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…
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…
