Product Description
This text emphasizes understanding over memorization to effectively present the "big picture" through the use of drug prototypes, large and small print, and special foundational chapters that cover principles related to each body system. At the end of each chapter, a summary of major nursing implications also helps you apply the material to real-world situations. The accompanying companion CD-ROM features audio and printable key points that you can download to a CD or MP3 player. The CD-ROM also features 700 NCLEX® examination-style multiple-choice review questions, animations depicting drug mechanisms and effects, flash cards, and numerous electronic calculators.

• UNIQUE! Summaries of Major Nursing Implications at the end of each chapter help you understand how to apply concepts to clinical practice in an easy-to-understand format.
• A prototype drug approach uses one drug within each drug family that characterizes all members of its group to give you the knowledge you need to learn not only about related drugs currently on the market, but also about those drugs that will be released once the student begins practice.
• Uses large print to identify essential "need-to-know" information and small print to identify "nice-to-know" information
• Concise drug summary tables present quick reference to detailed information on individual drugs, including class, generic and trade names, dosages, routes, and indications.
• End-of-chapter Key Points are summarized in a bulleted format to facilitate your review of the most important concepts in each chapter.
• Patient and family teaching content is highlighted to emphasize this key content and provide you with critical information to include in teaching patients about drugs and effects and stresses points for educating family members when they will be helping to care for the patient.
• Provides Anatomy and Physiology and Pathophysiology reviews at the beginning of chapters to help you understand the relationships pharmacology and the biologic systems that drugs influence.
• A comprehensive collection of appendixes includes a concise overview of Canadian drug information, gender-related drugs, drug administration techniques, normal laboratory values, and much more.
• Companion CD-ROM features 700 NCLEX examination-style multiple-choice review questions, animations depicting drug mechanisms and effects, flash cards, key points, and numerous electronic calculators.

• Includes numerous new drugs and formulations recently approved by the FDA to keep you current with today's drug therapy practice.
• Special Interest Topic boxes address late-breaking issues in pharmacology that have recently emerged in the media so you can learn the current events that may affect them in practice.
• Extensive revision to the Cancer Chemotherapy unit provides you with up-to-date information on new drug therapy in this complex and rapidly changing area of practice.
• Companion CD-ROM features audio and printable key points that you can download to a CD or MP3 player to listen to and review at their leisure.
• Additional full-color graphics illustrate how drugs work in the body and depict key pharmacologic principles.

