Product Description

Now in full color, Lippincott's Illustrated Reviews: Pharmacology, Third Edition enables rapid review and assimilation of large amounts of complex information about the essentials of medical pharmacology. As in previous editions, Lippincott's Illustrated Reviews: Pharmacology features an outline format, over 500 full-color illustrations, cross-references to other titles in the series, and over 125 review questions. New features include: / All chapters completely revised and updated with the latest in pharmacologic theory and therapies. New and expanded material on steroid hormones, poisons, drugs for obesity, osteoporosis, erectile dysfunction, anti-inflammatory drugs, and autacoids. / Innovative Concept Maps, a tool for visualizing the connections between concepts. Material is represented in a hierarchical fashion with the most general concepts at the top of the map and the more specific, less general concepts arranged beneath. / End of Chapter Summaries of the most important/clinically significant testable information on the USMLE Step 1 Examination. Students who are preparing for standard courses or examinations (USMLE, COMLEX) will find this remarkable book "must read" material to master pharmacology essentials.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #92871 in Books
• Published on: 2005-08-01
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 559 pages

Book Info
Study guide providing more illustrations than previous edition, c1992. This is a 'Millenium Update' of the c1997 version. Cross-referenced to Harvey and Champe's Lippincott's Illustrated Reviews: Biochemistry, 2nd edition. For students preparing for exams. Softcover. DNLM: Pharmacology--examination questions

Customer Reviews

great study guide
i have been using this book even after graduation, all the mechanism of action questions are answered in a very clear way. i have had this book for 4 years and still loving it. great buy!

Good, but not enough to be your sole Pharm source
I used this text to prepair for the boards, having already read Katzung's Pharmacology in class. This is a concise book, uniform, with many illustrations (many of them however could easily be omitted, since they simply present drug adverse effects graphically), and does a good job in selecting the prototypical drugs from each class. It could be a lot more complete in the section on CNS pharmacology, and on drugs for heart failure and hypertension (for example, it is stated that beta-blockers are contraindicated in heart failure, whereas it is well-known that this kind of drugs is essential for reducing mortality and hospitalizations in these patients). I particularly liked the section on antimicrobial chemotherapy, another high-yield topic for the boards. I have a positive overall impression of the book, but I found myself consulting Katzung more than often; also, it does not compare to the clearly superior Lippincott title on Biochemistry (keep in mind however than biochemistry lends itself much more easily to illustrated presentations than pharmacology). It will help you, but in order to top the exams, you will need an additional resource.

Excellent, concise resource for pharmacology
I used this book primarily for my pharmacology course. I really didn't use it much as I prepared for Step 1. If you are going to get this, get it early while you are taking the course. It is too long to use for board prep, so learn it early and learn it well.