8TH EDITION BY AMY M. KARCH ALL CHAPTERS
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,TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION TO DRUGS
CHAPTER 2 DRUGS AND THE BODY
CHAPTER 3 TOXIC EFFECTS OF DRUGS
CHAPTER 4 THE NURSING PROCESS IN
DRUG THERAPY AND PATIENT SAFETY
CHAPTER 5 DOSAGE CALCULATIONS
CHAPTER 6 CHALLENGES TO EFFECTIVE
DRUG THERAPY
PART 2 CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC AGENTS
CHAPTER 7 INTRODUCTION TO CELL
PHYSIOLOGY
CHAPTER 8 ANTIINFECTIVE AGENTS
CHAPTER 9 ANTIBIOTICS
CHAPTER 10 ANTIVIRAL AGENTS
CHAPTER 11 ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS
CHAPTER 12 ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS
CHAPTER 13 ANTHELMINTIC AGENTS
CHAPTER 14 ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS
PART 3 DRUGS ACTING ON THE IMMUNE SYSTEM
CHAPTER 15 INTRODUCTION TO THE
IMMUNE RESPONSE AND INFLAMMATION
CHAPTER 16 ANTIINFLAMMATORY,
ANTIARTHRITIS, AND RELATED AGENTS
CHAPTER 17 IMMUNE MODULATORS
CHAPTER 18 VACCINES AND SERA
PART 4 DRUGS ACTING ON THE CENTRAL AND
PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEMS
CHAPTER 19 INTRODUCTION TO NERVES
AND THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
CHAPTER 20 ANXIOLYTIC AND HYPNOTIC
AGENTS
,CHAPTER 21 ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENTS
CHAPTER 22 PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC
AGENTS
CHAPTER 23 ANTISEIZURE AGENTS
CHAPTER 24 ANTIPARKINSONISM AGENTS
CHAPTER 25 MUSCLE RELAXANTS
CHAPTER 26 OPIOID AGONISTS, OPIOID
ANTAGONISTS, AND ANTIMIGRAINE AGENTS
CHAPTER 27 GENERAL AND LOCAL
ANESTHETIC AGENTS
CHAPTER 28 NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION
BLOCKING AGENTS
PART 5 DRUGS ACTING ON THE AUTONOMIC
NERVOUS SYSTEM
CHAPTER 29 INTRODUCTION TO THE
AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM
CHAPTER 30 ADRENERGIC AGONISTS
CHAPTER 31 ADRENERGIC ANTAGONISTS
CHAPTER 32 CHOLINERGIC AGONISTS
CHAPTER 33 ANTICHOLINERGIC AGENTS
PART 6 DRUGS ACTING ON THE ENDOCRINE
SYSTEM
CHAPTER 34 INTRODUCTION TO THE
ENDOCRINE SYSTEM
CHAPTER 35 HYPOTHALAMIC AND
PITUITARY AGENTS
CHAPTER 36 ADRENOCORTICAL AGENTS
CHAPTER 37 THYROID AND PARATHYROID
AGENTS
CHAPTER 38 AGENTS TO CONTROL BLOOD
GLUCOSE LEVELS
PART 7 DRUGS ACTING ON THE REPRODUCTIVE
SYSTEM
CHAPTER 39 INTRODUCTION TO THE
, REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM
CHAPTER 40 DRUGS AFFECTING THE
FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM
CHAPTER 41 DRUGS AFFECTING THE
MALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM
PART 8 DRUGS ACTING ON THE
CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
CHAPTER 42 INTRODUCTION TO THE
CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
CHAPTER 43 DRUGS AFFECTING BLOOD
PRESSURE
CHAPTER 44 AGENTS FOR TREATING
HEART FAILURE
CHAPTER 45 ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENTS
CHAPTER 46 ANTIANGINAL AGENTS
CHAPTER 47 LIPID-LOWERING AGENTS
CHAPTER 48 DRUGS AFFECTING BLOOD
COAGULATION
CHAPTER 49 DRUGS USED TO TREAT
ANEMIAS
PART 9 DRUGS ACTING ON THE RENAL SYSTEM
CHAPTER 50 INTRODUCTION TO THE
RENAL SYSTEM
CHAPTER 51 DIURETIC AGENTS
CHAPTER 52 DRUGS AFFECTING THE
URINARY TRACT AND THE BLADDER
PART 10 DRUGS ACTING ON THE RESPIRATORY
SYSTEM
CHAPTER 53 INTRODUCTION TO THE
RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
CHAPTER 54 DRUGS ACTING ON THE
UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT
CHAPTER 55 DRUGS ACTING ON THE
LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT