relationship between drug administration and drug response, taking a conceptual approach that emphasizes clinical application rather than science and mathematics. Bringing a real-life perspective to the topic, the book simplifies concepts and gives readers the knowledge they need to better evaluate drug applications.
- Key updates reflect advances in PK/PD as related to clinical decision-making and drug research and development.
- An emphasis on the clinical relevance of drugs makes the book especially applicable to pharmacy students preparing for a career in clinical practice.
- Hundreds of graphs and tables provide visual representations of key pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic principles and effects.
- More than 200 carefully written study questions , with answers and in-depth explanations, help readers enhance their conceptual understanding and learn and retain key information.
- New and updated examples connect chapter content to real-world settings.
- Interactive online simulations give students practice using different pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic models and parameters.
- eBook available for purchase . Fast, smart, and convenient, today's eBooks can transform learning. These interactive, fully searchable tools offer 24/7 access on multiple devices, the ability to highlight and share notes, and more
Description:
This unique text helps students and healthcare professionals master the fundamentals of pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics. Written by distinguished international experts, it provides readers with an introduction to the basic principles underlying the establishment and individualization of dosage regimens and their optimal use in drug therapy. Up-to-date examples featuring currently prescribed drugs illustrate how pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics relate to contemporary drug therapy. Study problems at the end of each chapter help students and professionals gain a firm grasp of the material covered within the text.