McKenna's Pharmacology for Nursing, 2e - page 6

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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
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
Migraine headaches 409
Antimigraine agents 410
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
Alpha1-selective adrenergic blocking agents 475
Non-selective beta-adrenergic blocking agents 477
Beta1-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
Glucose regulation 573
Diabetes mellitus 576
Insulin 578
Sulfonylureas and other hypoglycaemic agents 585
Glucose-elevating agents 591