Basic and Clinical Pharmacology

Basic and Clinical Pharmacology, 15th Edition, is a comprehensive textbook designed to connect foundational pharmacological science with clinical practice. Its chapters are organized to reflect the course sequence standard in medical pharmacology classes and integrated health curricula.

The text examines the essential principles governing medical pharmacology, addressing widely used pharmaceutical agents alongside over-the-counter medications and botanicals. It also provides updated perspectives on key physiological mechanisms, emphasizing areas such as cellular drug transporters and patient-specific pharmacogenomics.

To reinforce practical clinical applications, each chapter opens with an illustrative patient case study that introduces core drug groups and therapeutic concepts examined throughout the text.