FASTtrack: Therapeutics

FASTtrack: Therapeutics
Edition: First edtion
Nadia Bukhari - Masters of Pharmacy Programme Manager & Pre registration co-ordinator and David Kearney - Senior Pharmacist in Neurology, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust

Are your exams coming up? Are you drowning in textbooks and lecture notes and wondering where to begin? Take the FASTtrack route to successful study for your examinations.

FASTtrack is a new series of indispensable revision/study guides created especially for pharmacy students.

Each book focuses on what pharmacy students really need to know in order to pass exams, providing concise, bulleted information, key points, tips and an all-important self-assessment section which includes MCQs, case studies, sample essay questions and worked examples.

The FASTtrack series provides the ultimate lecture notes and is a must-have for all pharmacy students wanting to study and test themselves for forthcoming exams.

Therapeutics is a basic study guide in therapeutics and will cover all the main systems of the body with a summary of therapeutics in these areas.

Covering all areas of the pharmacy degree, the first titles in the series include:

Applied Pharmaceutical Practice (based on the textbook of the same name)
Complementary and Alternative Medicine (based on the textbook of the same name)
Law and Ethics in Pharmacy Practice (due March 2010)
Managing Symptoms in the Pharmacy
Pharmaceutical Compounding and Dispensing (based on the textbook of the same name)
Pharmaceutics - Dosage Form and Design
Pharmaceutics - Drug Delivery and Targeting
Pharmacology
Physical Pharmacy (based on Florence & Attwood's Physicochemical Principles of Pharmacy)
Therapeutics

Note: Visit the FASTtrack website FASTtrack website for extra MCQs, sample online content and much more.

Contents:
1. Basic Biochemistry: 2. Hypertension: 3. Angina: 4. Heart Failure: 5. Ischaemic Heart Disease: 6. Stroke: 7. Asthma: 8. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: 9. Inflammatory Bowel Disease (Ulcerative Colitis & Crohn's Disease): 10. Gastro Oesophageal Reflux Disease: 11. Peptic Ulcer: 12. Constipation: 13. Diarrhea: 14. Liver Disease: 15. Acute Renal Failure: 16. Chronic Renal Failure: 17. Tuberculosis: 18. Bacterial Infections: 19. Epilepsy: 20. Parkinson's: 21. Alzheimers: 22. Depression: 23. Schizophrenia: 24. Pain: 25. Diabetes: 26. Hypothyroidism: 27. Hyperthyroidism: 28. Eczema: 29. Psoriasis: 30. Glaucoma: 31. Rheumatoid Arthritis: 32. Osteoarthritis: 33. Gout: