LEHNE'S PHARMACOTHERAPEUTICS FOR ADVANCED PRACTICE
NURSES AND PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS 2ND EDITION
BY LAURA D. ROSENTHAL LATEST PDATE.
, Table Of Contents
Chapter 1: Prescriptive Authoritytest Bank .................................................................................................................... 5
Chapter 2: Rational Drug Selection And Prescription Writing....................................................................................... 7
Chapter 3: Promoting Positive Outcomes Of Drug Therapy ........................................................................................ 10
Chapter 4: Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics, And Drug Interactions ................................................................. 13
Chapter 5: Adverse Drug Reactions And Medication Errors........................................................................................ 19
Chapter 6: Individual Variation In Drug Responses ..................................................................................................... 24
Chapter 7 Genetic And Genomic Considerations Inpharmacotherapeutics .................................................................. 29
Chapter 8: Drug Therapy During Pregnancy And Breast-Feedingtest Bank ................................................................ 36
Chapter 9: Drug Therapy In Pediatric Patients ............................................................................................................. 41
Chapter 10: Drug Therapy In Geriatric ......................................................................................................................... 46
Chapter 11: Basic Principles Of Neuropharmacology .................................................................................................. 51
Chapter 12: Physiology Of The Peripheral Nervous System ........................................................................................ 55
Chapter 13: Muscarinic Agonists.................................................................................................................................. 58
Chapter 14 Muscarinic Antagonists .............................................................................................................................. 62
Chapter 15: Adrenergic Agonists .................................................................................................................................. 68
Chapter 16: Adrenergic Antagonists ............................................................................................................................. 73
Chapter 17: Indirect-Acting Antiadrenergic Agents ..................................................................................................... 80
Chapter 18: Introduction To Central Nervous System Pharmacology.......................................................................... 85
Chapter 19: Drugs For Parkinson's Disease .................................................................................................................. 88
Chapter 20: Drugs For Alzheimer's Disease ................................................................................................................. 92
Chapter 21: Drugs For Seizure Disorders ..................................................................................................................... 96
Chapter 22: Drugs For Muscle Spasm And Spasticity................................................................................................ 100
Chapter 23: Local Anesthetics .................................................................................................................................... 105
Chapter 24: Opioid Analgesics, Opioid Antagonists, And Nonopioid Centrally Acting Analgesics ......................... 109
Chapter 25: Drugs For Headache ................................................................................................................................ 115
Chapter 26: Antipsychotic Agents And Their Use In Schizophrenia.......................................................................... 121
Chapter 27: Antidepressants ....................................................................................................................................... 127
Chapter 28: Drugs For Bipolar Disorder..................................................................................................................... 132
Chapter 29: Sedative-Hypnotic Drugs ........................................................................................................................ 137
Chapter 30: Management Of Anxiety Disorders ........................................................................................................ 141
Chapter 31: Central Nervous System Stimulants And Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder ............................. 145
Chapter 32: Drug Abuse I: Basic Considerations ....................................................................................................... 150
Chapter 33: Drug Abuse Ii: Alcohol ........................................................................................................................... 154
Chapter 34: Drug Abuse Iii: Nicotine And Smoking.................................................................................................. 159
Chapter 35: Drug Abuse Iv: Major Drugs Of Abuse Other Than Alcohol And Nicotine ........................................... 163
Chapter 36: Review Of Hemodynamics ..................................................................................................................... 171
Chapter 37: Diuretics .................................................................................................................................................. 174
Chapter 38: Drugs Acting On The Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System ............................................................. 178
Chapter 39: Calcium Channel Blockers ...................................................................................................................... 183
Chapter 40: Vasodilators............................................................................................................................................. 186
Chapter 41: Drugs For Hypertensiontest Bank ........................................................................................................... 190
,Chapter 42: Drugs For Heart Failure .......................................................................................................................... 198
Chapter 43: Antidysrhythmic Drugs ........................................................................................................................... 206
Chapter 44: Prophylaxis Of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease: Drugs That Help Normalize Cholesterol And
Triglyceride Levels ..................................................................................................................................................... 215
Chapter 45: Drugs For Angina Pectoris ...................................................................................................................... 222
