Pharmacology category: 1712 books
Platinum and Other Heavy Metal Compounds in Cancer Chemotherapy
Molecular Mechanisms and Clinical Applications
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2009
Cisplatin, the first member of the family of platinum-containing chemotherapeutic agents, was discovered by Barnett Rosenberg in 1965 and approved by the FDA for marketing in 1978. After 30 years of use in the clinic, cisplatin remains a central element of many treatment regimens. Cisplatin is still...
by Eric D. Wills
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2014
Biochemical Basis of Medicine discusses academic biochemistry and the applications of biochemistry in medicine. This book deals with the biochemistry of the subcellular organelles, the biochemistry of the body , and of the specialized metabolism occurring in many body tissues. This text also discusses...
Synthetic Analgesics
Diphenylpropylamines
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2014
Synthetic Analgesics, Part I: Diphenylpropylamines deals with the methods of synthesis, the physical and chemical properties, and the ""analgesic"" activity of diphenylpropylamines. Topics covered include the ""analgesic"" activity of methadone, morphine, pethidine,...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2015
With its focus on emerging concerns of kinase and GPCR-mediated antitarget effects, this vital reference for drug developers addresses one of the hot topics in drug safety now and in future.
Divided into three major parts, the first section deals with novel technologies and includes the utility of...
by Kiran Gangarapu
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2014
Master's Thesis from the year 2013 in the subject Medicine - Pharmacology, grade: 10, , course: M-Pharmacy, language: English, abstract: Isatin (1H-indole-2,3-dione) (I) was first discovered by Erdmann and Laurent in 1841, independently as a product from oxidation of indigo by nitric and chromic acids....
by Linda Skidmore-Roth
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2013
There is a difference in drug handbooks. From the leading name in nursing, Mosby’s 2014 Nursing Drug Reference makes it easy to find the latest and most vital information on the drugs you administer most frequently. More than 5,000 drugs are profiled — including 70 new entries on current drugs...
by Atta-ur-Rahman
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2013
Frontiers in Clinical Drug Research – Central Nervous System presents the latest research and clinical studies on the central nervous system (CNS). It covers a range of topics such as the development and pathophysiology of the brain and spinal cord, physiological sites of drug action in the CNS...
The Drug Hunters
The Improbable Quest to Discover New Medicines
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2016
The surprising, behind-the-scenes story of how our medicines are discovered, told by a veteran drug hunter.
The search to find medicines is as old as disease, which is to say as old as the human race. Through serendipity- by chewing, brewing, and snorting-some Neolithic souls discovered opium,...
by John Virapen
Language: Italian
Release Date: July 1, 2014
Language: Italian
Release Date: July 1, 2014
«- Sapevate che le grandi case farmaceutiche spendono circa 35-40 mila dollari l'anno per ciascun medico in attività con lo scopo di convincerli a prescrivere i loro prodotti?
- Sapevate che i così detti opinion leader / opinion maker – cioè scienziati e medici qualificati – vengono corrotti...
Bad Pharma
How Drug Companies Mislead Doctors and Harm Patients
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2013
We like to imagine that medicine is based on evidence and the results of fair testing and clinical trials. In reality, those tests and trials are often profoundly flawed. We like to imagine that doctors who write prescriptions for everything from antidepressants to cancer drugs to heart medication...
Miracle Medicines
Seven Lifesaving Drugs and the People Who Created Them
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2007
It’s the business of saving lives.
Miracle Medicines goes behind the scenes of the pharmaceutical industry and into the high-security laboratories to tell the stories of the men and women---chemists, physiologists, medical and clinical researchers, engineers---who have chosen to toil for years...
Bottle of Lies
The Inside Story of the Generic Drug Boom
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2019
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
From an award-winning journalist, an explosive narrative investigation of the generic drug boom that reveals fraud and life-threatening dangers on a global scale—The Jungle for pharmaceuticals
Many have hailed the widespread use of generic drugs as one...
by Harry G. Brittain
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2015
Volumes in this widely revered series present comprehensive reviews of drug substances and additional materials, with critical review chapters that summarize information related to the characterization of drug substances and excipients. This organizational structure meets the needs of the pharmaceutical...
Forensic Toxicology
Proceedings of the European Meeting of the International Association of Forensic Toxicologists
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Forensic toxicology has progressed rapidly and diversified greatly in recent years. The members of the International Association of Forensic Toxicologists provide a valuable service through the association's bulletin. In its pages members hear of new poisons as they are encountered and the analytical...