Understanding Medications: What the Label Doesn't Tell You Book

	Preface
1	Drugs: Historical Beginnings	1
2	Early Modern Medicines	13
3	Naming Drugs	19
4	Biomedical Research	27
5	Modern Drug Discovery and Development	35
6	Molecular Modification of Prototype Drugs	47
7	Drug Use and Abuse	53
8	Neurohormones and Drugs That Affect the Central Nervous System	61
9	Drugs for the Relief from Pain	89
10	Local Anesthetics, Antispasmodics, and Antihistamines	97
11	Drugs That Act on the Blood Pressure and the Heart	101
12	Intestinal Tract Medications	111
13	Hormones and Vitamins	115
14	Drugs for the Treatment of Cancer	123
15	Drugs Affecting the Immune Response	131
16	Drugs for Infectious Diseases	135
17	Antiparasitic Drugs	155
18	Antiviral Drugs	169
19	Computer Assistance in Medicinal Research	173
20	Antiseptics and Disinfectants	177
21	What's Next?	181
	Glossary: Some Chemical and Medical Terms	185
	Index	193