Chapter 46: Anticoagulant, Antiplatelet, And Thrombolytic Drugs ........................................................................... 229
Chapter 47: Drugs For Deficiency Anemias ............................................................................................................... 236
Chapter 48: Drugs For Diabetes Mellitus ................................................................................................................... 243
Chapter 49: Drugs For Thyroid Disorders .................................................................................................................. 249
Chapter 50: Estrogens And Progestins: Basic Pharmacology And Noncontraceptiveapplications ............................. 255
Chapter 51: Birth Control ........................................................................................................................................... 258
Chapter 52: Androgens ............................................................................................................................................... 264
Chapter 53: Drugs For Erectile Dysfunction And Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia ....................................................... 269
Chapter 54: Review Of The Immune System ............................................................................................................. 271
Chapter 55: Childhood Immunization......................................................................................................................... 275
Chapter 56: Antihistamines......................................................................................................................................... 281
Chapter 57: Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors: Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs Andacetaminophen...................... 286
Chapter 58: Glucocorticoids In Nonendocrine Disorders ........................................................................................... 292
Chapter 59: Drug Therapy Of Rheumatoid Arthritis .................................................................................................. 298
Chapter 60: Drug Therapy Of Gout ............................................................................................................................ 302
Chapter 61: Drugs Affecting Calcium Levels And Bone Mineralization ................................................................... 305
Chapter 62: Drugs For Asthma And Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease ........................................................... 312
Chapter 63: Drugs For Allergic Rhinitis, Cough, And Colds ..................................................................................... 319
Chapter 64: Drugs For Peptic Ulcer Disease............................................................................................................... 325
Chapter 65: Laxatives ................................................................................................................................................. 330
Chapter 66: Other Gastrointestinal Drugs ................................................................................................................... 336
Chapter 67: Vitamins .................................................................................................................................................. 343
Chapter 68: Drugs For Weight Loss ........................................................................................................................... 349
Chapter 69: Complementary And Alternative Therapies ............................................................................................ 354
Chapter 70: Basic Principles Of Antimicrobial Therapy ............................................................................................. 357
Chapter 71: Drugs That Weaken The Bacterial Cell Wall I: Penicillins ..................................................................... 362
Chapter 72: Drugs That Weaken The Bacterial Cell Wall Ii: Other Drugs ................................................................. 367
Chapter 73: Bacteriostatic Inhibitors Of Protein Synthesis ........................................................................................ 372
Chapter 74: Aminoglycosides: Bactericidal Inhibitors Of Protein Synthesis ............................................................. 380
Chapter 75: Sulfonamides And Trimethoprim ............................................................................................................ 386
Chapter 76: Drug Therapy Of Urinary Tract Infections .............................................................................................. 391
Chapter 77: Antimycobacterial Agents ....................................................................................................................... 397
Chapter 78: Miscellaneous Antibacterial Drugs ......................................................................................................... 404
Chapter 79: Antifungal Agents ................................................................................................................................... 407
Chapter 80: Antiviral Agents I: Drugs For Non-Hiv Viral Infections ........................................................................ 416
Chapter 81: Antiviral Agents Ii: Drugs For Hiv Infection And Related Opportunisticinfections............................... 422
Chapter 82: Drug Therapy Of Sexually Transmitted Diseases ................................................................................... 427
Chapter 83: Anthelmintics, Antiprotozoal Drugs, And Ectoparasiticides .................................................................. 431
, Chapter 84 Introduction To Immunomodulators......................................................................................................... 434
Chapter 85: Supportive Care Of Patients Receiving Anticancer Drugs ...................................................................... 440
Chapter 86: Drugs For Cancer Pain ............................................................................................................................ 447
Chapter 87: Drugs For The Eye .................................................................................................................................. 454
Chapter 88: Drugs For The Skin ................................................................................................................................. 459
Chapter 89: Drugs For The Ear ................................................................................................................................... 467
Chapter 90: Agents Affecting The Volume And Ion Content Of Body Fluids ........................................................... 471
Chapter 91: Management Of St-Elevation Myocardial Infarction .............................................................................. 476
Chapter 92: Additional Acute Care Drugs .................................................................................................................. 481
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