Drugs and Their Actions
Edition: 3
Copyright: 2022
Pages: 246
Edition: 3
Copyright: 2024
Pages: 246
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"The faculty at Tulane University School of Medicine's Department of Pharmacology, along with senior graduate students, developed this text for use in their course designed to educate juniors and seniors about drugs and their mechanisms of action. Their efforts provide this general education in introductory pharmacology which has proven successful for teachers and learners.
The chapter organization is based on the experiences of the authors with regard to the rationale for presenting each drug class and principles associate with it. A glossary is provided because many terms are new to students.
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Chapter 1: Introduction and General Principles
Chapter 2: Molecular and Cellular Targets for Drugs
Chapter 3: Pharmacokinetics and Metabolism
Chapter 4: The Autonomic Nervous System
Chapter 5: The Parasympathetic Drugs: Cholinergic Agonists and Antagonists
Chapter 6: The Sympathetic Drugs: Adrenergic Agonists and Antagonists
Chapter 7: Analgesics and Autacoids
Chapter 8: Drugs Affecting the Respiratory System
Chapter 9: Gastrointestinal Drugs
Chapter 10: Drugs That Affect Blood
Chapter 11: Lipid Disorders
Chapter 12: Drugs and The Kidney
Chapter 13: Hypertension And Its Treatment
Chapter 14: Drugs Used to Treat Angina Pectoris and Heart Failure
Chapter 15: Antibiotics
Chapter 16: Cancer Chemotherapy and Gene Therapy
Chapter 17: Drugs And The Central Nervous System
Chapter 18: Drug Abuse and Society
Chapter 19: The Opioids
Chapter 20: Central Nervous System Stimulants
Chapter 21: Drugs for the Major Psychiatric Disorders
Chapter 22: Sedative/Hypnotic Drugs
Chapter 23: Alcohol
Chapter 24: Anesthetics
Chapter 25: Psychedelic Drugs
Chapter 26: Introduction to Hormones Used as Drugs and Sex Hormones
Chapter 27: Hormones of the Adrenal Cortex
Chapter 28: Insulin and Drugs for Diabetes
Chapter 29: Thyroid and Anti-Thyroid Drugs
Chapter 30: Poisonings and Their Treatment
Chapter 31: Cannabinoids
Barbara S. Beckman, Ph.D. is Professor of Pharmacology and Associate Dean of Admissions at the Tulane University School of Medicine. A graduate of Newcomb College, she began her academic career at Tulane as a postdoctoral fellow before joining the faculty, where she built a distinguished career in pharmacology and cancer-related research. In addition to her contributions to teaching and biomedical research, Dr. Beckman has been a strong advocate for diversity in the sciences.
Tricia Hardt Smith, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor at Virginia Commonwealth University whose research focuses on cellular and molecular pharmacology. She earned her Ph.D. in Pharmacology from the Medical College of Virginia in 2009 and her M.S. in Pharmacology from the Tulane University School of Medicine in 2001. Her research investigates cell signaling, electrophysiology, G-protein coupled receptor function, and the pharmacological mechanisms underlying drugs of abuse, advancing the understanding of cellular processes that influence health and disease.