pharmacology books

	Pharmacology, Second Edition
	By: George M. Brenner, Craig W. Stevens ISBN: 1416029842 Publisher: Saunders Release Date: 01 March, 2006 Bioscience book rank: 415472	The new (2nd) edition is a nice update of the original text. It now includes review questions as well as new drug information since the first edition. The text itself is admirably clear and concise, and does a good job of describing the clinical uses of drugs as well as their mechanisms of action. This would be an excellent textbook for an introductory pharmacology course. I found this book to be a great up to date (2000) review of pharm. It has just a bit more information than a pure review book, like the lippincott's pharm rewiew. The extra info helps put the drugs more in context to why they work or don't. It does not have questions to test yourself, the questions come in another "companion" book to this, so there is extra expence if one wants that- the only down side (lippincott's has questions in the same book). The class that I'm in is pretty much split on which one they prefer (the questions in the lippincott book sway some).
	Pharmacology and Ototoxicity for Audiologists
	By: Kathleen C. M. Campbell ISBN: 1418011304 Publisher: CENGAGE Delmar Learning Release Date: 25 August, 2006 Bioscience book rank: 267424	good basic introduction to pharmacology and ototoxicity for beginners
	Rau's Respiratory Care Pharmacology
	By: Douglas S. Gardenhire ISBN: 0323032028 Publisher: Mosby Release Date: 24 October, 2007 Bioscience book rank: 197066
	Sexual Pharmacology: Fast Facts
	By: Robert Taylor Segraves, Richard Balon ISBN: 0393703541 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company Release Date: May, 2003 Bioscience book rank: 350132
	Fundamentals of Pharmacology for Veterinary Technicians
	By: Janet Amundson Romich ISBN: 1401842933 Publisher: CENGAGE Delmar Learning Release Date: 06 July, 2004 Bioscience book rank: 550034	I really like this book, very useful! It came in excellant condition!
	Pharmacology for the Boards and Wards (Boards and Wards Series)
	By: Carlos Ayala, Brad Spellberg ISBN: 1405105119 Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Release Date: 01 May, 2006 Bioscience book rank: 82153	This book rocks out. Pharm was my weakest subject going into the shelf exams and I wasn't sure of how to study for it. An older classmate told me to read this book. I read the book cover-to-cover then reviewed it as much as possible within three days and took my test. My raw score was a 100 points ahead of the class average! I am usually a little (i.e. a few points) ahead of the class average but this was unreal. When all was said and done I got a 93% on my Pharm-shelf. Besides Micro, it turned out to be my best grade! <br /> <br />Trust this book. It has really good organization, it's concise, and it covers everything. Great book for shelf. I will lean more on First Aid for Step 1 and use this book as a general reference. God bless you all! 'Pharmacology for the Boards and Wards' has one big problem - it couldn't decide, what should it be - more basic or more clinical. I guess it's more useful for wards than for boards. <br />This book isn't very high yield for USMLE step 1 - it lacks important details on mechanisms of action (basic pharmacology), which is heavily tested on step 1 - for example, it doesn't mention that thiazolidinediones bind to the PPAR-gamma (peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma); USMLE step 1 will not be satisfied by the superficial knowledge on this subject, like 'thiazolidinediones increase tissue sensitivity to insulin via genetic transcriptional changes' (the only information you can find about the mechanism of action of these drugs in this book); no, this answer will not be provided in step 1's MCQ - instead, there will be 'pioglitazone acts on the PPAR-gamma', as one of the answer choices. <br />On the other hand, 'Pharmacology for the Boards and Wards' provides many details about clinical pharmacology, which may be helpful for the USMLE step 2 CK (though, I guess, not too many people are reading pharmacology for this exam), but it's highly unlikely that this information will be tested on USMLE step 1; for example, you don't need to know that 'metformin should be held in patients undergoing imaging studies with contrast' - step 1 will not inquire about this. <br />If you are preparing for USMLE step 1 and need very concise review of pharmacology, instead of this book I recommend Katzung's 'USMLE Road Map: Pharmacology' - it's even slimmer - 178 pages - and cheaper than 'Pharmacology for the Boards and Wards', but much more step 1 -oriented, i.e. high-yield, and also much better illustrated (by the illustrations about mechanisms of action). I have always been a fan of condensed information. I liked this book because it fits my study style perfectly. The information is presented in outline format. The key words that you need to know for the boards are set out in bold-lettering, and all the drugs are summarized in tables. I have Pharmcards, but I like studying off of tables for memorizing drugs better because it keeps the class of drugs together in my mind, and I can quickly go back to the text if I need information that is not presented in the table. <br /> <br />This book is by no means comprehensive. For example, it doesn't give trade names or dosing schedules that you would need for third year while out on the wards, but it is great for learning all of the drugs for second year--and there are a heck of a lot of drugs to learn. You can buy this book at the beginning of the year and study from it to learn the drugs for each class that you have, and then you can use it again at the end of the year as a quick review when studying for the boards. Pharm is tough--I highly recommend this book.
