Pharmacology and Therapeutics for Dentistry

Part I Principles of Pharmacology 1. Pharmacodynamics: Mechanisms of Drug Action 2. Pharmacokinetics: The Absorption, Distribution, and Fate of Drugs 3. Pharmacotherapeutics: The Clinical Use of Drugs 4. Pharmacogenetics and Pharmacogenomics NEW! Part II Pharmacology of Specific Drug Groups 5. Introduction to Autonomic Nervous System Drugs 6. Adrenergic Agonists 7. Adrenergic Blocking Drugs 8. Cholinergic Drugs 9. Antimuscarinic Drugs 10. Drugs Affecting Nicotinic Receptors 11. Introduction to Central Nervous System Drugs 12. Psychopharmacology: Antipsychotic and Antidepressant Drugs 13. Sedative-Hypnotics, Antianxiety Drugs, and Centrally Acting Muscle Relaxants 14. Anticonvulsants 15. Antiparkinson Drugs 16. Local Anesthetics 17. Principles of General Anesthesia 18. Agents Used in General Anesthesia, Deep Sedation and Conscious Sedation 19. Introduction to Antinociceptive Drugs 20. Opioid Analgesics and Antagonists 21. Nonopioid Analgesics, Nonsteroidal Antiinflammatory Drugs, and Antirheumatic and Antigout Drugs 22. Histamine and Histamine Antagonists 23. Drugs Affecting Serotonin, Antimigraine Drugs, and Drugs for Other Pain Syndromes 24. Antiarrhythmic Drugs 25. Cardiac Glycosides and Other Drugs Used in Heart Failure 26. Antianginal Drugs 27. Diuretic Drugs 28. Antihypertensive Drugs 29. Lipid-Lowering Drugs 30. Antianemic and Hematopoietic Stimulating Drugs 31. Procoagulant, Anticoagulant, and Thrombolytic Drugs 32. Drugs Acting on the Respiratory System 33. Drugs Acting on the Gastrointestinal Tract 34. Pituitary, Thyroid and Parathyroid Pharmacology 35. Adrenal Corticosteroids 36 Insulin, Oral Hypoglycemics and Glucagon 37. Steroid Hormones of Reproduction and Sexual Development 38. Principles of Antibiotic Therapy 39. Antibacterial and Antibiotic Drugs 40. Antifungal and Antiviral Agents 41. Immunotherapy 42. Antineoplastic Drugs 43. Aliphatic Alcohols 44. Anticaries Agents 45. Antiplaque/Antigingivitis