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Pharmacology for the Health Care Professions

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Pharmacology for the Health Care Professions is an accessible introduction to the pharmacology necessary for health care professionals training to be non-medical prescribers looking for an overview of the subject.  The book covers the pharmacology necessary for accredited training programmes in non-medical prescribing and certification in access and supply of prescription-only medicines and will be useful as an ongoing reference for future use in practice.  

Opening with a general introduction to pharmacology as a science, the book goes on to explain what is meant by drugs and medicines and why pharmacology should be of relevance to health care professionals.  The reader is presented with general principles of pharmacology followed by systemic pharmacology that covers the actions of important groups of drugs in common use to treat diseases and conditions of the cardiovascular, respiratory, endocrine, musculoskeletal, skin and central nervous systems.  The physiology and pathophysiology relevant to the understanding of how these drugs work is included.

Finally the book explores the law in relation to the sale, supply, administration and prescription of drugs and explains what is meant by non-medical prescribing.  All aspects of non-medical prescribing are considered including the use of exemptions to the Medicines Act, patient group directions, supplementary prescribing and the development of independent prescribing for nurses and pharmacists.  

Pharmacology is explained in simple, easy to understand terms and the book avoids any unnecessary chemistry where possible.  Case studies that are of particular relevance to health care professionals are used throughout to illustrate the importance of the pharmacology major body systems and pathologies and the potential problems of adverse drug reactions and drug-drug interactions.

Author(s): Christine M. Thorp
Edition: 1
Publisher: Wiley
Year: 2008

Language: English
Pages: 385

Pharmacology for the Health Care Professions......Page 4
Contents......Page 10
Foreword......Page 16
Preface......Page 18
Acknowledgements......Page 20
1 Introduction......Page 22
1.1 Pharmacology and health care professionals......Page 23
1.3 Drug names......Page 25
Part I Principles of pharmacology......Page 28
2.2 Administration of drugs......Page 30
2.3 Absorption of drugs......Page 34
2.4 Drug distribution......Page 38
2.5 Drug metabolism......Page 41
2.6 Excretion of drugs......Page 44
2.7 Summary......Page 47
3.2 Adverse reactions to drugs......Page 50
3.3 Variation in response to drug therapy......Page 57
3.4 Targets for drug action......Page 61
3.5 Summary......Page 66
Part II Systemic pharmacology......Page 70
4.1 Cardiovascular disorders......Page 72
4.2 Hypertension......Page 79
4.3 Drugs used to treat cardiovascular disorders......Page 81
4.4 Blood disorders......Page 89
4.5 Anaemias......Page 94
4.6 Lipid metabolism......Page 96
4.7 Lipid-lowering drugs......Page 98
4.8 Summary......Page 100
5.1 Chapter overview......Page 106
5.3 Chronic bronchitis......Page 109
5.4 Drugs used to treat respiratory disorders......Page 110
5.5 Treatment of other respiratory conditions......Page 113
5.6 Summary......Page 115
6.2 Pituitary gland......Page 120
6.3 Thyroid gland......Page 123
6.4 Parathyroid glands......Page 125
6.5 Adrenal glands......Page 126
6.6 Pancreas......Page 127
6.7 Treatment of diabetes mellites......Page 129
6.8 Summary......Page 132
7.2 Rheumatic diseases......Page 136
7.3 Drugs used to treat rheumatic diseases......Page 137
7.4 Gout......Page 144
7.5 Drugs used to treat gout......Page 145
7.6 Osteoarthritis......Page 146
7.8 Treatment of Paget’s disease......Page 147
7.10 Drugs used to treat osteoporosis......Page 148
7.12 Myasthenia gravis......Page 149
7.13 Treatment of myasthenia gravis......Page 150
7.14 Motor neuron disease and multiple sclerosis......Page 151
7.15 Summary......Page 153
8.1 Chapter overview......Page 158
8.2 Eczema......Page 159
8.3 Treatment of eczema......Page 160
8.4 Psoriasis......Page 161
8.5 Treatment of psoriasis......Page 162
8.6 Warts......Page 165
8.7 Treatment of warts......Page 166
8.9 Fungal infections of the skin and nails......Page 167
8.10 Drugs used to treat fungal infection of the skin and nails......Page 168
8.11 Bacterial infection of the skin......Page 171
8.12 Summary......Page 172
9.2 Bacteria......Page 176
9.3 Antibiotic drugs......Page 178
9.4 Treatment of tuberculosis......Page 181
9.5 Viruses......Page 182
9.6 Antiviral drugs......Page 183
9.8 Fungi......Page 186
9.9 Antifungal drugs......Page 187
9.10 Protozoa......Page 189
9.11 Antimalarial drugs......Page 190
9.13 Parasitic worms......Page 191
9.14 Anthelmintics......Page 193
9.15 Summary......Page 194
10.2 Biology of cancer......Page 198
10.3 Principles of chemotherapy......Page 201
10.4 Drugs used in cancer chemotherapy......Page 203
10.5 Summary......Page 209
11.1 Chapter overview......Page 212
11.2 Affective disorders......Page 215
11.3 Drugs used to treat depression......Page 219
11.4 Drugs used to treat bipolar depression and mania......Page 221
11.5 Psychoses......Page 222
11.6 Drugs used to treat schizophrenia......Page 224
11.7 Anxiety and insomnia......Page 226
11.9 Treatment of anxiety......Page 228
11.10 Treatment of insomnia......Page 230
11.11 Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)......Page 231
11.13 Parkinson’s disease......Page 232
11.14 Drugs used to treat Parkinson’s disease......Page 234
11.15 Epilepsy......Page 237
11.16 Drugs used to treat epilepsy......Page 238
11.19 Summary......Page 242
12.2 General anaesthesia......Page 250
12.3 Inhalation anaesthetics......Page 252
12.4 Intravenous anaesthetics......Page 253
12.5 Premedication and adjuncts to general anaesthesia......Page 255
12.6 Local anaesthesia......Page 257
12.7 Local anaesthetics......Page 262
12.8 Analgesia......Page 264
12.9 Peripherally acting analgesics......Page 265
12.11 Neuropathic pain......Page 268
12.12 Summary......Page 269
13.2 Contrast agents......Page 274
13.5 Adverse reactions to contrast agents......Page 278
13.6 Management of acute adverse reactions to contrast agents......Page 280
13.7 Adjuncts to radiography......Page 281
13.8 Summary......Page 285
Part III Prescribing and the law......Page 290
14.2 Legislation......Page 292
14.3 Non-medical prescribing......Page 300
14.4 Summary......Page 305
15.2 Podiatry......Page 312
15.3 Extension of access to prescription-only medicines in podiatry and podiatic surgery......Page 313
15.4 Podiatry in the community......Page 320
15.6 Medicines in radiography: prescription, supply and administration......Page 321
15.7 Physiotherapy......Page 336
15.8 Summary......Page 340
Appendices......Page 342
Appendix A: Drug Names......Page 344
Appendix B: Glossary......Page 352
Appendix C: Examples of Patient Group Directions......Page 358
Bibliography......Page 364
Useful websites......Page 366
Index......Page 370