Lecture Notes in Pharmacy Practice

Lecture Notes in Pharmacy Practice By Lilian M. Azzopardi
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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Pharmacy Informatics

Philip O. Anderson, Susan M. McGuinness, Philip E. Bourne, "Pharmacy Informatics"
CRC | 2009 | ISBN: 1420071750 | 308 pages | PDF | 4 MB

Emphasizes Evidence-Based Practice and Quality Improvement Approaches

Leading the way in the integration of information technology with healthcare, Pharmacy Informatics reflects some of the rapid changes that have developed in the pharmacy profession. Written by educators and professionals at the forefront in this field, the book shows how informatics plays a central role in providing productive and efficient healthcare services.

After defining pharmacy informatics, the text explores the information and biomedical technologies that are the drivers of change. It then discusses the basics of maintaining the reliability and security of computers in a connected world, the need for standardization in the healthcare industry, and effective strategies for searching, evaluating, and managing the wide variety of information resources available today. The next section covers the types of information systems that exist in hospitals and pharmacies, including bar coding. The book then presents tools for evidence-based practice, computerized clinical pharmacokinetics methods, clinical decision support, and data mining methods to improve therapy, reduce adverse outcomes, and cut costs. The final section examines various developments driven by the Internet and how current informatics solutions must evolve to maximize their potential.

The continual growth and increasing complexity of therapeutic information necessitate new ways for effectively handling medical data and ultimately providing better patient care. This book discusses how these changes affect pharmacy students and practicing pharmacists, preparing them for what lies ahead in this evolving field.

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Pharmacology: A Handbook for Complementary Healthcare Professionals

"Pharmacology: A Handbook for Complementary Healthcare Professionals" by Elaine M. Aldred
Churchill Livingstone | English | November 5, 2008 | ISBN: 0443068984 | PDF | 8,1 MB

This title is directed primarily towards health care professionals outside of the United States. Pharmacology: A Handbook for Complementary Healthcare Professionals provides an accessible text and source book of pharmacology for both students and practitioners of complementary medicine. It covers the basic chemistry which builds into an understanding of basic organic chemistry, key pharmacological principles, herbal and nutritional chemical constituents and the use of conventional medication. Various different aspects are treated in a way which creates linkages for clarity and clinical relevance.

* Relevant to all students and practitioners of complementary medicine
* Easy to read
* Includes over 200 illustrations
* Written by a leading practitioner and lecturer in pharmacology

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Applied Therapeutics: The Clinical Use of Drugs

Applied Therapeutics: The Clinical Use of Drugs
Publisher:Lippincott Williams & Wilkins | Pages:3040 | 2008-08-01 | ISBN:0781765552 | CHM | 39 MB

Using a case-based approach, the Ninth Edition of Applied Therapeutics: The Clinical Use of Drugs enables students to master the fundamentals of drug therapeutics. All the contributors are leading clinicians with many years of evidence-based care. As students progress through the text, they will learn the basics of common diseases and disorders and develop practical problem-solving skills for devising and implementing successful drug treatment regimens.

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The Textbook of Pharmaceutical Medicine

John P. Griffin, "The Textbook of Pharmaceutical Medicine"
BMJ Books / Wiley-Blackwell | 2009 | ISBN: 1405180358 | 776 pages | PDF | 3,8 MB

The Textbook of Pharmaceutical Medicine is a standard reference for all those working in pharmaceutical medicine and the recognised text for the UK Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine Diploma. This is a comprehensive volume covering the processes by which medicines are developed, tested and approved. Regulations for drug development in the UK, EU, USA, Australia and Japan are discussed, providing relevant information for drug approval in the main continents where new drugs are developed.

The chapters are written by leading academics, medical directors and lawyers, providing authoritative and in-depth information for trainees on the Faculty course, and for physicians working in the pharmaceutical industry. As well as thorough updating of the regulatory chapters, the 6th edition includes chapters on these vital new areas:
Paediatric regulation
Ethics
Due diligence and the pharmaceutical physician

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Principles of Pharmacology: The Pathophysiologic Basis of Drug Therapy

Principles of Pharmacology: The Pathophysiologic Basis of Drug Therapy
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins | 2007 | ISBN: 0781783550 | 985 pages | CHM | 64 MB

This primary textbook for a first course in pharmacology offers an integrated, systems-based, and mechanism-based approach to understanding drug therapy. Each chapter focuses on a target organ system, begins with a clinical case, and incorporates cell biology, biochemistry, physiology, and pathophysiology to explain how and why different drug classes are effective for diseases in that organ system. Over 400 two-color illustrations show molecular, cellular, biochemical, and pathophysiologic processes underlying diseases and depict targets of drug therapy. Each Second Edition chapter includes a drug summary table presenting mechanism, clinical applications, adverse effects, contraindications, and therapeutic considerations. New chapters explain how drugs produce adverse effects and describe the life cycle of drug development. The fully searchable online text and an image bank are available on thePoint. "Doody's Core Titles 2009."

