BRS Pharmacology 6th Edition

BRS Pharmacology is designed for medical students, dental students, and other students preparing to enter the health care professions. It is intended primarily to help students prepare for licensing examinations, such as the USMLE, but can be used for course review or as a supplementary text. This book presents succint descriptions of how drugs act on the major body systems, providing readers with vital information without overloading them with extraneous details. Written with a body systems approach, the book begins with a chapter devoted to the general principles of drug mechanisms, and continues with chapters that detail how drugs act on the major body systems. Other chapters discuss numerous popular drugs, like autocoids, ergots, anti-inflammatory drugs, and immunosuppresive agents. Readers will also learn about drugs used to treat anemia, disorders of hemostatis, infectious diseases, and cancer. Additionally, the text covers pharmacological principles associated with toxicology.

Updated drug information
Outline-format review highlighting specific drugs, their general properties, mechanism of action, pharmacologic effects, therapeutic uses, and adverse effects
Drug lists and tables
End-of-chapter review tests and comprehensive exam comprising more than 200 USMLE-style questions, answers, and rationales

Gary C Rosenfeld Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Integrative Biology and Pharmacology and Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Assistant Dean for Education Programs, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, TX

David S Loose PhD
Associate Professor,Department of Integrative Biology and Pharmacology and Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, TX

1. General Principles of Drug Action
2. Drugs Acting on the Autonomic Nervous System
3. Drugs Acting on the Renal System
4. Drugs Acting on the Cardiovascular System
5. Drugs Acting on the Central Nervous System
6. Autocoids, Ergots, Anti-Inflammatory Agents, and Immunosuppressive Agents
7. Drugs Used in Anemia and Disorders of Hemostasis
8. Drugs Acting on the Gastrointestinal Tract
9. Drugs Acting on the Pulmonary System
10. Drugs Acting on the Endocrine System
11. Drugs Used in Treatment of Infectious Diseases
12. Cancer Chemotherapy
13. Toxicology

Comprehensive exam