Drugs in use [E-Book]

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; INTRODUCTION; SOME CLASSES OF DRUGS; COMMON ABBREVIATIONS USED IN DRUG ADMINISTRATION; Latin abbreviations; Routes of administration; Units used in drug administration; Recognised drug abbreviations; Other common abbreviations; SOME DEFINITIONS; ROUTES OF DRUG ADMINISTRATION; Oral administration; Intravenous drug administration; DRUG ABSORPTION, DISTRIBUTION, METABOLISM AND ELIMINATION; Absorption; Drug distribution; Drug metabolism and elimination; MECHANISMS OF DRUG ACTION - PHARMACODYNAMICS; DRUG RECEPTORS; SOME DRUGS AFFECTING ADRENERGIC TRANSMISSIONDRUGS AND THE RESPIRATORY TRACT; Bronchodilators; Other drugs used in asthma; STEROIDS (GLUCOCORTICOIDS, CORTICOSTEROIDS); CARDIOVASCULAR DRUGS; Nitrates; Calcium channel blockers; Alpha adrenoreceptor antagonists; Potassium channel activators; ACE-Inhibitors; Angiotensin-II receptor antagonists; DRUGS AFFECTING CARDIAC CONTRACTILITY; Digoxin; Adrenaline; Atropine; Beta-adrenergic antagonists (beta-blockers); ANTIARRHYTHMIC DRUGS; Vaughan Williams classification of antidysrhythmic drugs; Examples of drugs used for specific cardiac arrhythmias; LIPID-LOWERING DRUGSStatins; Fibrates; NICE GUIDANCE TO CHOICE OF DRUG TREATMENT FOR NEWLY DIAGNOSED HYPERTENSION; PREVENTION OF CVD; CHRONIC HEART FAILURE; ANTITHROMBOTICS; Anticoagulants; Antiplatelet drugs; Thrombolytic agents; DIURETICS; Some common diuretics; URINARY INCONTINENCE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; ANTIEMETICS; ANALGESICS; Paracetamol; NSDAIDs; Opioids; DRUGS TO TREAT DIABETES MELLITUS; Different actions of various types of insulin; Oral hypoglycaemic agents and their action; SOME ANTIBACTERIAL DRUGS; THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; Drugs commonly used to prevent seizures in epilepsy; Parkinson's disease Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia; ANTIDEPRESSANTS; HYPNOTICS; ANTIPSYCHOTIC DRUGS; ADVERSE DRUG REACTIONS; Predisposing factors; Examples of ADRs; ADVERSE DRUG EVENTS; Some prescribing and administration errors; Possible causes of prescribing and administration errors; Preventing errors; DRUG AND FOOD INTERACTIONS; SOME DIFFERENTIATING FEATURES OF DRUG OVERDOSE; Drugs causing coma; Drugs affecting pupil size; Drugs causing respiratory features; Cardiovascular features; COMMON DRUG OVERDOSES; USEFUL WEBSITES.

Understanding how drugs work is made simple in this easy to use pocket-sized guide. Drugs in common use are described under each body system and will form an aid to your confident administration of drugs to fit your patients' needs.