http://evolve.elsevier.com/McCuistion/pharmacology/ This chapter covers antituberculars, antifungals, and antivirals. Although these drug categories differ from one another, they each contain drugs that inhibit or kill organisms that cause disease. Tuberculosis Tuberculosis…
http://evolve.elsevier.com/McCuistion/pharmacology/ Antimalarial Drugs Malaria is a life-threatening disease that was eliminated from the U.S. in the early 1950s. Since that time, 1500 to 2000 cases of malaria have been reported…
http://evolve.elsevier.com/McCuistion/pharmacology Drugs that are central nervous system (CNS) depressants cause varying degrees of depression (reduction in functional activity) within the CNS. The degree of depression depends primarily on the drug…
http://evolve.elsevier.com/McCuistion/pharmacology This chapter discusses two groups of drugs that affect the sympathetic nervous system—adrenergic agonists, or sympathomimetics, and adrenergic antagonists, also called adrenergic blockers or sympatholytics—along with their dosages and…
http://evolve.elsevier.com/McCuistion/pharmacology/ Antidepressants are used for depressive episodes accompanied by feelings of hopelessness and helplessness. They can be prescribed for 1 month to 12 months or perhaps longer. Mood-stabilizer agents such…
http://evolve.elsevier.com/McCuistion/pharmacology/ Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and restrictive pulmonary disease are the two major categories of lower respiratory tract disorders. COPD is caused by airway obstruction with increased airway resistance…
http://evolve.elsevier.com/McCuistion/pharmacology Women have specific health care needs throughout their reproductive and postreproductive life cycle. A woman’s reproductive life cycle begins with menarche, the start of spontaneous menstruation, and continues through…
http://evolve.elsevier.com/McCuistion/pharmacology/ Various drugs are used to maintain or decrease blood lipid concentrations and promote dilation of vessels. Drugs that lower blood lipids are called antihyperlipidemics, antilipidemics, antilipemics, and hypolipidemics. In…
http://evolve.elsevier.com/McCuistion/pharmacology The two groups of drugs that affect the parasympathetic nervous system are the cholinergic agonists—muscarinic agonists or parasympathomimetics—and the cholinergic antagonists (blocking agents)—muscarinic antagonists, parasympatholytics, or more commonly called…
