F.A. Davis Company

A volume in the Contemporary Perspectives In Rehabilitation Series, edited by Steven L. Wolf, PhD, PT, FAPTA.

Rely on the completely revised and thoroughly updated 4th Edition of this innovative textbook to insure that your students will be able to master this complex content with ease. Organized by body system, each chapter begins with a description of the drug...followed by an explanation of the conditions it treats...and ends with a discussion of how the drug affects physical therapy and how physical therapy may impact drug effectiveness. Dr. Ciccone’s easy-to-understand writing style demystifies the science and practice of pharmacology.

• Emphasizes how medications affect patients undergoing physical rehabilitation and focuses on how clinicians can take advantage of beneficial drug effects that complement rehabilitation, while working around side effects that can have adverse effects on patient interventions.
• Provides detailed coverage on how specific medications can influence certain therapy and rehabilitation procedures.
• Concludes each chapter with a case study that demonstrates the application of pharmacology to a clinical situation.

I. General Principles of Pharmacology

1. Basic Principles of Pharmacology
2. Pharmacokinetics I: Drug Administration, Absorption, and Distribution
3. Pharmacokinetics II: Drug Elimination
4. Drug Receptors

II. Pharmacology of the Central Nervous System

5. General Principles: Central Nervous System Pharmacology
6. Sedative-Hypnotic and Antianxiety Agents
7. Drugs Used to Treat Affective Disorders: Depression and Bipolar Syndrome
8. Antipsychotic Drugs
9. Antiepileptic Drugs
10. Pharmacologic Management of Parkinson Disease
11. General Anesthetics
12. Local Anesthetics

III. Drugs Affecting Skeletal Muscle

13. Skeletal Muscle Relaxants

IV. Drugs Used to Treat Pain and Inflammation

14. Opioid Analgesics
15. Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs
16. Pharmacologic Management of Rheumatoid Arthritis and Osteoarthritis
17. Patient-Controlled Analgesia

V. Autonomic and Cardiovascular Pharmacology

18. Introduction to Autonomic Pharmacology
19. Cholinergic Drugs
20. Adrenergic Drugs
21. Antihypertensive Drugs
22. Treatment of Angina Pectoris
23. Treatment of Cardiac Arrhythmias
24. Treatment of Congestive Heart Failure
25. Treatment of Coagulation Disorders and Hyperlipidemia

VI. Respiratory and Gastrointestinal Pharmacology

26. Respiratory Drugs
27. Gastrointestinal Drugs

VII. Endocrine Pharmacology

28. Introduction to Endocrine Pharmacology
29. Adrenocorticosteroids
30. Male and Female Hormones
31. Thyroid and Parathyroid Drugs: Agents Affecting Bone Mineralization
32. Pancreatic Hormones and the Treatment of Diabetes Mellitus

VIII. Chemotherapy of Infectious and Neoplastic Diseases

33. Treatment of Infections I: Antibacterial Drugs
34. Treatment of Infections II: Antiviral Drugs
35. Treatment of Infections III: Antifungal and Antiparasitic Drugs
36. Cancer Chemotherapy
37. Immunomodulating Agents
38. Complimentary and Alternative Medications

• Thoroughly updated and revised content, including the most recent drug information.
• A brand-new chapter, Complementary and Alternative Medications.
• Updates posted each year on the DavisPlus web site—before the Fall semester begins—with descriptions of new drugs that will have a significant impact on the rehabilitation sciences.
• And much more!