A companion volume to "Rang et al's Pharmacology", it aims to provide the reader with the information on pharmacology. It includes text and summary diagrams, and the key points of the information. It helps in preparing for examinations, and also helps you know how drugs work and their underlying pathophysiological processes.

"Pharmacology Condensed", a companion volume to "Rang et al's Pharmacology", sets out to provide the reader with the quintessence of pharmacology, delineating, in text and summary diagrams, the key points of the information, which will be needed later in professional life. It will help reinforce the facts and concepts in pharmacology that are essential in appreciating how drugs work and their underlying pathophysiological processes. Each of the 49 short chapters adopts a standard approach, and the book includes many illustrations specially designed to summarise textual material. Within each chapter, several drugs may be mentioned but only the most important drugs from each group are set out in bold type. Readers using this book will gain a fuller understanding of the essential aspects of pharmacology. It will also be of considerable help in preparing for examinations. This book is best used with "Rang et al.", but could also be used in conjunction with another pharmacology textbook.

1. General principles of drug action
2. Molecular aspects of drug action
3. Excitable tissues and secretory mechanisms
4. Cell proliferation and apoptosis
5. Measurement of drug action
6. Absorption and distribution of drugs
7. Drug metabolism and excretion
8. Pharmacokinetics
9. Autonomic nervous sytem
10. Cholinergic transmission: acetylcholine
modulation by receptors
11. Noradrenergic transmission: adrenoceptors
12. Other peripheral mediators:5-HT and purines
13. Other peripheral mediators: Peptides
14. Other peripheral mediators: Nitric oxide
15. Inflammation and anti-inflammatory drugs
16. Immune responses and immunosuppressant drugs
17. CVS: Cardiac rhythm and dysrhythmias
18. Blood flow, angina and myocardial infarction
19. CVS: Blood pressure control and hyptertension
20. Cardiac output and heart failure
21. Atherosclerosis and lipoprotein metabolism
22. Haemostasis and thrombosis
23. The haemopoietic system
24. Respiration and asthma
25. The kidney
26. The gastrointestinal tract
27. Blood sugar and diabetes
28. The adrenal cortex
29. The thyroid
30. The reproductive system
31. Bone metabolism
32. CNS: Amino acid transmitters
33. Other CNS transmitters
34. Neurodegenerative disorders
35. General anaesthetics
36. Anxiolytics and hypnotics
37. Antipsychotic drugs
38. Antidepressants
39. Antiepileptic drugs
40. Analgesic drugs and the control of pain
41. CNS stimulants and psychomimetic drugs
42. Summary of chemical transmission in the CNS
43. Local anaesthetics
44. Drug dependence and drug abuse
45. Antibacterial drugs
46. Antifungal drugs and anthelminthic drugs
47. Antiviral drugs
48. Antiprotozoal drugs
49. Cancer chemotherapy