Lecture Notes on Clinical Pharmacology

Lecture Notes on Clinical Pharmacology is a core text on how and when to use drugs in the practice of medicine. It bridges the gap between laboratory science and the clinical practice and promotes the safe and effective use of drugs to optimize benefit to the patient and minimize risks. This new edition features a new chapter on travel medicine to reflect the problems of travel-associated diseases. The sections on thrombosis and self-poisoning have been completely rewritten by experts in the field while all other sections have been reviewed and updated with details of new and withdrawn drugs.