Pharmacology

Pharmacology
ISBN-10
0781789133
ISBN-13
9780781789134
Series
Pharmacology
Category
Pharmacology
Pages
360
Language
English
Published
2009-07-24
Authors
David S. Loose, Gary C. Rosenfeld

Description

This concise review of medical pharmacology is designed to help medical students streamline their study for course review and help prepare for the USMLE Step 1. Each chapter presents specific drugs and discusses their general properties, mechanism of action, pharmacologic effects, therapeutic uses, and adverse effects. Drug lists and two-color tables and figures summarize essential information. USMLE-style review questions and answers with explanations follow each chapter and a comprehensive examination appears at the end of the book. A companion website offers fully searchable text and an interactive question bank with questions from the book.

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