USMLE Road Map Pharmacology, Second Edition

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Edition: 2nd
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Pub. Date: 2005-11-10
Publisher(s): McGraw Hill / Medical
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Summary

You'll never find an easier, more efficient, and more focused way to ace the pharmacology and pharmacology-related questions on the Usmle and course examinations than the Usmle Road Map. Designed to provide maximum learning in minimum time, this Usmle Road Map offers a concise, creative, and well-illustrated new approach to mastering pharmacology.

Table of Contents

Using the Road Map Series for Successful Review vii
Acknowledgments ix
General Principles of Pharmacology
1(13)
Definitions
1(1)
Pharmacokinetic Principles
1(5)
Pharmacodynamic Principles
6(5)
Drug Development and Regulation
11(3)
Clinical Problems
11(2)
Answers
13(1)
Autonomic Nervous System Pharmacology
14(17)
Autonomic Anatomy
14(1)
Transmitter Biochemistry
14(3)
Physiology of Autonomic Action
17(3)
Cholinomimetic Drugs
20(2)
Cholinolytic Drugs and Pralidoxime
22(2)
Sympathomimetics
24(3)
Adrenoceptor Blockers
27(4)
Clinical Problems
29(1)
Answers
30(1)
Drug Therapy for Cardiovascular Diseases
31(18)
Hypertension
31(5)
Angina Pectoris
36(2)
Heart Failure
38(3)
Cardiac Arrhythmias
41(3)
Diuretics and Other Drugs Acting on the Kidney
44(5)
Clinical Problems
47(1)
Answers
48(1)
Drugs for Allergy, Inflammation, and Blood and Immune Disorders
49(15)
Histamine and Antihistaminics
49(1)
Serotonin and Related Drugs
49(3)
Eicosanoids
52(1)
Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs and Drugs Used in Fever and Minor Pain and Headache
53(1)
Drugs Used in Gout
54(1)
Antilipid Drugs
55(1)
Anticoagulants, Antiplatelet Drugs, and Fibrinolytics
56(1)
Drugs Used in Anemias and Other Disorders of Blood Formation
57(2)
Drugs Used in Asthma
59(5)
Clinical Problems
61(1)
Answers
62(2)
Central Nervous System Drugs
64(25)
Introduction to the Central Nervous System (CNS) Drugs
64(1)
Sedative-Hypnotics
64(4)
Antiepileptic Drugs (AEDs)
68(3)
General Anesthetics
71(1)
Local Anesthetics
72(1)
Skeletal Muscle Relaxants
73(2)
Drugs for Parkinsonism and Other Movement Disorders
75(2)
Drugs for Psychoses and Bipolar Disorder
77(2)
Antidepressants
79(2)
Opioid Analgesics
81(3)
Drugs of Abuse
84(5)
Clinical Problems
85(2)
Answers
87(2)
Hormones and Other Endocrine Agents
89(13)
Hypothalamic and Pituitary Drugs
89(1)
Thyroid Drugs
90(1)
Adrenal Steroids and Antagonists
91(2)
Gonadal Drugs, Antagonists, and Inhibitors
93(1)
Pancreatic Drugs
94(4)
Drugs That Affect Bone Mineral Metabolism
98(4)
Clinical Problems
99(2)
Answers
101(1)
Antimicrobial Agents: Antibiotics
102(17)
Inhibitors of Cell Wall Synthesis: Penicillins
102(2)
Inhibitors of Cell Wall Synthesis: Cephalosporins, Carbapenems, and Vancomycin
104(2)
Inhibitors of Protein Synthesis: Macrolides, Clindamycin, Tetracyclines, and Chloramphenicol
106(2)
Inhibitors of Protein Synthesis: Aminoglycosides, Streptogramins, and Linezolid
108(2)
Inhibitors of Folic Acid Synthesis: Sulfonamides and Trimethoprim
110(2)
Inhibitors of Nucleic Acid Synthesis: Fluoroquinolones
112(1)
Antimycobacterial Drugs
113(1)
Miscellaneous Antimicrobials
114(5)
Clinical Problems
115(2)
Answers
117(2)
Antifungal, Antiviral, and Antiparasitic Drugs
119(13)
Antifungal Drugs
119(2)
Antiviral Drugs
121(4)
Antiparasitic Drugs
125(7)
Clinical Problems
127(4)
Answers
131(1)
Anticancer Drugs and Immunopharmacology
132(12)
Cancer Chemotherapy
132(4)
Immunopharmacology
136(8)
Clinical Problems
139(3)
Answers
142(2)
Toxicology
144(9)
Introduction
144(1)
Environmental Chemicals
144(1)
Agricultural Chemicals
145(1)
Heavy Metals
146(1)
Management of Poisoning
146(7)
Clinical Problems
149(2)
Answers
151(2)
Special Topics
153(12)
Gastrointestinal Pharmacology
153(2)
Vaccines and Other Immunization Materials
155(1)
Botanicals and Nutritional Supplements
156(3)
Drug Interactions
159(6)
Clinical Problems
160(3)
Answers
163(2)
Appendix 165(8)
Index 173

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