Comprehensive Reviews in Toxicology: For

Revised and updated, this edition covers general principles of overdose management; the automonic nervous system, neurotransmitters and drugs; drugs used in psychiatry; cardiac drugs; agents that burn; gases and abnormal haemoglobin formation; the alcohols; drugs of abuse; analgesics; metals; environmental toxins; toxins in food; and miscellaneous agents.; This edition contains 30 additional chapters, with a complete revision of existing chapters; information covering such venomous creatures as snakes, spiders, scorpions and ants; a new chapter on drug interactions; and expanded coverage of cardiac medications, drugs of abuse, inhalational agents, pharmacokinetics for the paediatric and geriatric populations; and autonomous nervous system drugs.

General Management of the Overdosed Patient	p. 3
Methods of Preventing Absorption	p. 20
Methods of Enhancing Drug Excretion	p. 36
The Role of the Laboratory	p. 47
Pharmacokinetics and Toxicokinetics	p. 61
Pharmacokinetics and Age Extremes	p. 75
Drug Interactions	p. 83
The Autonomic Nervous System	p. 99
Autonomic Nervous System Drugs	p. 114
Antimuscarinic Agents	p. 119
Antihistaminic Agents	p. 131
[alpha]-Adrenergic Agonists	p. 142
[alpha]-Adrenergic Blocking Agents	p. 150
[beta]-Receptor Agonists	p. 155
[beta]-Adrenergic Blocking Agents	p. 162
Cyclic Antidepressants	p. 175
Neuroleptic-Antipsychotic Agents	p. 200
Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors	p. 209
Lithium	p. 216
Antiarrhythmic Agents	p. 227
Digitalis Glycosides	p. 243
Calcium Channel Blockers	p. 261
Alkalis	p. 277
Acids	p. 283
Work-Up of Patient with Gastrointestinal Burns	p. 289
Burns of the Skin	p. 296
Burns of the Eye	p. 303
Hydrofluoric Acid	p. 307
Alkaline Batteries	p. 314
Oxidizing Agents	p. 318
Inhalational Injuries	p. 325
Carbon Monoxide	p. 335
Cyanide	p. 352
Sulfide Poisoning	p. 366
Drugs and Toxins Causing Methemoglobinemia	p. 372
Ethyl Alcohol	p. 383
Isopropyl Alcohol	p. 390
Ethylene Glycol/Methanol	p. 394
Work-Up of the Patient with an Acid-Base Disorder	p. 409
Associated Medical Conditions of the Alcoholic	p. 415
Drugs of Abuse: Overview	p. 421
Associated Medical Conditions of the Drug User	p. 428
Withdrawal from Drugs of Abuse	p. 432
Narcotics	p. 439
Narcotic Antagonists	p. 449
Sedative-Hypnotics	p. 459
Barbiturates	p. 463
Benzodiazepines	p. 468
Nonbarbiturates-Nonbenzodiazepines	p. 473
Central Nervous System Stimulants	p. 482
Cocaine	p. 496
Phencyclidine	p. 509
Volatile Inhalants	p. 517
Hallucinogens	p. 527
Marijuana	p. 531
Acetaminophen	p. 537
Salicylates	p. 551
Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Agents	p. 565
Metals	p. 579
Heavy Metal Antagonists	p. 583
Mercury	p. 589
Lead	p. 600
Arsenic	p. 614
Iron	p. 623
Miscellaneous Metals	p. 633
Theophylline	p. 643
Anticonvulsants	p. 654
Isoniazid	p. 664
Plants	p. 671
Mushrooms	p. 685
Sulfites and Monosodium Glutamate	p. 697
Botulism	p. 704
Fish	p. 710
Snakes	p. 717
Spiders	p. 729
Scorpions	p. 736
Bees	p. 739
Ants	p. 743
Pesticides	p. 749
Insecticides	p. 759
AChE Inhibitors	p. 765
Herbicides	p. 778
Nicotine	p. 786
Strychnine	p. 790
Hydrocarbons	p. 793
Therapeutic Blood Concentrations of Selected Drugs	p. 803
Volumes of Distribution of Selected Drugs	p. 806
Street Names of Abused Drugs	p. 809
Subject Index	p. 815
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