CHAPTER 108 Dietary supplements Regulation of Dietary Supplements Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994 Current Good Manufacturing Practices Ruling Dietary Supplement and Nonprescription Drug Consumer Protection Act A…
CHAPTER 42 Agents affecting the volume and ion content of body fluids Disorders of Fluid Volume and Osmolality Volume Contraction Volume Expansion Acid-Base Disturbances Respiratory Alkalosis Respiratory Acidosis Metabolic Alkalosis…
CHAPTER 89 Drug therapy of urinary tract infections Organisms That Cause Urinary Tract Infections Specific Urinary Tract Infections and Their Treatment Acute Cystitis Acute Uncomplicated Pyelonephritis Complicated Urinary Tract Infections…
CHAPTER 25 Drugs for muscle spasm and spasticity Drug Therapy of Muscle Spasm: Centrally Acting Muscle Relaxants Drugs for Spasticity Baclofen Diazepam Dantrolene In this chapter we consider two groups…
CHAPTER 91 Miscellaneous antibacterial drugs: fluoroquinolones, metronidazole, daptomycin, rifampin, rifaximin, bacitracin, and polymyxins Fluoroquinolones Ciprofloxacin Other Systemic Fluoroquinolones Additional Antibacterial Drugs Metronidazole Daptomycin Rifampin Rifaximin Fidaxomicin Bacitracin Polymyxin B Fluoroquinolones…
CHAPTER 97 Anthelmintics Classification of Parasitic Worms Helminthic Infestations Nematode Infestations (Intestinal) Nematode Infestations (Extraintestinal) Cestode Infestations Trematode Infestations Drugs of Choice for Helminthiasis Mebendazole Albendazole Pyrantel Pamoate Praziquantel Diethylcarbamazine…
CHAPTER 99 Antiprotozoal drugs II: miscellaneous agents Protozoal Infections Drugs of Choice for Protozoal Infections Iodoquinol Metronidazole Tinidazole Benznidazole Nitazoxanide Pentamidine Suramin Melarsoprol Eflornithine Nifurtimox Pyrimethamine Sodium Stibogluconate Miltefosine Amphotericin…
CHAPTER 2 Application of pharmacology in nursing practice Evolution of Nursing Responsibilities Regarding Drugs Application of Pharmacology in Patient Care Preadministration Assessment Dosage and Administration Evaluating and Promoting Therapeutic Effects…
CHAPTER 20 Introduction to central nervous system pharmacology Transmitters of the CNS The Blood-Brain Barrier How Do CNS Drugs Produce Therapeutic Effects? Adaptation of the CNS to Prolonged Drug Exposure…
CHAPTER 19 Indirect-acting antiadrenergic agents Centrally Acting Alpha2 Agonists Clonidine Guanabenz and Guanfacine Methyldopa and Methyldopate Adrenergic Neuron-Blocking Agents Reserpine The indirect-acting antiadrenergic agents are drugs that prevent the activation…
