Synopses & Reviews
* Updated drugs and references
o More than 1000 USMLE-type questions with answers and explanations
* Two complete practice exams in USMLE format
* Student's #1 choice for exam and course prep
The perfect preparation for USMLE Step 1--or any pharmacology board exam--this unique Q&A-packed review covers every aspect of the subject.
* Ideal preparation for the USMLE Step 1
* Indispensable for course review and exams
* Designed to complement any standard medical pharmacology textbook
* Inside: complete, up-to-date core review of pharmacology, with more than 1000 USMLE-type questions with answers and explanations, referenced to the leading pharmacology text, Katzung's Basic & Clinical Pharmacology
The best pharmacology review you can find, Katzung & Trevor's Pharmacology: Examination & Board Review features:
* Up-to-date, student-friendly core guide to pharmacology, from the authors of the leading text in the field
* Concise review of autonomic, cardiovascular, smooth muscle, CNS, blood, anti-inflammatory, endocrine, and chemotherapeutic drugs and drug actions
* New chapter on botanicals (herbal medications) and nutritional supplements, with questions and answers
* New Skill Keeper features - help students recall important principles discussed in earlier chapters and integrate drug information
* All chapters rigorously updated with the latest drug information and references
* More than 1000 USMLE-type questions-almost 3 times more than any other pharmacology review
* Clinical vignette-type questions and case studies
* All the practical tools, high-yield study aids, and test strategies you need to score well on pharmacology questions on the USMLE
* Great for course review, too
Synopsis
The best-selling review in pharmacology! This high-yield text continues to include the most up-to-date information on all current drugs and covers retrovirals, immunologic agents, and chemotherapies. Features two practice tests with questions and answers in USMLE format.
Synopsis
THE BEST-SELLING PHARMACOLOGY REVIEW!"... Excellent and complete ... it contains amazing figures and graphs that help to delineate the differences between similar drugs"*
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* Online reader reviews of the previous edition
High-yield, comprehensive, and up-to-date, KatzungandTrevor's Pharmacology will help you score well on the USMLE and course exams.
FEATURES:
*Current, student-friendly review of pharmacology, from the authors of the leading text in the field, Katzungs BasicandClinical Pharmacology
*Over 1000 USMLE-type questions with answers and explanationsmore than any other pharmacology review
*Two complete practice exams in USMLE format
*Concise review of autonomic, cardiovascular, smooth muscle, CNS, blood, anti-inflammatory, endocrine, and chemotherapeutic drugs and drug actions
*NEW drug classification schematics in each chapter –illustrate the major subdivisions within each drug group
*Key Drugs included in each chapter – promotes recognition of drug prototypes and other significant agents
*Checklists included at the end of each chapter – help students master the essential material
*Skill Keeper features help you recall and integrate important principles and drug information from earlier chapters
*Great for course review, too!
About the Author
Anthony J. Trevor, PhDProfessor Emeritus of Pharmacology and Toxicology
Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
Bertram G. Katzung, MD, PhD
Professor Emeritus of Pharmacology
Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
Susan B. Masters, PhD
Associate Professor of Pharmacology
Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
Table of Contents
I. Basic Principles
II. Autonomic Drugs
III. Cardiovascular Drugs
IV. Drugs with Important Actions on Smooth Muscle
V. Drugs That Act in the Central Nervous System
VI. Drugs with Important Actions on Blood, Inflammation,andGout
VII. Endocrine Drugs
VIII. Chemotherapeutic Drugs
IX. Toxicology
X. Special Topics
Appendix I. Key Words for Key Drugs
Appendix II. Examination 1
Appendix III. Examination 2
Appendix IV. Strategies for Improving Test Performance