Introduction -- Orientation to pharmacology -- Application of pharmacology in nursing practice -- Drug regulation, development, names, and information -- II. Basic principles of pharmacology -- Pharmacokinetics -- Pharmacodynamics -- Drug interactions -- Adverse drug reactions and medication errors -- Individual variation in drug responses -- III. Drug therapy across the lifespan -- Drug therapy during pregnancy and breast-feeding -- Drug therapy in pediatric patients -- Drug therapy in geriatric patients -- IV. Peripheral Nervous system Durgs -- Basic principles of neuropharmacology -- Physiology of the peripheral nervous system -- Cholinergic drugs -- Muscarinic agonists and antagonists -- Cholinesterase inhibitors and their use in myasthenia gravis -- Drugs that block nicotinic cholinergic transmission: neuromuscular blocking agents and ganglionic blocking agents -- Adrenergic drugs -- Adrenergic agonists -- Adrenergic antagonists -- Indirect-acting antiadrenergic agents -- V. Central nervous system drugs -- Introduction to central nervous system pharmacology -- Drugs for Neurodegenerative disorders -- Drugs for Parkinson's disease -- Alzheimer's disease -- Drugs for multiple sclerosis -- Neurologic drugs -- Drugs for epilepsy -- Drugs for muscle spasm and spasticity -- Drugs for pain -- Local anesthetics -- General anesthetics -- Opioid (narcotic) analgesics, opioid antagonists, and nonopioid centrally acting analgesics -- Pain management in patients with cancer -- Drugs for headache -- Psychotherapeutic drugs -- Antipsychotic agents and their use in schizophrenia -- Antidepressants -- Drugs for bipolar disorder -- Sedative-hypnotic drugs -- Management of anxiety disorders -- Central nervous system stimulants and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder -- Drug abuse -- Drug abuse I: basic considerations -- Drug abuse II: alcohol -- Drug abuse III: major drugs of abuse (other than alcohol) -- VI. Drugs that affect fluid and electrolyte balance -- Diuretics -- Agents affecting the volume and ion content of body fluids -- VII. Drugs that affect the heart, blood vessels, and blood -- Review of hemodynamics -- Drugs acting on the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system -- Calcium channel blockers -- Vasodilators -- Drugs for hypertension -- Drugs for heart failure -- Antidysrhythmic drugs -- Prophylaxis of coronary heart disease: drugs that lower LDL cholesterol levels -- Drugs for angina pectoris -- Anticoagulant, antiplatelet, and thrombolytic drugs -- Management of ST-elevation myocardial infarction -- Drugs for hemophilia -- Drugs for deficiency anemias -- Hematopoietic growth factors -- VIII. Drugs for endocrine disorders -- Drugs for diabetes mellitus -- Drugs for thyroid disorders -- Drugs related to hypothalamic and pituitary function -- Drugs for disorders of the adrenal cortex -- IX. Women's health -- Estrogens and progestins: basic pharmacology and noncontraceptive applications -- Birth control -- Drug therapy of infertility -- Drugs that affect uterine function -- X. Men's health -- Androgens -- Drugs for erectile dysfunction and benign prostatic hyperplasia -- XI. Anti-inflammartory, antiallergic, and immunologic drugs -- Review of the immune system -- Childhood immunization -- Immunosuppressants -- Antihistamines -- Cyclooxygenase inhibitors: nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and acetaminophen -- Glucocorticoids in nonendocrine diseases -- XII. Drugs for bone and joint disorders -- Drug therapy of rheumatoid arthritis and gout -- Drugs affecting calcium levels and bone mineralization -- XIII. Respiratory tract drugs -- Drugs for asthma -- Drugs for allergic rhinitis, cough, and colds -- XIV. Gastrointestinal drugs -- Drugs for peptic ulcer disease -- Laxatives -- Other gastrointestinal drugs -- XV. Nutrition -- Vitamins -- Enteral and parenteral nutrition -- Drugs for obesity -- XVI. Chemotherapy of infectious diseases -- Basic principles of antimicrobial therapy -- Drugs that weaken the bacterial cell wall I: penicillins -- Drugs that weaken the bacterial cell wall II: cephalosporins, carbapenems, vancomycin, aztreonam, teicoplanin, and fosfomycin -- Bacteriostatic inhibitors of protein synthesis: tetracyclines, macrolides and others -- Aminoglycosides: bactericidal inhibitors of protein synthesis -- Sulfonamides and trimethoprim -- Drug therapy of urinary tract infections -- Antimycobacterial agents: drugs for tuberculosis, leprosy, and mycobacterium avium complex infection -- Miscellaneous antibacterial drugs: fluoroquinolones, metronidazole, daptomycin, rifampin, bacitracin, and polymyxins -- Antifungal agents -- Antiviral agents I: drugs for non-HIV viral infections -- Antiviral agents II: drugs for HIV infection and related opportunistic infections -- Drug therapy of sexually transmitted diseases -- Antiseptics and disinfectants -- XVI. Chemotherapy of patasitic diseases -- Anthelmintics -- Antiprotozoal drugs i: antimalarial agents -- Antiprotozoal drugs II: miscellaneous agents -- Ectoparasiticides -- XVIII. Cancer chemotherapy -- Basic principles of cancer chemotherapy -- Anticancer drugs I: cytotoxic agents -- Anticancer drugs II: hormonal agents, biologic response modifiers, and targeted drugs -- XIX. Additional important drugs -- Drugs for the eye -- Drugs for the skin -- Drugs for the ear -- Miscellaneous noteworthy drugs -- XX. Alternative therapy -- Herbal supplements -- XXI. Toxicology -- Management of poisoning -- Potential weapons of biologic, radiologic, and chemical terrorism -- Appendixes -- Adult immunization -- Guide to gender-related drugs -- Pronunciation of generic drug names -- Weights and measures -- Normal laboratory values -- Commonly used abbreviations -- Techniques of drug administration -- Poison Control Centers in the United States -- Canadian drug information -- Major drug classes and their prototypes -- Very new drugs and important new formulations of older drugs.