This new edition is a complete guide to medical pharmacology for students.

Beginning with an overview of pharmacological principles, the following sections cover drugs used to treat disorders in different systems of the body.

The next chapters discuss antimicrobial drugs and chemotherapy, and the book concludes with a section on miscellaneous drugs including immunosuppressant drugs, antiseptics, vitamins, and vaccines.

The eighth edition has been fully revised to provide the latest advances in the field. New drugs and the latest treatment guidelines have been added.

Most chapters conclude with an exercise in therapeutic decision making and topics are extensively referenced.

The text is highly illustrated with figures, charts and tables, and includes comprehensive appendices covering problem directed study, prescribing in pregnancy, and drugs in breastfeeding.