Understanding Medications
American Chemical Society (Verlag)
978-0-8412-3246-4 (ISBN)
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Presents a history of the discovery of drugs, including digitalis, aspirin, and sulfanilamide. Explains the mode of action of most major drugs. Explores the economical, ethical, and medical factors of drugs. Discusses the action of hormones, vitamins, enzymes, and other biocatalysts. Provides the reader with information on drugs in a clear and understandable manner. Valuable reading for anyone interested in the history, uses, and action of medications.
Drugs: Historical Beginnings; Early Records of Natural Drugs; Inorganic Drugs; Some Medieval Medicines; Early Modern Medicines; Digitalis; Opiates; Side Effects and Standardization of Drugs; Naming Drugs; How Drugs Are Named; Some Alternative Drug Names; Biomedical Research; The Role of the Pharmaceutical Industry in Drug Development; Why Drugs Are Expensive; Modern Drug Discovery and Development; Clinical Trials; Over-the-Counter Drugs; How Drugs Are Made; Biotechnology in Drug Preparation; Getting Drugs Ready for Use; Chiral Drugs; Molecular Modification of Prototype Drugs; Drug Use and Abuse; Drug Interactions; Physicians and Drugs; Quackery; Neurohormones and Drugs That Affect the Central Nervous System; Neurohormones; Antipsychotic Agents; Antidepressants; Antianxiety Agents; Sedative-Hypnotics; Ethyl Alcohol; Brain Stimulants; Lithium; Drugs That Evoke Psychoses; Anticonvulsants; Drugs for Parkinson's and Alzheimer's Diseases; Drugs for the Relief from Pain; Opiates; Antiinflammatory Agents; Anticholinergics; Local Anesthetics, Antispasmodics, and Antihistamines; Local Anesthetics; Antispasmodics and Antihistamines; Drugs That Act on the Blood Pressure and the Heart; Drugs for Heart Diseases; Diuretics; Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors; Coagulants and Anticoagulants; Intestinal Tract Medications; Antacids; Cathartics; Constipating Drugs; Hormones and Vitamins; Sex Hormones; Insulin; Other Hormones; Vitamins; Drugs for the Treatment of Cancer; Drugs Affecting the Immune Response; Research into the Immune Response; Biotechnology; Drugs for Infectious Diseases; Classification of Pathogenic Parasites; Chemotherapy of Bacterials Infections; Antibiotics; Malaria and Antimalarials; Drugs for Amebiasis; Other Protozoan Diseases; Anthelmintics; Antifungal Agents; Antiviral Drugs; Computer Assistance in Medicinal Research; Antiseptics and Disinfectants; What's Next; Glossary: Some Chemical and Medical Terms
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 5.5.1995 |
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| Zusatzinfo | black & white illustrations |
| Verlagsort | Washington |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie |
| Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Pharmakologie / Pharmakotherapie | |
| Medizin / Pharmazie ► Studium ► 1. Studienabschnitt (Vorklinik) | |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Chemie | |
| Technik | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-8412-3246-6 / 0841232466 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-8412-3246-4 / 9780841232464 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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