Comprehensive Pharmacy Review

Completely revised to reflect current progress in pharmacy education and practice, the new edition of this best-selling review guide is indispensable for all pharmacy students, from the first year of professional courses to preparation for the NAPLEX® examination. A wide range of topics central to the study of pharmacy-chemistry, pharmaceutics, pharmacology, pharmacy practice, drug therapy-are organized to parallel the pharmacy curriculum and presented in outline form for easy use. Comprehensive Pharmacy Review may be used as a quick review or preview of essential topics by a diverse group of readers, including matriculation pharmacy students, instructors and preceptors, professional pharmacists, and foreign pharmacy graduates. Table Of Contents * Chapter 1 Drug Product Development in the Pharmaceutical Industry * Chapter 2 Pharmaceutical Calculations and Statistics * Chapter 3 Pharmaceutical Principles and Drug Dosage Forms * Chapter 4 Biopharmaceutics and Drug Delivery Systems * Chapter 5 Extemporaneous Prescription Compounding * Chapter 6 Basic Pharmacokinetics * Chapter 7 Bioavailability and Bioequivalence * Chapter 8 Functional Group Chemistry and Biochemistry * Chapter 9 Microbiology * Chapter 10 Immunology * Chapter 11 Biotechnology Drug Products * Chapter 12 Principles of Pharmacodynamics and Medicinal Chemistry * Chapter 13 Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacology: Drugs Affecting the Nervous System * Chapter 14 Autocoids and Their Antagonists, Nonnarcotic Analgesic--Antipyretics, and Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs * Chapter 15 Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacology: Cardiovascular and Diuretic Drugs * Chapter 16 Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacology: Endocrinology and Related Drugs * Chapter 17 Drug Metabolism, Prodrugs, and Pharmacogenetics * Chapter 18 Drug-Drug and Drug-Nutrient Interactions * Chapter 19 Nuclear Pharmacy Part II * Chapter 20 Pharmaceutical Care and Disease State Management * Chapter 21 Drug Information Resources * Chapter 22 Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting * Chapter 23 (new ch.) Medication Errors * Chapter 24 Clinical Toxicology * Chapter 25 Federal Pharmacy Law * Chapter 26 Reviewing and Dispensing Prescriptions and Medication Orders * Chapter 27 Sterile Products * Chapter 28 Parapharmaceuticals, Home Diagnostics, and Medical Devices * Chapter 29 OTC Otic, Dental, and Ophthalmic Agents (need to ask JC for (Figure 29.1: from Brunner & Suddarth's Textbook of Medical-Surgical Nursing - 10th edition (2004) Chart 58-10 Guidelines for Instilling Eye Medications) * Chapter 30 OTC Dermatologic Agents * Chapter 31 OTC Weight Control, Sleep Aids, and Smoking Cessation * Chapter 32 OTC Agents for Fever, Pain, Cough, Cold, and Allergic Rhinitis * Chapter 33 OTC Agents for Constipation, Diarrhea, Hemorrhoids, and Heartburn * Chapter 34 OTC Menstrual, Vaginal, and Contraceptive Agents * Chapter 35 Herbal Medicines & Nutritional Supplements * Chapter 36 Clinical Pharmacokinetics and Therapeutic Drug Monitoring * Chapter 37 Drug Use in Special Patient Populations: Pediatric, Pregnant, Geriatric * Chapter 38 Common Clinical Laboratory Tests * Chapter 39 Coronary Artery Disease * Chapter 40 Cardiac Arrhythmias * Chapter 41 Hypertension * Chapter 42 Heart Failure * Chapter 43 Thromboembolic Disease * Chapter 44 Infectious Diseases * Chapter 45 Seizure Disorders * Chapter 46 Parkinson's Disease * Chapter 47 Schizophrenia * Chapter 48 Mood Disorders * Chapter 49 Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease * Chapter 50 Osteoarthritis and Rheumatoid Arthritis * Chapter 51 Hyperuricemia and Gout * Chapter 52 Peptic Ulcer Disease * Chapter 53 (new ch.) Bowel Disorders * Chapter 54 Diabetes Mellitus * Chapter 55 Thyroid Disorders * Chapter 56 Renal Failure * Chapter 57 Cancer Chemotherapy * Chapter 58 Pain Management * Chapter 59 Nutrition and the Hospitalized Patient * Chapter 60 Immunosuppressive Agents in Organ Transplantation * Chapter 61 Outcomes Research and Pharmacoeconomics App. A App. B App. C App. D App. E