PHARMACOTHERAPEUTICS FOR ADVANCED PRACTICE
NURSES AND PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS 2ND EDITION
BY JACQUELINE ROSENJACK BURCHUM, LAURA D.
ROSENTHAL
,Table Of Contents
Chapter 1: Prescriptive Authority ................................................................................................. 6
Chapter 2: Rational Drug Selection And Prescription Writing ................................................ 9
Chapter 3: Promoting Positive Outcomes Of Drug Therapy .................................................. 16
Chapter 4: Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics, And Drug Interactions ...................... 21
Chapter 5: Adverse Drug Reactions And Medication Errors .................................................. 32
Chapter 6: Individual Variation In Drug Responses ................................................................ 42
Chapter 7 Genetic And Genomic Considerations In Pharmacotherapeutics ..................... 50
Chapter 8: Drug Therapy During Pregnancy And Breast-Feeding......................................... 60
Chapter 9: Drug Therapy In Pediatric Patients ........................................................................ 68
Chapter 10: Drug Therapy In Geriatric ...................................................................................... 76
Chapter 11: Basic Principles Of Neuropharmacology ............................................................ 86
Chapter 12: Physiology Of The Peripheral Nervous System.................................................. 92
Chapter 13: Muscarinic Agonists ............................................................................................... 99
Chapter 14 Muscarinic Antagonists ........................................................................................106
Chapter 15: Adrenergic Agonists .............................................................................................113
Chapter 16: Adrenergic Antagonists .......................................................................................122
Chapter 17: Indirect-Acting Antiadrenergic Agents ..............................................................133
Chapter 18: Introduction To Central Nervous System Pharmacology ...............................142
Chapter 19: Drugs For Parkinson's Disease ..........................................................................148
Chapter 20: Drugs For Alzheimer's Disease ..........................................................................156
Chapter 21: Drugs For Seizure Disorders ...............................................................................164
Chapter 22: Drugs For Muscle Spasm And Spasticity ..........................................................171
Chapter 23: Local Anesthetics .................................................................................................179
Chapter 24: Opioid Analgesics, Opioid Antagonists, And Nonopioid Centrally Acting
Analgesics ...................................................................................................................................188
Chapter 25: Drugs For Headache ............................................................................................199
Chapter 26: Antipsychotic Agents And Their Use In Schizophrenia ...................................209
Chapter 27: Antidepressants ...................................................................................................220
Chapter 28: Drugs For Bipolar Disorder .................................................................................229
Chapter 29: Sedative-Hypnotic Drugs .....................................................................................238
,Chapter 30: Management Of Anxiety Disorders ...................................................................244
Chapter 31: Central Nervous System Stimulants And Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity
Disorder .......................................................................................................................................252
Chapter 32: Drug Abuse I: Basic Considerations ..................................................................260
Chapter 33: Drug Abuse Ii: Alcohol .........................................................................................266
Chapter 34: Drug Abuse Iii: Nicotine And Smoking ..............................................................275
Chapter 35: Drug Abuse Iv: Major Drugs Of Abuse Other Than Alcohol And Nicotine ....283
Chapter 36: Review Of Hemodynamics ..................................................................................298
Chapter 37: Diuretics.................................................................................................................302
Chapter 38: Drugs Acting On The Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System ......................309
Chapter 39: Calcium Channel Blockers ..................................................................................318
Chapter 40: Vasodilators ..........................................................................................................324
Chapter 41: Drugs For Hypertension .......................................................................................331
Chapter 42: Drugs For Heart Failure .......................................................................................346
Chapter 43: Antidysrhythmic Drugs ........................................................................................361
Chapter 44: Prophylaxis Of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease: Drugs That Help
Normalize Cholesterol And Triglyceride Levels .....................................................................377
Chapter 45: Drugs For Angina Pectoris ..................................................................................390
Chapter 46: Anticoagulant, Antiplatelet, And Thrombolytic Drugs ....................................403
Chapter 47: Drugs For Deficiency Anemias ...........................................................................417
Chapter 48: Drugs For Diabetes Mellitus ...............................................................................427
Chapter 49: Drugs For Thyroid Disorders ...............................................................................439
Chapter 50: Estrogens And Progestins: Basic Pharmacology And Noncontraceptive
Applications ................................................................................................................................449
Chapter 51: Birth Control ..........................................................................................................455
Chapter 52: Androgens .............................................................................................................467
Chapter 53: Drugs For Erectile Dysfunction And Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia ..............475
Chapter 54: Review Of The Immune System.........................................................................480
Chapter 55: Childhood Immunization .....................................................................................487
Chapter 56: Antihistamines .....................................................................................................498
Chapter 57: Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors: Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs And
Acetaminophen ..........................................................................................................................507
, Chapter 58: Glucocorticoids In Nonendocrine Disorders .....................................................517
Chapter 59: Drug Therapy Of Rheumatoid Arthritis .............................................................528
Chapter 60: Drug Therapy Of Gout ..........................................................................................534
Chapter 61: Drugs Affecting Calcium Levels And Bone Mineralization ............................541
Chapter 62: Drugs For Asthma And Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease .................552
Chapter 63: Drugs For Allergic Rhinitis, Cough, And Colds .................................................566
Chapter 64: Drugs For Peptic Ulcer Disease ..........................................................................576
Chapter 65: Laxatives ................................................................................................................585
Chapter 66: Other Gastrointestinal Drugs ..............................................................................595
Chapter 67: Vitamins .................................................................................................................609
Chapter 68: Drugs For Weight Loss ........................................................................................618
Chapter 69: Complementary And Alternative Therapies .....................................................627
Chapter 70: Basic Principles Of Antimicrobial Therapy .......................................................634
Chapter 71: Drugs That Weaken The Bacterial Cell Wall I: Penicillin’s .............................642
Chapter 72: Drugs That Weaken The Bacterial Cell Wall Ii: Other Drugs .........................652
Chapter 73: Bacteriostatic Inhibitors Of Protein Synthesis .................................................661
Chapter 74: Aminoglycosides: Bactericidal Inhibitors Of Protein Synthesis ....................675
Chapter 75: Sulfonamides And Trimethoprim ......................................................................688
Chapter 76: Drug Therapy Of Urinary Tract Infections .........................................................697
Chapter 77: Antimycobacterial Agents...................................................................................707
Chapter 78: Miscellaneous Antibacterial Drugs....................................................................720
Chapter 79: Antifungal Agents.................................................................................................726
Chapter 80: Antiviral Agents I: Drugs For Non-Hiv Viral Infections .....................................741
Chapter 81: Antiviral Agents Ii: Drugs For Hiv Infection And Related Opportunistic
Infections .....................................................................................................................................752
Chapter 82: Drug Therapy Of Sexually Transmitted Diseases ............................................761
Chapter 83: Anthelmintics, Antiprotozoal Drugs, And Ectoparasitic Ides .........................769
Chapter 84 Introduction To Immunomodulators ..................................................................775
Chapter 85: Supportive Care Of Patients Receiving Anticancer Drugs .............................783
Chapter 86: Drugs For Cancer Pain .........................................................................................794
Chapter 87: Drugs For The Eye ................................................................................................806