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Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Encyclopedia (2 Volume Set) by Marshall Sittig

Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Encyclopedia (2 Volume Set) by Marshall Sittig
Publisher: William Andrew; 2 edition (January 15, 1988) | ISBN: 0815511442 | Pages: 1780 | PDF | 23.3 MB

This second edition of the best seller, more than double the size of the previous edition describes manufacturing processes for approximately 1300 pharmaceuticals currently marketed as trade-name products around the world. Pertinent process information has been obtained from the patent literature, and references for other synthetic methods and pharmacology are cited. A 2000-entry Raw Materials Index will quickly tell you in which drugs the raw materials are utilized. A 12,000-entry Trade Name Index completes the book. It has been estimated that, in 1990, 40% of the drug market will be generic. With total sales volume over $100 billion, the pharmaceutical industry provides greater profit margins than other sectors of the chemical industry.

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Pharmacology: A Handbook for Complementary Healthcare Professionals

Elaine Mary Aldred BSc(Hons) DC LicAc Dip Herb Med Dip CHM "Pharmacology: A Handbook for Complementary Healthcare Professionals"
Churchill Livingstone | English | 2008-11-05 | ISBN: 0443068984 | 352 pages | PDF | 11,4 MB

This title is directed primarily towards health care professionals outside of the United States. Pharmacology: A Handbook for Complementary Healthcare Professionals provides an accessible text and source book of pharmacology for both students and practitioners of complementary medicine. It covers the basic chemistry which builds into an understanding of basic organic chemistry, key pharmacological principles, herbal and nutritional chemical constituents and the use of conventional medication. Various different aspects are treated in a way which creates linkages for clarity and clinical relevance.

• Relevant to all students and practitioners of complementary medicine
• Easy to read
• Includes over 200 illustrations
• Written by a leading practitioner and lecturer in pharmacology

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MCQs in Pharmacy Practice, 2nd Edition

MCQs in Pharmacy Practice, 2nd Edition By Lilian M. Azzopardi
Publisher: Pharmaceutical Press 2009-09-29 | 417 Pages | ISBN: 0853698392 | PDF | 1.5 MB

This book is designed as a revision aid, and covers topics commonly featured in pharmacy undergraduate registration and licensing multiple choice examinations. This book is an ideal revision guide for those preparing to sit a Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) examination in pharmacy. It covers common general pharmacy practice interventions and operations and other topics commonly featured in examinations such as simple pharmaceutical calculations, doses, strengths, nomenclature, abbreviations, dosage forms, specialties, trade and generic names, biochemical tests, classification, side-effects, and common diseases. Some recent advances in pharmacy practice are also included.

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Drugs in Use, 4th Edition

Linda J. Dodds, "Drugs in Use, 4th Edition"
Pharmaceutical Press | 2009 | ISBN: 0853697914 | 666 pages | PDF | 2,3 MB

This revised fourth edition of "Drugs in Use" presents a series of clinical case studies to illustrate how pharmacists can optimise drug therapy in response to the needs of individual patients. Patient information is interspersed with questions and answers suitable for self-study or group discussion and a pharmaceutical care plan is included within each chapter. The cases included address situations which are commonly encountered or associated with particular difficulties in treatment individualisation. Those in which major advances in therapeutics have recently occurred are also covered. All case studies from the previous edition have been updated and revised, and new chapters have been included on the following: eczema; psoriasis; Crohn's disease; oncology; and, substance misuse. Translating the knowledge acquired during undergraduate and postgraduate pharmacy courses into the clinical skills required to optimise the therapy of patients can seem a daunting task. This book was conceived as a method of helping pharmacists and prescribers to 'bridge the gap' between the acquisition of theoretical knowledge about drugs and its practical application to individual patients. It will be an invaluable resource for pharmacy students, pre-registration pharmacists and practising pharmacists. It will also be a valuable resource for medical students and non-medical prescribers.

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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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Pharmaceutical Microbiology

Pharmaceutical Microbiology
Publisher: New Age International | Pages:384 | Aug, 2007 | ISBN:8122422009 | PDF | 3 MB

The textbook on `Pharmaceutical Microbiology` has been adequately developed and expanded according to the AICTE- Approved Syllabus-2000 meant for the Pharmacy Degree Programme across all the Indian Universities, and others abroad offering similar curricula.

Specific attention has been duly paid to the presentation of each chapter that essentially includes: brief introduction, theoretical aspects, classification, neat and vivid diagrammatic illustrations of figures-graphics-equipments, lucid explanations, supportive classical examples, and profusely supplemented with explanatory`foot notes`-references in addition to further reading bibliography.

The text content runs over ten chapters that may prove to be of paramount interest and enormous readability not only confined to the B.Pharm., students but also to various M.Sc., academic curricula in such disciplines as: Food Microbiology, Environmental Science, Microbiology etc.

Key Features IncludeConcise and exhaustive presentation of scientific informations from several sources.A wealth of theoretical information that opens newer possibilities.Detailed classification of various microbial aspects.Pharmaceutical assays and methodologies.Comprehensive index includes significant terminologies.Well documented statement of facts.

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Pharmaceutical Drug Analysis

Ashutosh Kar "Pharmaceutical Drug Analysis"
New Age Publications | English | 2005-12-01 | ISBN: 8122415822 | 564 pages | PDF | 3,2 MB

During the past two decades, there have been magnificent and significant advances in both analytical instrumentation and computerized data handling devices across the globe. In this specific context the remarkable proliferation of windows-based computer software stretched overwhelmingly towards instrument control, real time data handling abilities and the ultimate usage of Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS) are surprisingly noteworthy.

Pharmaceutical Drug Analysis in its present form essentially comprises six parts containing in all 32 well-elaborated chapters predominantly dealing with the set of descriptive analytical methodologies developed to control and assure the quality of the final marketed product; and, therefore, includes both qualitative and quantitative methods of analysis to help in the identification as well as purity of the product.

The main purpose of this textbook is to discuss in an explicit and lucid manner several of the newer methods that now find rather wider application in the domain of pharmaceutical analysis. The basic principle of each technique is critically treated with emphasis on factors that directly affect its proper and judicious application to various analytical problems. An in-depth knowledge of these principles, instrumentations, modus operandi, experimental parameters, and sample preparation procedures in order to optimize the performance procedure of typical assay of pharmaceutical secondary products i.e., dosage forms, calculations etc., along with cognate assays from the Official Compendia have been included profusely.

Undergraduate and postgraduate students of pharmaceutical drug analysis, quality assurance chemists, industrial trainees, bulk-drug professionals and those in related disciplines earnestly requiring a substantial fundamental understanding and knowledge of the subject will certainly find this a much needed suitable compilation for reading and reference.

The broad coverage included in each of the selected analytical techniques would render Pharmaceutical Drug Analysis to be an useful source of ideas, inspiration for research, and developing newer practical solutions to problems in the ever expanding field of pharmaceutical analysis.

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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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Process Chemistry in the Pharmaceutical Industry

Process Chemistry in the Pharmaceutical Industry
Publisher: CRC | ISBN: 0824719816 | edition 1999 | PDF | 500 pages | 14,7 mb

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., New Brunswick, NJ. Reference highlights new strategies for aggressive drug development programs. Includes 12 case studies on agents such as inhibitors and antagonists, 'green chemistry', and new medicinal compounds. For chemists and those entering pharmaceutical discover and development fields. Illustrated.

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Chemistry and Pharmacology of Anticancer Drugs by: David E. Thurston

Chemistry and Pharmacology of Anticancer Drugs by: David E. Thurston
Publisher: CRC Press | 1 Dec 2006 | ISBN: 0849392195 | Pages: 312 | PDF | 6.6 MB

Following a review of cancer causes and progression, current treatments, and the philosophy of drug discovery, this comprehensive work surveys anticancer agents currently in use or in advanced stages of clinical trials, including biological agents. Ideal for those involved in anticancer drug research, the book provides molecular structures for each agent and discusses their history, chemistry, mechanisms of action, structure-function relationships, relevant pharmacology, cytotoxicity, side effects, and formulation issues. It also discusses new research tools, methodologies, tumor-targeting strategies, and the emerging areas of oncogenomics and chemoprevention.

