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…
http://evolve.elsevier.com/McCuistion/pharmacology Myasthenia gravis (MG) is an acquired autoimmune disease that impairs the transmission of messages at the neuromuscular junction, resulting in fluctuating muscle weakness that increases with muscle use. MG…
http://evolve.elsevier.com/McCuistion/pharmacology/ Physiology of Pregnancy Because pregnancy elicits many changes in the normal physiology of the body, the normal and expected pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of drugs are also changed during pregnancy….
http://evolve.elsevier.com/McCuistion/pharmacology/ The immune system recognizes and protects the body from foreign invaders, such as bacteria or viruses; it also destroys damaged, diseased, or abnormal cells, including cancer cells. When the…
http://evolve.elsevier.com/McCuistion/pharmacology Numerous skin lesions and eruptions require mild to aggressive drug therapy. Skin disorders include acne vulgaris, psoriasis, eczema dermatitis, contact dermatitis, drug-induced dermatitis, and burn infection. Skin eruptions may…
http://evolve.elsevier.com/McCuistion/pharmacology Administration of medications is a complex but routine nursing activity, and nurses play a significant role in preparing, administering, teaching, and evaluating their patients’ responses to the drugs they…
http://evolve.elsevier.com/McCuistion/pharmacology/ Since the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) epidemic began in the United States in the early 1980s, advancement of antiretroviral therapy (ART) has dramatically improved human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-related morbidity…
