Integrated pharmacology
Subtitle: combining modern pharmacology with Chinese medicine
By: by Greg Sperber ; with Bob Flaws
Contributors: Flaws, Bob, 1946-
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Blue Poppy Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Boulder, CO
Language: eng
Number of pages: 452
ISBN-13: 9781891845413
Subjects: Drug-herb interactions; Handbooks, manuals; Drugs; Administration; Pharmacology; Chinese Herbal Drugs; Contraindications; Herb-Drug Interactions; Pharmacologic Actions; Pharmaceutical Preparations
Description: Integrated Pharmacology: Combining Modern Pharmacology with Chinese Medicine, by Dr Greg Sperber, gives you basic information about each common class of Western pharmaceuticals. For each category of drug, Dr Sperber gives us the generic names, pronunciation, and registered proprietary versions, an explanation of function, mechanism of action, dosages for adults, children, and the elderly, possible adverse affects, red flags, and the most up-to-the-minute information on specific drug-drug and drug-herb interactions that may affect your patients. Additionally, the book includes commentary by Bob Flaws on a three-part system for evaluating Western meds using Chinese medical principles and a Chinese medical analysis of each class of drugs using this three-part system. This book has Over 130 illustrations showing the functions and mechanisms of each type of drug as well as a page-by-page glossary of potentially difficult terms throughout the book.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 379-385) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Pharmacology basics --; title: Drug-herb interactions --; title: Drugs affecting the autonomic nervous system --; title: Drugs affecting the central nervous system --; title: Drugs affecting the cardiovascular system --; title: Drugs affecting the cardiovascular system --; title: Drugs affecting the respiratory system --; title: Drugs affecting the gastrointestinal system --; title: Chemotherapeutic agents --; title: Anti-inflammatory drugs --; title: Miscellaneous drugs --; title: Provisional Chinese medical descriptions of Western drugs by category.