Clinical Pharmacology
- 13 Edición - 13 de abril de 2026
- Última edición
- Editores: Fraz A. Mir, Lauren E. Walker, Morris J. Brown, Pankaj Sharma
- Idioma: Inglés
More than 60 years since its first publication, Clinical Pharmacology remains an invaluable textbook that no clinician or prescriber, medical or pharmacy student should be withou… Leer más
Descripción
Descripción
More than 60 years since its first publication, Clinical Pharmacology remains an invaluable textbook that no clinician or prescriber, medical or pharmacy student should be without.
This highly trusted guide to drug therapy covers the key elements of therapeutic pharmacology, including health technology assessment, drug regulation, dependence and toxicology, as well as polypharmacy. The essentials of clinical pharmacology are discussed by body system, balancing science with practice to support good prescribing.
The thirteenth edition of Clinical Pharmacology has been fully updated to suit today’s context and therapeutic settings.
This highly trusted guide to drug therapy covers the key elements of therapeutic pharmacology, including health technology assessment, drug regulation, dependence and toxicology, as well as polypharmacy. The essentials of clinical pharmacology are discussed by body system, balancing science with practice to support good prescribing.
The thirteenth edition of Clinical Pharmacology has been fully updated to suit today’s context and therapeutic settings.
Puntos claves
Puntos claves
- An ideal study guide for medical students sitting the PSA exams and pharmacy students sitting MPharm exams
- Fully updated to encompass contemporary issues such as comorbidities and polypharmacy
- Provides the evidence base for drug therapy and good prescribing in modern therapeutic settings
- Easy to navigate - covers all major therapeutic topics by body system
- Chapter synopses, definitions, tips and brief explanation boxes assist with learning and revision
- Covers resource poor situations with a focus on practical prescribing and health technology assessment
- Includes case studies, interesting histories, etymologies and provenances of terms throughout
- An enhanced eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all the text, figures and references, with the ability to search, customise your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud
De interès para
De interès para
Medical students (PSA exam) and Pharmacy students
Índice
Índice
Section 1: General
- Clinical pharmacology
- Topics in drug therapy
- Discovery and development of drugs
- Evaluation of drugs in humans
- Health technology assessment for pharmaceutical products
- Regulation of medicines
- Classification and naming of drugs
- Polypharmacy and medicines optimisation
Section 2: From pharmacology to toxicology
- General pharmacology
- Unwanted effects and adverse drug reactions
- Poisoning, overdose, antidotes
- Drug dependence
Section 3: Infection and inflammation
- Chemotherapy of infections
- Antibacterial drugs
- Chemotherapy of bacterial infections
- Viral, fungal, protozoal and helminthic infections
- Therapeutics for COVID-19
- Drugs for inflammation and joint disease
- Drugs and the skin
Section 4: Nervous system
- Pain and analgesics
- Anesthesia and neuromuscular block
- Psychotropic drugs
- Neurological disorders – epilepsy, Parkinson’s disease and multiple sclerosis
Section 5: Cardiorespiratory and renal systems
- Cholinergic and antimuscarinic (anticholinergic) mechanisms and drugs
- Adrenergic mechanisms and drugs
- Cardiovascular disease and heart failure
- Cardiac arrhythmias
- Hyperlipidaemias
- Kidney and genitourinary tract
- Respiratory system
Section 6: Blood and neoplastic disease
- Drugs and haemostasis
- Red blood cell disorders
- Neoplastic disease and immunosuppression
Section 7: Gastrointestinal system
- Oesophagus, stomach and duodenum
- Intestines
- Liver and biliary tract
Section 8: Endocrine system, metabolic conditions
- Adrenal corticosteroids, antagonists, corticotropin
- Diabetes mellitus and obesity
- Thyroid hormones, antithyroid drugs
- Hypothalamic, pituitary and sex hormones
- Vitamins, calcium and bone
Detalles del producto
Detalles del producto
- Edición: 13
- Última edición
- Publicado: 13 de abril de 2026
- Idioma: Inglés
Sobre los editores
Sobre los editores
FM
Fraz A. Mir
Afiliaciones y experiencia
Consultant Clinical Pharmacologist, Division of Experimental Medicine and Immunotherapeutics, Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UKLW
Lauren E. Walker
Afiliaciones y experiencia
Professor of Clinical Pharmacology, Centre for Experimental Therapeutics, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United KingdomMB
Morris J. Brown
Afiliaciones y experiencia
Prof of Endocrine Hypertension, William Harvey Institute, Queen Mary University of London, Charterhouse Square, London, UKPS
Pankaj Sharma
Afiliaciones y experiencia
Professor of Neurology and Director, Institute of Cardiovascular Research, Royal Holloway College, University of London; and Consultant Neurologist, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK