Human Pharmacology: Molecular to Clinical

Human Pharmacology provides a balanced, up-to-date, and clinically relevant introduction to pharmacology. Its approach is unique among the medical pharmacology textbooks in that it does not merely provide a list of drugs and their characteristics. Rather, drugs of a class are organized according to the characteristics of the class (mechanisms of action, side effects, etc.) and then an individual drug is discussed in relation to other drugs of its class. Molecular mechanisms are discussed to underscore how the drug exerts its clinical effects, and why a certain drug is better in some situations than other drugs are. This organizational and molecular approach helps the beginning understand the strengths and weaknesses of drugs both in comparison with each other and in certain clinical conditions. Over 400 full-colour illustrations, including figures and model mechanisms, reinforce basic and clinical concepts.

Material is current, with changes reflecting today's pharmacotherapy. Unique New Horizons section discusses drugs being evaluated by the FDA for use in the next two to three years. Hundreds of color-coded boxes and tables allow for rapid access, and summary tables are now more "crammable." Superb index gives user quick access to specific information. Hundreds of excellent color illustrations describe important processes, structures, and interactions. USMLE-type questions at the ends of chapters allow for on-going self-assessment.