	Pharmacology for Technicians (3rd Edition)
	By: Mary M. Laughlin ISBN: 0763822108 Publisher: EMC/Paradigm Publishing Release Date: January, 2005 Bioscience book rank: 99713	If you take the practice certification exam, available online at the website of the organization that administers the real test, you will find that most of the questions are not answered in this or rhe other Ballington books. They manage to be long and packed with irrelevant information without including the things you will actually need to know to get certified. Look somewhere else. I'm not satisified with the purchase of this book because there are no answers to the chapter review questions.
	Pharmacology for Nurses: A Pathophysiologic Approach
	By: Michael Patrick Adams, Dianne L. Josephson, Leland Norman Holland ISBN: 0130281484 Publisher: Prentice Hall Release Date: 21 January, 2004 Bioscience book rank: 442998	This book does a great job explaining drug class pathophysiology, as well as outlining nursing considerations, and implementation. A very well rounded approach for nurses and nursing students! This is a great book that will help you understand pharm as well as patho. I use it for both subjects Helpful and easy to follow text. Illustrations, graphs, and charts very helpful.
	Pharmacology and Drug Administration for Imaging Technologists
	By: Steven C. Jensen, Michael P. Peppers ISBN: 0323030750 Publisher: Mosby Release Date: 06 October, 2005 Bioscience book rank: 454570	my order was shipped within a week and a half and the condition was very good. Very pleased. I think this book with it's review and questions after each chapter have helped me excel in my Pharmacology class.
	Chicago Review Press Pharmacology Made Easy for NCLEX-PN Review and Study Guide (Pharmacology Made Easy for NCLEX series)
	By: Linda Waide, Berta Roland ISBN: 1556523920 Publisher: Chicago Review Press Release Date: 01 September, 2001 Bioscience book rank: 142355	While this book was not helpful for another reviewer, it saved my butt on the NCLEX-PN. It's a quick o-view of each classification, common drugs and their actions. No, it won't teach you pharmacology - that's what class was for. But it's an excellent, simplified review for the NCLEX. The questions on the included CD were almost word for word the same questions, I got on the NCLEX. While I only had the minimum questions on the NCLEX (85), at least a dozen were drug-related. And I passed :-) I've recommended this study guide as an adjunct to any other NCLEX review CD to all my classmates and other students. It's the only NCLEX review book I kept after passing the NCLEX because it's a quick reference guide. I found this publication very unhelpful. I was trying to find something that would give me a list of drugs to know for the test, their action, side effects, nursing precautions. Like a nursing drug handbok, but narrowed down to only drugs necessary for the PN test. This book has a review of drug classifications and what they are used for, and then goes on to practice questions about specific drugs, which are not reviewed. I am familiar with classifications, but have a hard time remembering all the drug names and side effects. This book did not help me with that info and was a waste of my money.