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• Title:How drugs work : basic pharmacology for healthcare professionals / Hugh McGavock.
  
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• Author/Creator:McGavock, Hugh.
  
• Published/Created:Abingdon : Radcliffe Medical, ©2003.
  

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  • Location:WOODWARD LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: QV4 .M477 2003
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Pharmacology.
  Drugs--Prescribing.
  
• Medical Subjects: Pharmacology.
  Drug Therapy.
  Pharmaceutical Preparations--administration & dosage.
  
• Description:108 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
  
• Summary:A concise textbook providing a clear description of drug absorption, distribution, action, metabolism and adverse effects, this title provides the information needed in a straightforward way to ensure informed, safe and cost-effective prescribing.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• ISBN:185775932X (pbk.)
  
• Contents:Ch. 1. Getting a drug into the body: absorption
  Ch. 2. Getting a drug to its site of action: distribution
  Ch. 3. Inactivating drugs: phase 1 drug metabolism
  Ch. 4. Phase 2 drug metabolism and methods of excretion
  Ch. 5. Receptor function and intercellular signalling
  Ch. 6. central role of receptors in drug action
  Ch. 7. Drugs that block enzymes: understanding NSAID therapy in inflammation
  Ch. 8. principal targets for drug action
  Ch. 9. Calcium ion for the prescriber
  Ch. 10. scientific basis of prescribing for the elderly
  Ch. 11. Antibacterial action and bacterial resistance
  Ch. 12. How to prevent adverse drug interactions - ADIs
  Ch. 13. How to predict and avoid adverse drug reactions to single drugs - ADRs
  Ch. 14. Getting new drugs to market: licensing medicines for human use.