LIFE SAVING DRUGS: THE ELUSIVE MAGIC BULLET
In 1900 only a handful of drugs (morphine, quinine, aspirin etc) had genuine efficacy and recovery from infections was haphazard. Now there are literally thousands of drugs and life-threatening infections have been either overcome or much diminished.
Life-saving Drugs: the Elusive Magic Bullet describes the discovery and development of antibacterial, anti-viral and anti-cancer drugs. The book highlights the colourful characters behind the inventions and the huge improvements in quality of life and life-expectancy that these drugs have produced.
Emphasis is given to the new drugs that have emerged as a result of knowledge of the human genome, and the ways in which the newer drugs are being designed to tackle disease, particularly cancer, at the genetic level. Chemical structures are provided for all of the key drugs and the book is well illustrated.
Life-saving Drugs: the Elusive Magic Bullet can be read as a history of drug development during the past 100 years by those with only a passing knowledge of chemistry. For anyone entering the medical profession, pharmacy, or nursing, it will provide a superb basic knowledge of all drugs they are ever likely to meet, including their modes of action. For the chemist or medicinal chemist, it will provide the fundamental knowledge of life-saving drugs that they all should know. And for the non-scientist who wants to know about 'super-bugs', SARS, Ebola, and all of the wonderful advances in treating cancer, it is illuminating and easy to read.
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DRUGS, DOCTORS AND DINNERS: HOW DRUG COMPANIES INFLUENCE HEALTH IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD
Consumers International | 2008 | ISBN: 1902391594 | 44 pages | PDF | 1,4 MB
PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTION: AN ENGINEERING GUIDE
Pharmaceutical Production: An Engineering Guide
Publisher: Inst of Chemical Engineers | Pages:350 | 2003-01-01 | ISBN 0852954409 | PDF | 20 MB
Most of the significant developments of medicines have occurred in the last 70 years and by a process of trial and error many plants and other substances have been used by man to produce certain pharmalogical effects. This book is a general introduction aimed at all those involved in the engineering stages required for the manufacture of the active ingredient (drugs & primary manufacture) and its dosage forms (secondary manufacture). Chapters also focus on the design of quality control laboratories, process development facilities and pilot plants as these all play a role in ensuring medicines are of an appropriate quality and have their own special problems for pharmaceutical products.
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STUDY GUIDE TO ACCOMPANY CLINICAL DRUG THERAPY
Study Guide to Accompany Clinical Drug Therapy
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins | ISBN: 0781739276 | edition 2003 | PDF | 958 pages | 10,36 mb
Beloved by students and faculty for it’s easy to read organization and writing style, Clinical Drug Therapy 7e guides students through each body system and therapeutic classification of drugs. Now with a free interactive CD-ROM and separate Photo Atlas of Medication Administration, this edition continues to emphasize drugs used to treat common symptoms and disease processes that students are most likely to encounter in nursing practice.
Full color Photo Atlas of Medication Administration illustrates techniques for safe medication administration. Perfect for clinical, each procedure includes a list of the equipment, step-by-step nursing actions, and rationales for every nursing action.
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LECTURE NOTES IN PHARMACY PRACTICE
Publisher: Pharmaceutical Press 2009 | 448 Pages | ISBN: 0853697663 | PDF | 2 MB
This is a comprehensive study/revision guide which summarises the basic principles in pharmacy practice. It comprises 70 concise chapters covering clinical pharmacy in both community and hospital settings, as well as the practice of pharmacy in other areas. This text is an essential resource for pharmacy students studying for exams, providing clear, bulleted information for quick reference and short questions at the end of each chapter to aid exam preparation. Essential information is covered in the following five sections of the book: introduction to pharmacy; clinical pharmacy and pharmacotherapeutics; responding to symptoms in community pharmacy; pharmacy information and research; and, pharmacy systems. This book follows and complements three other titles which were also edited by Professor Azzopardi: "Further MCQs in Pharmacy Practice" (2006), "MCQs in Clinical Pharmacy" (2007) and "MCQs in Pharmacy Practice, 2nd Edition" (September 2009). "Lecture Notes in Pharmacy Practice" will help to prepare students for what they will experience when they start practising in real-life healthcare settings. It will also apply to practitioners in their day-to-day work, aiding pharmacists in their efforts to stay abreast and maintain competency.
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