Understanding Medications : What the Label Doesn't Tell You by Alfred Burger (1995, Hardcover)

American Chemical Society

0841232105

9780841232105

1131067

Alfred Burger

Understanding Medications : What the Label Doesn't Tell You

Hardcover

English

1995

Textbook

220 Pages

6in

0.8in

8.7in

15.5 Oz

Rm301.15.B873 1995

Drugs: Historical Beginnings: Early Records of Natural Drugs Inorganic Drugs Some Medieval Medicines Early Modern Medicines: Digitalis Opiates Side Effects and Standardization of Drugs Naming Drugs: How Drugs Are Named Some Alternative Drug Names Biomedical Research: The Role of the Pharmaceutical Industry in Drug Development Why Drugs Are Expensive Modern Drug Discovery and Development Clinical Trials Over-the-Counter Drugs How Drugs Are Made Biotechnology in Drug Preparation Getting Drugs Ready for Use Chiral Drugs Molecular Modification of Prototype Drugs: Drug Use and Abuse Drug Interactions Physicians and Drugs Quackery Neurohormones and Drugs That Affect the Central Nervous System: Neurohormones Antipsychotic Agents Antidepressants Antianxiety Agents Sedative-Hypnotics Ethyl Alcohol Brain Stimulants Lithium Drugs That Evoke Psychoses Anticonvulsants Drugs for Parkinson's and Alzheimer's Diseases Drugs for the Relief from Pain: Opiates Antiinflammatory Agents Anticholinergics BLocal Anesthetics, Antispasmodics, and Antihistamines Local Anesthetics Antispasmodics and Antihistamines Drugs That Act on the Blood Pressure and the Heart: Drugs for Heart Diseases Diuretics Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors Coagulants and Anticoagulants Intestinal Tract Medications: Antacids Cathartics Constipating Drugs Hormones and Vitamins: Sex Hormones Insulin Other Hormones Vitamins Drugs for the Treatment of Cancer Drugs Affecting the Immune Response: Research into the Immune Response Biotechnology Drugs for Infectious Diseases: Classification of Pathogenic Parasites Chemotherapy of Bacterials Infections Antibiotics, Antiparasitic Drugs Malaria and Antimalarials Drugs for Amebiasis Other Protozoan Diseases Anthelmintics Antifungal Agents Antiviral Drugs Computer Assistance in Medicinal Research Antiseptics and Disinfectants What's Next Glossary: Some Chemical and Medical Terms

1995

College Audience

Public Health, Drug Guides, Chemistry / General

95-017498

615/.1

20

Yes

Science, Medical