PharmacologyHarwal Pub., 1993 - 357 pages This concise review of medical pharmacology is designed for medical students, dental students, and others in the health care professions. It is intended primarily to help students prepare for licensing examinations such as the USMLE Step 1 or similar examinations. Each chapter presents specific drugs and discusses their general properties, mechanism of action, pharmacologic effects, therapeutic uses, and adverse effects. Drug lists and two-color tables and figures summarize essential drug information in all chapters. Clinically oriented USMLE-style review questions and answers with explanations follow each chapter. A comprehensive examination consisting of USMLE-style questions appears at the end of the book. |
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Drugs Acting on the Autonomic Nervous System | 23 |
Drugs Acting on the Renal | 57 |
Drugs Acting on the Central Nervous System | 95 |
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