THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF INDUSTRIAL PHARMACY | LACHMAN, LIEBERMANS | CBS

The objective of this book is to introduce the pharmacology for nurses. Nursing is a rapidly growing field which is in greatest demand throughout the world. With a massive increase in the percentage of elderly population, the demand for nursing would only keep on increasing. The responsibility of the nurses and the expectation from the patients has also increased. The nurses should, therefore, have adequate knowledge and expertise in their field. This includes a sound knowledge of the drugs too. This book comprised of 12 sections that include general pharmacology, autonomic nervous system, drugs acting on the kidney, drugs acting on the cardiovascular system and blood, central nervous system, autacoids and drugs acting on the respiratory system, drugs acting on the gastrointestinal system, chemotherapy, hormones, miscellaneous topics, alternative systems of medicine, and appendices, which are further divided into 43 chapters. This book has been brought out as per the Indian Nursing Council syllabus. A few topics which have not been mentioned in the syllabus have also been briefly discussed at the end to give an overall idea about such drugs. This book reduces the burden of the nursing students in learning pharmacology and helps them in patient care too.

If you understand how drugs work (pharmacodynamics), how they are handled by the body (pharmacokinetics), how they interact with each other, and how drug treatments are assessed, then you will become a better prescriber. A Textbook of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics gives you that understanding.



Fully revised throughout and extensively illustrated, the fifth edition of this well-established textbook has been streamlined to focus on what medical students and junior doctors really need to know in order to understand the implications of prescribing one drug over, or in combination with, another. The text provides current information on all areas of drug prescribing with updated discussion and guidance on such topics as adverse drug reactions, ‘personalized medicine’, gene and cell-based therapy, advances in cancer therapy, and mechanisms of drug action and treatment guidelines in HIV and mycobacterial infections therapy. A new chapter on alternative medicines and nutraceuticals has been introduced and Further Reading lists have been updated to include key medical websites.



All medical students and junior doctors who read this book will learn not only how to use drugs safely and effectively, but, importantly, the rationale behind effective prescribing decisions.