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Schedule of Controlled Drugs
Preface
The Authors
I.BASIC PRINCIPLES
1.Introduction
2.Drug Receptors&Pharmacodynamics
3.PharmacokineticsPharmacodynamics:Rational Dosing&the Time Course
4.Drug Biotransformation
5.Basic&Clinical Evaluation of New Drugs
II.AUTONOMIC DRUGS
6.Introduction to Autonomic Pharmacology
7.Cholinoceptor-Activating&Cholinesterase-Inhibiting Drugs
8.Cholinoceptor-Blocking Drugs
9.Adrencoepter-Activatin&Other Sympathomimetic Drugs
10.Adrenoceptor Antagonist Drugs
III.CARDIOVASCULAR-RENAL DRUGS
11.Antihypertensive Agents
12.Vasodilators&the Treatment of Angina Pectoris
13.Cardiac Glycosides&Othter Drugs Used in Congestive Heart Failure
14.Agents Used in Cardiac Arrhythmias
15.Diuretic Agents
IV.DRUGS WITH IMPORTANT ACTIONS ON SMOOHT MUSCLE
16.Histamine,Serotonin,&the Ergot Alkaloids
17.Vasoactive Peptides
18.The Eicosanoids:Prostaglandins,Thromboxanes,Leuktrienes,&Related Compounds
19.Nitric Oxide,Donors,&iNHIBITORS
20.Drugs Used in Asthma
V.DRUGS THAT ACT IN THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
VI.DRUGS USED TO TREAT DISEASES OF THE BOLLD,INFLAMMATION&GOUT
VII.ENDOCRINE DRUGS
VIII.CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC DURGS
IX.TOXICOLOGY
X.SPECIAL TOPICS
Index