Stan Bardal, Jason E. Waechter, Douglas S. Martin. Applied Pharmacology

Elsevier, 2011. — 481 p.This textbook is designed to provide a concise yet comprehensive review of pharmacology, with an emphasis on information that is useful for clinicians in training or in practice. With its emphasis on basic science and clinical pharmacology, as well as evidence-based practice, this book is intended to be used from the beginning of students’ training through their clinical years and beyond. The book is divided into two sections. The Introduction covers basic pharmacologic principles such as pharmacodynamics, pharmacokinetics, autonomic pharmacology, and toxicology, as well as a number of more clinically oriented topics such as drug interactions, impact of age on pharmacology, drug discovery and evaluation, pharmacogenetics, herbal medicines, and addiction.