CD-ROM inside back cover

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents: 1. Introduction: Orientation to pharmacology -- Application of pharmacology in nursing practice -- Drug regulation, development, names and information -- 2. Basic principles of pharmacology: Pharmacokinetics -- Pharmacodynamics -- Drug interactions -- Adverse drug reactions and medication errors -- Individual variation in drug responses -- 3. Drug therapy across the life span: Drug therapy during pregnancy and breast-feeding -- Drug therapy in pediatric patients -- Drug therapy in geriatric patients -- 4. Peripheral nervous system drugs: Basic principles of neuropharmacology -- Physiology of the peripheral nervous system -- 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 agonists -- Adrenergic antagonists -- Indirect-acting antiadrenergic agents -- 5. Central nervous system drugs: Introduction to central nervous system pharmacology -- Drugs for parkinson's disease -- Alzheimer's disease -- Drugs for multiple sclerosis -- Drugs for epilepsy --Drugs for muscle spasm and spasticity -- Local anesthetics -- General anesthetics -- Opioid(narcotic) analgesics, opioid antagonists and nonopioid centrally acting analgesics -- Pain management in patients with cancer -- Drugs for headache -- 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 I: basic considerations -- Drug abuse II: alcohol -- Drug abuse III: major drugs of abuse (other than alcohol) -- 6. Drugs that affect fluid and electrolyte balance: Diuretics -- Agents affecting the volume and ion content of body fluids -- 7. 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 -- 8. 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 -- 9. Women's health: Estrogens and progestins: basic pharmacology an noncontraceptive applications -- Birth control -- Drug therapy of infertility -- Drugs that affect uterine function -- 10. Men's health: Androgens -- Drugs for erectile dysfunction and benign prostatic hyperplasia -- 11. Anti-inflammatory, 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 -- 12. Drugs for bone and joint disorders: Drug therapy of rheumatoid arthritis and gout -- Drugs affecting calcium levels and bone mineralization -- 13. Respiratory tract drugs: Drugs for asthma -- Drugs for allergic rhinitis, cough and colds -- 14. Gastrointestinal drugs: Drugs for peptic ulcer disease -- Laxatives -- Other gastrointestinal drugs -- 15. Nutrition: Vitamins -- Enteral and parenteral nutrition -- Drugs for obesity -- 16. 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, 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 -- 17. Chemotherapy of parasitic diseases: Anthelmintics -- Antiprotozoal drugs I: antimalarial agents -- Antiprotozoal drugs II: miscellaneous agents -- Ectoparasiticides -- 18. Cancer chemotherapy: Basic principles of cancer chemotherapy -- Anticancer drugs I: cytotoxic agents -- Anticancer drugs II: hormonal agents, biologic response modifiers and targeted drugs -- 19. Additional important drugs: Drugs for the eye -- Drugs for the skin -- Drugs for the ear -- Miscellaneous noteworthy drugs -- 20. Alternative therapy: Herbal supplements -- 21. Toxicology: Management of poisoning -- Potential weapons of biologic, radiologic and chemical terrorism --