Preface -- I General Principles of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutics.- Why drugs are administered.- Drug administration.- Drug absorption and bioavailability -- Drug distribution.- Drug elimination.- Steady-state principles.-        Dose-response relationship.- Pharmaceutical aspects of drugs. - Dosage forms, dose calculations and prescriptions.- Drug interactions. II Pharmacology of the various body systems.-    Drugs and the cardiovascular system.- Drugs and the respiratory system.- Drugs and the central nervous system.- Drugs and the liver/ gastrointestinal system.- Drugs and the renal system.-     Drugs and the endocrine system.- Drugs and the neuromuscular system.- Drugs for the management of pain.- III Pharmacology in special circumstances.- The patient in pain.- The pediatric patient.- The elderly patient.- The obstetric patient.- The obese patient.- The bleeding patient.- The septic patient.- The allergic patient.- The poisoned patient.-  IV Pharmacology of special drugs.- Oxygen as a drug.- Fluids as drugs -- V Safety issues in pharmacology -- Medication Errors. Index.