McKenna's Pharmacology for Nursing, 2e

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16 Anti-inflammatory, antiarthritis and related agents 240 Anti-inflammatory, antiarthritis and related agents 241 Salicylates 241 Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory and related agents 246 Antiarthritis agents 252 17 Immune modulators 258 Immune stimulants 259 Immune suppressants 263 18 Vaccines and sera 272 Immunity 273 Immunisation 273 Vaccines 278 Immune sera 285  PART 4  Drugs acting on the central and peripheral nervous systems 291 19 Introduction to nerves and the nervous system 292 Physiology of the nervous system 293 Central nervous system 297 Clinical significance of drugs that act on the nervous system 301 20 Anxiolytic and hypnotic agents 303 States affected by anxiolytic and hypnotic drugs 304 Benzodiazepines used as anxiolytics 305 Barbiturates used as anxiolytic/hypnotics 310 Other anxiolytic and hypnotic drugs 312 21 Antidepressant agents 316 Depression and antidepressants 317 Tricyclic antidepressants 317 Monoamine oxidase inhibitors 323 Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors 325 Other antidepressants 330 22 Psychotherapeutic agents 334 Mental disorders and their classification 335 Antipsychotic/neuroleptic drugs 336 Antimanic drugs 344 Central nervous system stimulants 347 23 Antiseizure agents 352 Nature of seizures 353 Drugs for treating generalised seizures 356 Drugs for treating partial seizures 365 24 Antiparkinsonism agents 372 Parkinson’s disease and Parkinsonism 373

27 General and local anaesthetic agents 416 General anaesthesia 417 General anaesthetic agents 419 Local anaesthesia 424 Local anaesthetic agents 425 28 Neuromuscular junction blocking agents 432 The neuromuscular junction 433 Neuromuscular junction–blocking agents 434  PART 5  Drugs acting on the autonomic nervous system 443 29 Introduction to the autonomic nervous system 444 Structure and function of the autonomic nervous system 445 The sympathetic nervous system 446 The parasympathetic nervous system 450 30 Adrenergic agonists 455

α- and β-adrenergic agonists 456 α-specific adrenergic agonists 462 β-specific adrenergic agonists 465

31 Adrenergic blocking antagonists 469 Non-selective adrenergic blocking agents 470 Non-selective alpha-adrenergic blocking agents 474 Alpha 1 -selective adrenergic blocking agents 475 Non-selective beta-adrenergic blocking agents 477 Beta 1 -selective adrenergic blocking agents 482 32 Cholinergic agonists 487

Direct-acting cholinergic agonists 488 Indirect-acting cholinergic agonists 491

33 Anticholinergic agents 501

Anticholinergics/parasympatholytics 501

 PART 6  Drugs acting on the endocrine system 511 34 Introduction to the endocrine system 512 Structure and function of the endocrine system 513 The hypothalamus 514 The pituitary gland 515 Endocrine regulation 517 35 Hypothalamic and pituitary agents 521 Drugs affecting hypothalamic hormones 522 Drugs affecting anterior pituitary hormones 525 Drugs affecting posterior pituitary hormones 530 36 Adrenocortical agents 536 The adrenal glands 537 Adrenocortical agents 539 37 Thyroid and parathyroid agents 551 The thyroid gland 552 Thyroid agents 556 The parathyroid glands 562 Parathyroid agents 565 38 Agents to control blood glucose levels 572

Dopaminergic agents 374 Anticholinergic agents 379 Adjunctive agents 382 25 Muscle relaxants 385 Nerves and movement 386

Neuromuscular abnormalities 387 Centrally-acting skeletal muscle relaxants 388 Direct-acting skeletal muscle relaxants 390 26 Opioids, opioid antagonists and antimigraine agents 397 Pain 398 Opioids 400

Glucose regulation 573 Diabetes mellitus 576 Insulin 578 Sulfonylureas and other hypoglycaemic agents 585 Glucose-elevating agents 591

Migraine headaches 409 Antimigraine agents 410