Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents: Introduction -- Drug Receptors & Pharmacodynamics -- Pharmacokinetics & Pharmacodynamics: Rational Dosing & the Time Course of Drug Action -- Drug Biotransformation -- Development & Regulation of Drugs -- Introduction to Autonomic Pharmacology -- Cholinoceptor-Activating & Cholinesterase Inhibiting Drugs -- Cholinoceptor-Blocking Drugs -- Adrenoceptor Agonists & Sympathomimetic Drugs -- Adrenoceptor Antagonist Drugs -- Antihypertensive Agents -- Vasodilators & the Treatment of Angina Pectoris -- Drugs Used in Heart Failure -- Agents Used in Cardiac Arrhythmias -- Diuretic Agents -- Histamine, Serotonin, & the Ergot Alkaloids -- Vasoactive Peptides -- The Eicosanoids: Prostaglandins, Thromboxanes, Leukotrienes, & Related Compounds -- Drugs Used in Asthma -- Introduction to the Pharmacology of CNS Drugs -- Sedative-Hypnotic Drugs -- The Alcohols -- Antiseizure Drugs -- General Anesthetics -- Local Anesthetics -- Skeletal Muscle Relaxants -- Pharmacologic Management of Parkinsonism & Other Movement Disorders -- Antipsychotic Agents & Lithium -- Antidepressant Agents -- Opioid Analgesics & Antagonists -- Drugs of Abuse -- Agents Used in Anemias; Hematopoietic Growth Factors -- Drugs Used in Disorders of Coagulation -- Agents Used in Dyslipidemia -- Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs, Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs, Nonopioid Analgesics, & Drugs Used in Gout -- Hypothalamic & Pituitary Hormones -- The gonadal hormones & adrenocortical -- The Gonadal Hormones & Inhibitors -- Pancreatic Hormones & Antidiabetic Drugs -- Agents That Affect Bone Mineral Homeostasis -- Beta-Lactam & Other Cell Wall- & Membrane-Active Antibiotics -- Tetracyclines, Macrolides, Clindamycin, Chloral, Streptogramins, & Oxazolidinones -- Aminoglycosides & Spectinomycin -- Sulfonamides, Trimethoprim, & Quinolones -- Antimycobacterial Drugs -- Antifungal Agents -- Antiviral Agents -- Miscellaneous Antimicrobial Agents; Disinfectants, Antiseptics, & Sterilants -- Clinical Use of Antimicrobial Agents -- Antiprotozoal Drugs -- Cancer Chemotherapy -- Immunopharmacology -- Introduction to Toxicology: Occupational & Environmental -- Heavy Metal Intoxication & Chelators -- Special Aspects of Perinatal & Pediatric Pharmacology -- Special Aspects of Geriatric Pharmacology -- Dermatologic Pharmacology -- Drugs Used in the Treatment of Gastrointestinal Diseases -- Therapeutic & Toxic Potential of Over-the-Counter Agents -- Dietary Supplements & Herbal Medications -- Important Drug Interactions & Their Mechanisms --