For more than 25 years, Dr. Charles Ciccone has been the forerunner in helping physical therapists explore how medications affect patient rehabilitation. With the 5th Edition, you'll find even more case studies, review questions, information on vitamins and supplements, and expanded coverage of chemotherapy and cancer treatment covering science and innovation as drug changes occur.

Section 1. General principles of pharmacology -- Basic principles of pharmacology -- Pharmacokinetics I: drug administration, absorption, and distribution -- Pharmacokinetics II: drug elimination -- Drug receptors -- Section 2. Pharmacology of the central nervous system -- General principles of central nervous system pharmacology -- Sedative-hypnotic and antianxiety drugs -- Drugs to treat affective disorders: depression and bipolar syndrome -- Antipsychotic drugs -- Antiepileptic drugs -- Pharmacological management of Parkinson disease -- General anesthetics -- Local anesthetics -- Section 3. Drugs affecting skeletal muscle -- Skeletal muscle relaxants -- Section 4. Drugs used to treat pain and inflammation -- Opioid analgesics -- Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs -- Pharmacological management of rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis -- Patient-controlled analgesia -- Section 5. Autonomic and cardiovascular pharmacology -- Introduction to autonomic pharmacology -- Cholinergic drugs -- Adrenergic drugs -- Antihypertensive drugs -- Treatment of angina pectoris -- Treatment of cardiac arrhythmias -- Treatment of congestive heart failure -- Treatment of coagulation disorders and hyperlipidemia -- Section 6. Respiratory and gastrointestinal pharmacology -- Respiratory drugs -- Gastrointestinal drugs -- Section 7. Endocrine pharmacology -- Introduction to endocrine pharmacology -- Adrenocorticosteroids -- Male and female hormones -- Thyroid and parathyroid drugs: agents affecting bone mineralization -- Pancreatic hormones and the treatment of diabetes mellitus -- Section 8. Chemotherapy of infectious and neoplastic diseases -- Treatment of infections I: antibacterial drugs -- Treatment of infections II: antiviral drugs -- Treatment of infections III: antifungal and antiparasitic drugs -- Cancer chemotherapy -- Immunomodulating agents -- Complementary and alternative medications -- Appendix A: drugs administered by iontophoresis and phonophoresis -- Appendix B : drugs of Abuse -- Appendix C : answers to case study questions.