Clinical Pharmacology (10th edition)

Section 1 General

1. Clinical pharmacology
2. Topics in drug therapy
3. Discovery and development of drugs
4. Evaluation of drugs in humans
5. Official regulation of medicines
6. Classification and naming of drugs

Section 2 From Pharmacology to Toxicology

1. General pharmacology
2. Unwanted effects and adverse drug reactions
3. Poisoning, overdose, antidotes
4. Drug abuse

Section 3 Inflammation, Immunology, Infection

1. Chemotherapy of infections
2. Antibacterial drugs
3. Chemotherapy of bacterial infections
4. Viral, fungal, protozoal and helminthic infections
5. Drugs for inflammation and rheumatological disease
6. Drugs and the skin

Section 4 Nervous System

1. Pain and analgesics
2. Anaesthesia and neuromuscular block
3. Psychotropic drugs
4. Epilepsy, parkinsonism and allied conditions

Section 5 Cardiorespiratory and Renal Systems

1. Cholinergic and antimuscarinic (anticholinergic) drugs
2. Adrenergic mechanisms and drugs
3. Arterial hypertension, angina pectoris, myocardial infarction
4. Cardiac arrhythmia and heart failure
5. Hyperlipidaemias
6. Kidney and genitourinary tract
7. Respiratory system

Section 6 Blood and Neoplastic Disease

1. Drugs and haemostasis
2. Cellular disorders and anaemias
3. Neoplastic disease and immunosuppression

Section 7 Gastrointestinal System

1. Oesophagus, stomach and duodenum
2. Intestines
3. Liver, biliary tract, pancreas

Section 8 Endocrine System, Metabolic Conditions

1. Adrenal corticosteroids, antagonists, corticotrophin
2. Diabetes mellitus, insulin, oral antidiabetes agents, obesity
3. Thyroid hormones, antithyroid drugs
4. Hypothalmic, pituitary and sex hormones
5. Vitamins, calcium, bone.