PharmacologyChurchill Livingstone, 1999 - 830 pagine The aim of this work is not only to describe what drugs do, but to emphasize the mechanisms by which they act - where possible at the cellular and molecular level. Therapeutic agents have a high rate of obsolescence and many new ones are introduced each year; an appreciation of the mechanisms of action of the class of drugs to which a new agent belongs provides a starting point for understanding and using intelligently. |
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... prevent and to relieve acute attacks . It prevents migration of neutrophils into the joint by binding to tubulin , resulting in the depolymerisation of the microtubules and interfering with cell motility . Colchicine - treated ...
... prevent and to relieve acute attacks . It prevents migration of neutrophils into the joint by binding to tubulin , resulting in the depolymerisation of the microtubules and interfering with cell motility . Colchicine - treated ...
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... prevent both phases of asthma and reduce bronchial hyper - responsiveness in many but not all patients . Children are more likely to respond than adults . • The mechanism of action is uncertain . Depression of release of neuropeptides ...
... prevent both phases of asthma and reduce bronchial hyper - responsiveness in many but not all patients . Children are more likely to respond than adults . • The mechanism of action is uncertain . Depression of release of neuropeptides ...
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... prevent transmission Some drugs ( e.g. primaquine , proguanil and * See details of malaria chemoprophylaxis regimes ... prevent malarial attacks when in a malarious area , act on merozoites emerging from liver cells . Drugs used for ...
... prevent transmission Some drugs ( e.g. primaquine , proguanil and * See details of malaria chemoprophylaxis regimes ... prevent malarial attacks when in a malarious area , act on merozoites emerging from liver cells . Drugs used for ...
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molecular aspects | 19 |
Method and measurement in pharmacology | 47 |
Absorption and distribution of drugs | 61 |
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