Brody's Human Pharmacology

<p><i>Brody’s Human Pharmacology</i> is a well-established and much-loved textbook that guides students of medicine, pharmacology and other health professions through pharmacology from both basic and clinical perspectives.</p> <p>What can be a very difficult and complex topic is divided into easily digestible chapters, each of which is clearly structured from a therapeutic overview to mechanisms of action, relationships to clinical responses, pharmacokinetics, pharmacovigilance, new developments, and clinical relevance for all health professionals.</p><ul> <li>Contains all the essential aspects of pharmacology – suitable for exam preparation</li> <p> <li>Full color illustrations explain important processes and color-coded boxes enhance understanding</li> <p> <li>Therapeutic overviews, clinical problems and trade names – everything you need to know</li> <p> <li>Self-assessment questions and further reading to reinforce learning</li> <p> <li>Current developments for each class of drugs and how information relates to students in the healthcare professions bring learning to life</li> </ul><ul> <li>Updated content throughout</li> <p> <li>Pharmacodynamics chapter revised to include discussions of positive and negative allosteric modulators, as well as biased agonism</li> <p> <li>Pharmacogenetics chapter considers genetic variations and their relationship to drug responses </li> <p> <li>Section on cancer drugs revised to reflect major advances</li> <p> <li>New chapter on immunological and cell-based therapies</li> </ul>