While drug therapies developed in the last 50 years have markedly improved the management of some types of cancers, treatment outcomes, and drug side-effects for the most common types remain unacceptable. However, recent technological advances are leading to improved therapies based on targeting distinct biological pathways in cancer cells. Chemistry and Pharmacology of Anticancer Drugs is a comprehensive survey of all families of anticancer agents currently in use or in advanced stages of clinical trials, including biologicals.

The book is unique in providing molecular structures for all anticancer drugs, discussing them in terms of history, chemistry, mechanism of action, structure-function relationships, and pharmacology. It also provides some relevant information on side effects, dosing, and formulation. The author, a renowned scientist in cancer research and drug development, also provides up-to-date information on the drug discovery process, including new research tools, tumor-targeting strategies, and fundamental concepts in the emerging areas of personalized medicine (e.g., oncogenomics) and chemoprevention.

Chemistry and Pharmacology of Anticancer Drugs is an indispensable resource for cancer researchers, medicinal chemists, and other biomedical scientists involved in the development of new anticancer treatments. Its breadth of coverage also makes it suitable for undergraduate and postgraduate courses in medicine, pharmacy, nursing, and related disciplines.

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Drugs, Doctors and Dinners: How Drug Companies Influence Health in the Developing World

Drugs, Doctors and Dinners: How Drug Companies Influence Health in the Developing World
Consumers International | 2008 | ISBN: 1902391594 | 44 pages | PDF | 1,4 MB

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Clinical Physiology and Pharmacology: The Essentials

Farideh Javid, Janice McCurrie, "Clinical Physiology and Pharmacology: The Essentials"
Wiley | 2008-12-12 | ISBN: 0470518529 | 356 pages | PDF | 1,6 MB

This book is an accessible collection of case study scenarios ideal for physiology and pharmacology revision for pharmacy, medical, biomedical science, clinical science and healthcare students.

Clearly structured and organized by major organ system, the book emphasises ways in which key signs and symptoms of disease inform diagnosis and the choice of treatment, together with the relevant pharmacological mechanisms. Each chapter has a clinical focus and includes clear learning outcomes, key points and model answers with detailed explanations designed to enhance students’ understanding of the physiology and pharmacology underpinning each case study scenario.

50 topics are covered and the cases presented include an extensive range of psychological, neurological, endocrine, cardiovascular, respiratory, renal, gastrointestinal and reproductive disorders, their symptoms, complications and usual treatment along with the actions and uses of some widely- used drugs.

* An essential revision text designed to help students apply their theoretical knowledge to real-life cases
* Realistic case studies focusing on commonly occurring conditions and diseases
* Model answers throughout
* Learning outcomes provided at the beginning of each chapter
* Key learning points presented in the cases follow each model answer
* Helps students to understand the relevance and clinical implications of the topics studied in physiology and pharmacology courses
* Reinforces major concepts and definitions
* Includes a glossary with a full list of drugs and disorders to support the text.

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Essentials of Human Physiology for Pharmacy

Textbooks on human physiology abound. However, they are either basic in nature or are rigorous treatments written for medical and nursing students and exceed the level of detail that pharmacy students need. Essentials of Human Physiology: An Integrated Approach puts the important topics right at students' fingertips. It describes physiology with just the right amount of detail and contains references to therapeutics and the practice of pharmacy that help students understand basic concepts. Providing the fundamentals of physiology specifically geared towards pharmacy students, the book establishes the connection between physiology and pharmacy.

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Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Encyclopedia

This industry standard encyclopedia on pharmaceutical manufacturing processes has been completely updated in this 3rd Edition with FDA approved drugs up to the summer of 2004. This four volume set gives details for the manufacture of 2,226 pharmaceuticals that are being marketed as a trade-named product somewhere in the world. Each entry includes:
Theraputic Function
Chemical and Common Name
Structural Formula
Chemical Abstracts Number
Trade Name, Manufacturer, Country, and Year Introduced
Raw Materials
Manufacturing Process
In addition, references are also cited to major pharmaceutical works where additional information can be obtained on synthesis and the pharmacology of the individual products.

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