Lehne's Pharmacotherapeutics for Advanced Practice Nurses and Physician Assistants, 3rd Ed.
By Rosenthal and Burchum – Advanced Pharmacology Exam Preparation Resource
,Table of contents
UNIT I Introduction
1. Prescriptive Authority
2. Rational Drug Selection and Prescription Writing
3. Promoting Positive Outcomes of Drug Therapy
UNIT II Basic Principles of Pharmacology
4. Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics, and Drug Interactions
5. Adverse Drug Reactions and Medication Errors
6. Individual Variation in Drug Responses
7. Genetic and Genomic Considerations in Pharmacotherapeutics
UNIT III Drug Therapy Across the Life Span
8. Drug Therapy During Pregnancy and Breastfeeding
9. Drug Therapy in Pediatric Patients
10. Drug Therapy in Geriatric Patients
UNIT IV Peripheral Nervous System Drugs
11. Basic Principles of Neuropharmacology
12. Physiology of the Peripheral Nervous System
13. Muscarinic Agonists and Cholinesterase Inhibitors
14. Muscarinic Antagonists
15. Adrenergic Agonists
16. Adrenergic Antagonists
17. Indirect-Acting Antiadrenergic Agents
UNIT V Central Nervous System Drugs
18. Introduction to Central Nervous System Pharmacology
19. Drugs for Parkinson Disease
20. Drugs for Alzheimer Disease
21. Drugs for Seizure Disorders
22. Drugs for Muscle Spasm and Spasticity
UNIT VI Drugs for Pain
23. Local Anesthetics
24. Opioid Analgesics, Opioid Antagonists, and Nonopioid Centrally Acting Analgesics
,25. Drugs for Headache
UNIT VII Psychotherapeutic Drugs
26. Antipsychotic Agents and Their Use in Schizophrenia
27. Antidepressants
28. Drugs for Bipolar Disorder
29. Sedative-Hypnotic Drugs
30. Management of Anxiety Disorders
31. Central Nervous System Stimulants and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
UNIT VIII Substance Use Disorders
32. Substance Use Disorders I: Basic Considerations
33. Substance Use Disorders II: Alcohol
34. Substance Use Disorders III: Nicotine and Smoking
35. Substance Use Disorders IV: Major Drugs of Misuse Other Than Alcohol and Nicotine
UNIT IX Drugs That Affect the Heart, Blood Vessels, Blood, and Blood Volume
36. Review of Hemodynamics
37. Diuretics
38. Drugs Acting on the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System
39. Calcium Channel Blockers
40. Vasodilators
41. Drugs for Hypertension
42. Drugs for Heart Failure
43. Antidysrhythmic Drugs
44. Prophylaxis of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease: Drugs That Help Normalize Cholesterol and Triglyceride Levels
45. Drugs for Angina Pectoris
46. Anticoagulant and Antiplatelet Drugs
47. Drugs for Deficiency Anemias
UNIT X Drugs for Endocrine Disorders
48. Drugs for Diabetes
49. Drugs for Thyroid Disorders
UNIT XI Reproductive Health
50. Estrogens and Progestins: Basic Pharmacology and Noncontraceptive Applications
, 51. Birth Control
52. Androgens
53. Drugs for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia
54. Drugs for Sexual Dysfunction
55. Transgender Health
UNIT XII Antiinflammatory, Antiallergic, and Immunologic Drugs
56. Review of the Immune System
57. Childhood Immunization
58. Antihistamines
59. Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors, Nonsteroidal Antiinflammatory Drugs, and Acetaminophen
60. Glucocorticoids in Nonendocrine Disorders
UNIT XIII Drugs for Bone and Joint Disorders
61. Drug Therapy for Rheumatoid Arthritis
62. Drug Therapy for Gout
63. Drugs Affecting Calcium Levels and Bone Mineralization
UNIT XIV Respiratory Tract Drugs
64. Drugs for Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
65. Drugs for Allergic Rhinitis, Cough, and Colds
UNIT XV Gastrointestinal Drugs
66. Drugs for Peptic Ulcer Disease
67. Laxatives
68. Other Gastrointestinal Drugs
UNIT XVI Nutrition and Complementary Therapies
69. Vitamins
70. Drugs for Obesity
71. Complementary and Alternative Therapy
UNIT XVII Therapy for Infectious and Parasitic Diseases
72. Basic Principles of Antimicrobial Therapy
73. Drugs That Weaken the Bacterial Cell Wall I: Penicillins
74. Drugs That Weaken the Bacterial Cell Wall II: Other Drugs
75. Bacteriostatic Inhibitors of Protein Synthesis