Drugs and Pharmacology for Nurses Book

	Preface
	Preliminary notes
1	Introduction	1
2	Sedatives, hypnotics and anaesthetics	17
3	Antipsychotics, antidepressants, anticonvulsants and stimulants	27
4	Opioid (narcotic) analgesics and antagonists; non-narcotic analgesics; antimigraine drugs	47
5	Antibiotics and other anti-infective chemotherapeutic agents	59
6	Drugs acting on the autonomic nervous system	87
7	Cardiovascular drugs and blood-lipid lowering agents	101
8	Anticoagulants and haemostatics	131
9	Anti-anaemic and haematopoietic agents and drugs used in neutropenia	141
10	Drugs acting on the gastrointestinal tract	147
11	Drugs acting on the urinary system	161
12	Drugs acting on the uterus and vagina	169
13	Hormones and the endocrine system	175
14	Insulin and other hypoglycaemic agents	195
15	Antirheumatic and uricosuric agents	203
16	The chemotherapy of malignant disease	213
17	Allergy, antihistamines and anti-allergic drugs with a prophylactic action	229
18	Respiratory stimulants, expectorants and mucolytics	237
19	Neuromuscular blocking agents and other muscle relaxants	243
20	Drugs used in ophthalmology	249
21	Drugs used in some skin disorders	255
22	Anthelmintics, antimalarials and drugs used in tropical diseases	265
23	Immunology, immunoglobulins and vaccination	275
24	The vitamins	283
25	Fluid therapy and clinical nutrition	289
26	Antiseptics and disinfectants	295
27	Wound dressings	299
28	Diagnostic agents	305
29	The treatment of poisoning	309
30	Drugs and the law	317
App. I	Table of drug interactions	323
App. II	Approved and brand names of drugs	329
App. III	Weights and measures	359
	App. IV Abbreviations	361
	App. V Glossary	363
	Index	367