chapter 1 Introduction -- chapter 2 Absorption and distribution -- chapter 3 Metabolism and elimination -- chapter 4 Drug interactions -- chapter 5 Drug receptors -- chapter 6 Dose–response relationship -- chapter 7 Drug toxicity -- chapter 8 Treating drug overdose -- chapter 9 Hormones -- chapter 10 Chemotherapeutic agents -- chapter 11 Drug treatment of symptoms: neuropharmacology and substance abuse -- chapter 12 Cardiovascular drugs -- chapter 13 Drug discovery by the pharmaceutical industry -- chapter 14 Pharmaceutical development of drugs and the FDA -- chapter 15 Animals in research -- chapter 16 Alternative medicine.