10th Edition of Rang and Dales Pharmacology: A Comprehensive Guide for Students and Professionals

By James M. Ritter DPhil FRCP FBPhS FMedSci, Rod J. Flower PhD DSc FBPhS FMedSci FRS, Graeme Henderson BSc PhD FBPhS, Yoon Kong Loke MB BS MRCP MD, David MacEwan PhD FRSB FBPhS SFHEA, Emma Robinson PhD FBPhS, James Fullerton MA MBChB MRCP PhD FHEA

Published by Elsevier, July 21, 2023

Language: English, Paperback: 872 pages, ISBN-10: 0323873952, ISBN-13: 978-0323873956

Summary: Rang and Dales Pharmacology is a renowned textbook for students of pharmacology, providing accessible and up-to-date information on drugs and their mechanisms of action for over 30 years. The 10th edition has been updated to include important new drugs such as gene therapies, personalized medicines, and the new wave of RNA drugs. It retains its reader-friendly format with color coding and illustrations, making it an essential resource for science and medical students, junior doctors, and professionals in other disciplines such as pharmacy, veterinary medicine, and nursing.

Key Features:

• Comprehensive information on drug mechanisms, basic physiology and biochemistry, and underlying pathophysiology of disease, suitable for students from many disciplines.
• Clear figures to aid understanding, including data figures as well as mechanistic diagrams.
• Key points box summaries, clinical boxes, and color-coded chapters help to master difficult concepts.
• Emphasis on therapeutic drugs to help apply theory to practice.
• Over 150 questions and 12 clinical cases to test your knowledge.
• Enhanced eBook version included with purchase, allowing you to access all the text, figures, and references, with the ability to search, customize your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud.
• New chapters on drugs and the eye and the pharmacological management of headache.
• Revised information on biopharmaceuticals (including RNA drugs), antivirals (including Covid-19 therapies) as well as general principles of antimicrobial therapy.
• A completely revised and updated chapter on lifestyle drugs.
• Recent advances in oxygen sensing and response to reduced oxygen tension.
• Expanded chapters on dementia and analgesic drugs.

Why Buy This Book:

For Students: Rang and Dales Pharmacology provides comprehensive information on drug mechanisms, basic physiology, and biochemistry, making it an essential textbook for science and medical students. It is also recommended for junior doctors and professionals in other disciplines such as pharmacy, veterinary medicine, and nursing.

For Professionals: The book offers a detailed understanding of therapeutic drugs and their mechanisms of action, making it a valuable resource for professionals in the healthcare industry.

For Researchers: Rang and Dales Pharmacology includes recent advances in oxygen sensing, response to reduced oxygen tension, and expanded chapters on dementia and analgesic drugs, making it a useful reference for researchers in the field of pharmacology.