An Overview of Drug Actions and Interactions

Description

An Overview of Drug Actions and Interactions is a convenient, easy-to-access guide to understanding what effective drugs are available for specific diseases, how specific drugs produce therapeutic benefits, side effects that may occur when taking these drugs, and which drugs and supplements should not be taken together. The book applies the 300 most often prescribed medications in the United States to more than 80 prevalent illnesses, discussing each drug's mechanism of action, side effects, and interactions with other pharmaceuticals. Medication molecular structures are also presented to assist you in understanding their modes of action. Drugs that affect the primary systems (cardiovascular, respiratory, gastrointestinal, genitourinary, endocrine, neuronal); bone, muscle, skin, and joints; and overall health are also included. An appendix also lists significant medications currently in use in each therapeutic categorization. Thirty-two further appendices describe the interaction of a therapeutic group of pharmaceuticals with an individual drug or group of drugs, such as beta-blockers, alpha-blockers, calcium-blockers, and so on.