By

Anthony J. Trevor, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Department of Cellular & Molecular Pharmacology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Bertram G. Katzung, MD, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Pharmacology, Department of Cellular & Molecular Pharmacology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Susan B. Masters, PhD, Professor and Academy Chair of Pharmacology Education, Department of Cellular & Molecular Pharmacology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA

MORE THAN 1000 Q&As PREPARE YOU FOR MEDICAL PHARMACOLOGY COURSE EXAMS AND BOARD EXAMINATIONS

From the authors of pharmacology’s #1 textbook, Katzung & Trevor’s Basic & Clinical Pharmacology, Twelfth Edition, this review delivers a clear, concise review of fundamental concepts backed by more than 1,000 review questions and answers. The chapter-based approach facilitates use with course notes or larger texts.

Outstanding learning aids include:

Short discussion of the major concepts that underlie basic principles or specific drug groups
Explanatory figures and tables
Review questions followed by answers and explanations
Drug trees in drug-oriented chapters that visually organize drug groups
A list of high-yield terms and definitions you need to know
Skill Keeper Questions that prompt you to review previous material to understand links between related topics
A checklist of tasks you should be able to perform upon completion of a chapter
Summary tables that list the important drugs and include key information about their mechanisms of action, effects, clinical uses, pharmacokinetics, drug interactions, and toxicities
Two comprehensive 100-question examinations followed by the correct answers and rationales
Valuable test-taking strategies for improving your test performance