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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... receptor antagonists . There has been a recent resur- gence in the use of these drugs to treat hypertension ( see Ch . 15 ) . Unlike other antihypertensive drugs , they cause a modest decrease in LDL , and an increase in HDL cholesterol ...
... receptor antagonists . There has been a recent resur- gence in the use of these drugs to treat hypertension ( see Ch . 15 ) . Unlike other antihypertensive drugs , they cause a modest decrease in LDL , and an increase in HDL cholesterol ...
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... receptor antagonists Some local anaesthetic activity and marked muscarinic - receptor antagonism . Used in motion sickness Some local anaesthetic action and fairly marked muscarinic - receptor antagonism . Weak a1 - adrenoceptor antagonism ...
... receptor antagonists Some local anaesthetic activity and marked muscarinic - receptor antagonism . Used in motion sickness Some local anaesthetic action and fairly marked muscarinic - receptor antagonism . Weak a1 - adrenoceptor antagonism ...
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... receptor antagonists , muscarinic receptor antagonists Integration Higher centres Dopamine antagonists , 5 - HT , antagonists Vestibular nuclei ( H , and ACHM receptors ) CTZ ( D2 and 5 - HT3 receptors ) Vomiting centre ( ACHM receptors ) ...
... receptor antagonists , muscarinic receptor antagonists Integration Higher centres Dopamine antagonists , 5 - HT , antagonists Vestibular nuclei ( H , and ACHM receptors ) CTZ ( D2 and 5 - HT3 receptors ) Vomiting centre ( ACHM receptors ) ...
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molecular aspects | 19 |
Method and measurement in pharmacology | 47 |
Absorption and distribution of drugs | 61 |
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