1	Orientation of pharmacology	1
2	Application of pharmacology in nursing practice	5
3	Drug regulation, development, names, and information	15
4	Pharmacokinetics	25
5	Pharmacodynamics	46
6	Drug interactions	58
7	Adverse drug reactions and medication errors	65
8	Individual variation in drug responses	77
9	Drug therapy during pregnancy and breast-feeding	85
10	Drug therapy in pediatric patients	92
11	Drug therapy in geriatric patients	96
12	Basic principles of neuropharmacology	99
13	Physiology of the peripheral nervous system	105
14	Muscarinic agonists and antagonists	121
15	Cholinesterase inhibitors and their use in myasthenia gravis	132
16	Drugs that block nicotinic cholinergic transmission : neuromuscular blocking agents and ganglionic blocking agents	140
17	Adrenergic agonists	150
18	Adrenergic antagonists	163
19	Indirect-acting antiadrenergic agents	175
20	Introduction to central nervous system pharmacology	181
21	Drugs for Parkinson's disease	184
22	Alzheimer's disease	198
23	Drugs for multiple sclerosis	205
24	Drugs for epilepsy	215
25	Drugs for muscle spasm and spasticity	237
26	Local anesthetics	242
27	General anesthetics	249
28	Opioid (narcotic) analgesics, opioid antagonists, and nonopioid centrally acting analgesics	258
29	Pain management in patients with cancer	281
30	Drugs for headache	300
31	Antipsychotic agents and their use in schizophrenia	311
32	Antidepressants	330
33	Drugs for bipolar disorder	353
34	Sedative-hypnotic drugs	363
35	Management of anxiety disorders	378
36	Central nervous systems stimulants and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder	387
37	Drug abuse I : basic considerations	398
38	Drug abuse II : alcohol	405
39	Drug abuse III : major drugs and abuse (other than alcohol)	415
40	Diuretics	436
41	Agents affecting the volume and ion content of body fluids	449
42	Review of hemodynamics	454
43	Drugs acting on the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system	461
44	Calcium channel blockers	473
45	Vasodilators	481
46	Drugs for hypertension	487
47	Drugs for heart failure	509
48	Antidysrhythmic drugs	526
49	Prophylaxis of coronary heart disease : drugs that lower LDL cholesterol levels	546
50	Drugs for angina pectoris	571
51	Anticoagulant, antiplatelet, and thrombolytic drugs	585
52	Management of ST-elevation myocardial infarction	609
53	Drugs for hemophilia	615
54	Drugs for deficiency anemias	623
55	Hematopoietic growth factors	637
56	Drugs for diabetes mellitus	646
57	Drugs for thyroid disorders	674
58	Drugs related to hypothalamic and pituitary function	686
59	Drugs for disorders of the adrenal cortex	695
60	Estrogens and progestins : basic pharmacology and noncontraceptive applications	703
61	Birth control	720
62	Drug therapy of infertility	737
63	Drugs that affect uterine function	745
64	Androgens	753
65	Drugs for erectile dysfunction and benign prostatic hyperplasia	761
66	Review of the immune system	768
67	Childhood immunization	779
68	Immunosuppressants	795
69	Antihistamines	802
70	Cyclooxygenase inhibitors : nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and acetaminophen	809
71	Glucocorticoids in nonendocrine diseases	827
72	Drug therapy of rheumatoid arthritis and gout	837
73	Drugs affecting calcium levels and bone mineralization	847
74	Drugs for asthma	866
75	Drugs for allergic rhinitis, cough, and colds	883
76	Drugs for peptic ulcer disease	891
77	Laxatives	904
78	Other gastrointestinal drugs	911
79	Vitamins	925
80	Enteral and parenteral nutrition	936
81	Drugs for obesity	940
82	Basic principles of antimicrobial therapy	948
83	Drugs that weaken the bacterial cell wall I : penicillins	962
84	Drugs that weaken the bacteria cell wall II : cephalosporins, carbapenems, vancomycin, aztreonam, teicoplanin, and fosfomycin	972
85	Bacteriostatic inhibitors of protein synthesis : tetracyclines, macrolides, and others	981
86	Aminoglycosides : bactericidal inhibitors of protein synthesis	994
87	Sulfonamides and trimethoprim	1002
88	Drug therapy of urinary tract infections	1009
89	Antimycobacterial agents : drugs for tuberculosis, leprosy, and Mycobacterium avium complex infection	1014
90	Miscellaneous antibacterial drugs : fluoroquinolones, metronidazole, daptomycin, rifampin, bacitracin, and polymyxins	1029
91	Antifungal agents	1035
92	Antiviral agents I : drugs for non-HIV viral infections	1048
93	Antiviral agents II : drugs for HIV infection and related opportunistic infections	1064
94	Drug therapy of sexually transmitted diseases	1107
95	Antiseptics and disinfectants	1115
96	Anthelmintics	1121
97	Antiprotozoal drugs I : antimalarial agents	1126
98	Antiprotozoal drugs II : miscellaneous agents	1133
99	Extoparasiticides	1139
100	Basic principles of cancer chemotherapy	1142
101	Anticancer drugs I : cytotoxic agents	1157
102	Anticancer drugs II : hormonal agents, biologic response modifiers, and targeted drugs	1172
103	Drugs for the eye	1191
104	Drugs for the skin	1201
105	Drugs for the ear	1217
106	Miscellaneous noteworthy drugs	1224
107	Herbal supplements	1234
108	Management of poisoning	1245
109	Potential weapons of biologic, radiologic, and chemical terrorism	1251