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Pills, potions, and poisons : how drugs work / Trevor Stone and Gail Darlington.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2000Description: xvi, 476 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0198504039
  • 9780198504030
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 615.1
LOC classification:
  • RM301.15. S76 2000
Contents:
1. How do drugs work? -- 2. The respiratory system: allergies, asthma, coughs and colds -- 3. Diabetes -- 4. The gastrointestinal tract and feeding: ulcers, indigestion, diarrhoea, constipation and vomiting -- 5. The kidney -- 6. Painkillers -- 7. Migraine and headaches -- 8. Parkinson's disease -- 9. Schizophrenia -- 10. Alzheimer's disease -- 11. Depression and antidepressant drugs -- 12. Epilepsy -- 13. Anxiety and sedation -- 14. Blood: anaemia and coagulation -- 15. Blood pressure -- 16. The heart -- 17. Infections and infestations -- 18. Cancer -- 19. Steroids -- 20. Arthritis, SLE and gout -- 21. Osteoporosis and osteomalacia -- 22. Vitamins, minerals and antioxidants -- 23. Love potions and aphrodisiacs -- 24. Drugs of misuse and recreation: alcohol, nicotine, caffeine, cocaine, cannabis, LSD and ecstasy -- 25. Poisons -- 26. Drugs and their discovery.
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book North Campus North Campus Main Collection 615.1 STO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A325416B

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. How do drugs work? -- 2. The respiratory system: allergies, asthma, coughs and colds -- 3. Diabetes -- 4. The gastrointestinal tract and feeding: ulcers, indigestion, diarrhoea, constipation and vomiting -- 5. The kidney -- 6. Painkillers -- 7. Migraine and headaches -- 8. Parkinson's disease -- 9. Schizophrenia -- 10. Alzheimer's disease -- 11. Depression and antidepressant drugs -- 12. Epilepsy -- 13. Anxiety and sedation -- 14. Blood: anaemia and coagulation -- 15. Blood pressure -- 16. The heart -- 17. Infections and infestations -- 18. Cancer -- 19. Steroids -- 20. Arthritis, SLE and gout -- 21. Osteoporosis and osteomalacia -- 22. Vitamins, minerals and antioxidants -- 23. Love potions and aphrodisiacs -- 24. Drugs of misuse and recreation: alcohol, nicotine, caffeine, cocaine, cannabis, LSD and ecstasy -- 25. Poisons -- 26. Drugs and their discovery.

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