Understanding Drug Action: An Introduction to Pharmacology

This highly readable introduction to the science of pharmacology assumes only a modest understanding of biology, chemistry, and human physiology. Author Peter J. Rice provides readers with a survey of the scientific understanding of drug action. He discusses pharmacology at a basic scientific level to build a framework of how drugs work, and he supplements this discussion with information on some representative drugs that are used clinically. KEY FEATURES: Concise and systematic introduction to the science of pharmacology
Knowledge objectives in each chapter
Glossary of key terms in each chapter
Review questions in each chapter with answers provided in the back of the book
Tables listing brand and generic drug names and dosage forms by drug class
More than 170 illustrations that supplement the text