Therapeutic Action of Different Classes of Drugs

Moving from General Targets to Specific Drug Classes

Having established how drugs interact chemically with enzymes and receptors in general terms, the chapter now turns to the therapeutic action of several specific, medically important classes of drugs in turn - antacids, antihistamines, neurologically active drugs (tranquilizers and analgesics), antimicrobials, and antifertility drugs - examining, for each …