Lippincott® Illustrated Reviews: Pharmacology, 8th Edition, presents up-to-date drug information in an accessible format ideal for effective review.

Table of Contents
UNIT I: Principles of Drug Therapy
Farmacocinética
Venkata Kashyap Yellepeddi
Drug–Receptor Interactions and Pharmacodynamics
Joanna Peris
UNIT II: Drugs Af ecting the Autonomic Nervous
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Systema nervosum autonomicum
David Skyba and Rajan Radhakrishnan
Cholinergic Agonists
Rosemary A. Poku and Felix Amissah
Cholinergic Antagonists
Carinda Feild, Felix Amissah, and Rosemary A. Poku
Adrenergic Agonists
Reem Kais Jan and Rajan Radhakrishnan
Adrenergic Antagonists
Sandhya Jinesh and Rajan Radhakrishnan
Unit III: Drugs Af ecting the Cardiovascular System
Antihypertensives
Benjamin Gross
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diureticis
Zachary L. Cox
Drugs for Heart Failure
Shawn David Anderson and Katherine Vogel Anderson
Antiarrhythmics
Shawn David Anderson and Lisa Deacon
Antianginal Drugs
Kristyn M. Pardo
Anticoagulants and Antiplatelet Agents
Katherine Vogel Anderson and Kimberly Atkinson
Drugs for Hyperlipidemia
Christina E. DeRemer and Eric Dietrich
Unit IV: Drugs Af ecting the Central Nervous System
Drugs for Neurodegenerative Diseases
Jose A. Rey
Anxiolytic and Hypnotic Drugs
Jose A. Rey
antidepressants
Jose A. Rey
Antipsychotic Drugs
Jose A. Rey
Drugs for Epilepsy
Jeannine M. Conway and Angela K. Birnbaum
Anaesthetics
Brandon M. Lopez and Chris R. Giordano
opioids
Robin Moorman Li and MatthewG. Hermenau
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CNS Stimulants
Jose A. Rey and Carol Motycka
Unit V: Drugs Af ecting the Endocrine System
Pituitary and Thyroid
Shannon A. Miller and Christina E. DeRemer
Drugs for Diabetes
Karen L. Whalen and Lihui Yuan
Estrogens, Progestogens, and Androgens
Karen L. Whalen and Stacy L. Miller
Adrenal Hormones
Shannon A. Miller and Karen L. Whalen
Drugs Affecting Bone Metabolism
Karen L. Whalen
Unit VI: Chemotherapeutic Drugs
Principles of Antimicrobial Therapy
Young S. Baek, Eric F. Egelund, and Anthony M. Casapao
Cell Wall Inhibitors
Veena Venugopalan and Barbara A. Santevecchi
Synthesis interdum Inhibitors
Lindsey M. Childs-Kean
Quinolones, Folic Acid Antagonists, and Urinary Tract
antiseptics
John M. Allen and Jacinda C. Abdul-Mutakabbir
Antimycobacterial Drugs
Charles A. Peloquin and Eric F. Egelund
Medicamenta antifungali
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Lindsey M. Childs-Kean and Vidhu Kariyawasam
Antiviral Medicamenta
Elizabeth Sherman
Antiprotozoal Drugs
Marylee V. Worley and Jonathan C. Cho
Anthelmintic Drugs
Kelli A. Kronsberg, Jonathan C. Cho, and Marylee V. Worley
Anticancer Medicamenta
Kelly M. Quesnelle
Immunosuppressants
Maya Leiva and Jody K. Takemoto
Unit VII: Special Topics in Pharmacology
Histamine and Serotonin
Nancy Borja-Hart
Anti-Inflammatory, Antipyretic, and Analgesic Agents
Eric Dietrich and Daniel Rubin
Drugs for Disorders of the Respiratory System
Aksha Memon
Gastrointestinal and Antiemetic Drugs
Carol Motycka and Adonice Khoury
Drugs for Urologic Disorders
Katherine Vogel Anderson and Kimberly Atkinson
Drugs for Anemia
Jamie K. Alan
Drugs for Dermatologic Disorders
Stacey D. Curtis and William Cary Mobley
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Editis orci
Dawn R. Sollee and Emily Jaynes Winograd
Medicamenta abusus
Carol Motycka and Joseph Spillane
Pharmacogenomica
Emily J. Cicali and Kelsey Jean Cook
Index
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