Chemistry

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Liska,  Drugs & the Human Body, 8/E

• NEW - More than 180 carefully selected Web sites (URLs)—Included for student browsing, found in the text and at the end of each chapter.

  • Gives students information to use the Internet to further their study. Offers students cautions to help them avoid the worthless or commercially-slanted sites.

• “Drugs in Sports”—A topic now of major importance in America and throughout the world.

  • Provides students with comprehensive coverage most pertinent to rampant drug use in America.

• NEW - Greatly expanded coverage of Women's Health Issues—Stresses the importance of drugs in this topic.

  • Shows students the unique drug responses that apply to women, and how to obtain information from government sources.

• NEW - New material—Contains new or expanded discussions on the following topics: Complementary and Alternative Medicine; The Future of Drug Discovery; Internet Sales of Drugs; Club Drugs and Raves; Aspirin and the Prevention of Heart Attacks and Stroke; new coverage of Teens and Drug Testing; Hormone Replacement Therapy; Drugs and Pregnancy.

  • Allows students and instructors to be confident that they are using the most comprehensive, up-to-date text available on the market today. Gives instructors new topics that are rife with research and concern important parts of today's national health system.

• NEW - New end-of-chapter questions—Includes 1 or 2 new problems in every chapter added to the previous edition's large numbers of exercises for students.

  • Stimulates students' fact-finding skills, and enables instructors to provoke classroom discussions about current topics.

• The history of drugs—Includes brief histories of the development of insulin, the discovery of the ergot alkaloids, and the use of LSD in America.

  • Enables students to see the evolution of drugs and drug therapy, putting new information in an historical context.

• Several dozen case histories—All are real-life scenarios, ranging from an LSD trip to potheads to a failed diet plan.

  • Gives students text material that is applicable to what they may encounter in their own lives.

• Tables based on governmental DAWN data.

  • Offer students up-to-date facts on drugs: where, what, and when.

• “Structure-Activity Relationships”—Presented in Appendix I; this section provides a challenging study of structure-activity relationships of fourteen pharmacological classes of drugs.

  • Teaches students about chemical parts of molecules that engender pharmacological response.

• More than 180 carefully selected Web sites (URLs)—Included for student browsing, found in the text and at the end of each chapter.

  • Gives students information to use the Internet to further their study. Offers students cautions to help them avoid the worthless or commercially-slanted sites.

• Greatly expanded coverage of Women's Health Issues—Stresses the importance of drugs in this topic.

  • Shows students the unique drug responses that apply to women, and how to obtain information from government sources.

• New material—Contains new or expanded discussions on the following topics: Complementary and Alternative Medicine; The Future of Drug Discovery; Internet Sales of Drugs; Club Drugs and Raves; Aspirin and the Prevention of Heart Attacks and Stroke; new coverage of Teens and Drug Testing; Hormone Replacement Therapy; Drugs and Pregnancy.

  • Allows students and instructors to be confident that they are using the most comprehensive, up-to-date text available on the market today. Gives instructors new topics that are rife with research and concern important parts of today's national health system.

• New end-of-chapter questions—Includes 1 or 2 new problems in every chapter added to the previous edition's large numbers of exercises for students.

  • Stimulates students' fact-finding skills, and enables instructors to provoke classroom discussions about current topics.

(NOTE: Each chapter ends with Web Sites and Study Questions.)

 1. The Magic Bullets.


 2. Where Drugs Come From.


 3. Federal Laws: The FDA and Drug Testing—Penalties for Illicit Use.


 4. What Happens to Drugs After We Take Them.


 5. Drugs at the Synapse.


 6. Narcotic Analgesics: Opiates and Opioids.


 7. Cocaine, Amphetamines, Caffeine, Nicotine, and Other Stimulants.


 8. The Barbiturates: Battered But Still Here.


 9. Alcohol and 100 Million Americans.


10. The Major and Minor Tranquilizers.


11. Marijuana.


12. Hallucinogens, Street Drugs, Designer Drugs, Club Drugs, Predatory Drugs, and Some Observations.


13. The Pill: An Update.


14. Non-Steroidal, Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs): Aspirin, Acetaminophen, Ibuprofen, Naproxen Sodium, Ketoprofen, Fenoprofen, and Celebrex and Vioxx.


15. Additional OTC Drugs and Chemicals.


16. Personal Drug Testing.


17. Drugs in Sports.


Appendix I: Structure-Activity Relationships (SARs).


Appendix II: Answers and Discussion: Understanding Alcoholism.


Appendix III: DAWN Data Summary.


Appendix IV: The Scientific Method.


Appendix V: Glossary.


Index.

Liberal Arts Chemistry  (Chemistry)
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  Drugs & the Human Body, 8/E
  Liska
  ©2009 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 480 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0132447134 | ISBN-13: 9780132447133
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  For undergraduate courses in Chemistry, Biology, Sociology, Criminal Justice and Health and Drug Education.

   

  In this reliable reference, Liska addresses the effects of high-use, high-abuse drugs in America in a timely and straightforward fashion. Up-to-date research is reflected throughout, including coverage of street, over-the-counter, and prescriptive drugs. The Eighth Edition explores changing trends in personalized drug therapy and highlights the World Wide Web as a primary source of drug information. The presentation is accessible to the non-science major, yet comprehensive enough for the practicing professional.

Ken Liska earned a Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Chemistry from the University of Illinois and is a licensed pharmacist in that state. He taught college and university-level chemistry courses for 37 years. For 18 years his course Drugs and the Human Body drew hundreds of students at San Diego Mesa College. His scientific publications are in the areas of synthetic anti-cancer compounds and LSD analogs. Liska is also an Associate Editor of the Journal of Drug Education and Awareness. He lives in San Diego with his wife, Paula Meta Hoenecke Liska.

For undergraduate-level courses in Chemistry, Biology, Sociology, and Criminal Justice, Drugs and the Human Body, Seventh Edition addresses the effects of high-use, high-abuse drugs in America in a timely and straightforward fashion. It reflects the most recent research on the most highly addictive drugs, including street, over-the-counter, and prescription drugs. It is designed to be easily accessible to the nonscience major, yet comprehensive enough for use by the practicing professional.

• The Future of Drug Discovery
• Hormone Replacement Therapy
• Internet Sales of Drugs
• Drugs and Pregnancy
• Women's Health
• Club Drugs
• Aspirin in the Prevention of Heart Attack and Stroke
• COX-2 Inhibitors
• Are Teens Too Smart for Drug Testing?

• Timely information on the latest street and designer drugs and gives special attention to their composition, addictive potential, and withdrawal symptoms.
• Extensive introductory chapters that address definitions, concepts, theories, and laws that can be applied generally to many drug categories; including over-the-counter and prescription drugs.
• Over 300 in-chapter and end-of-chapter study questions.
• Valuable reference tools — e.g., a glossary of over 200 terms; an appendix of chemical structures for 14 categories of pharmacologically active compounds: DAWN data summaries pinpointing which drugs are causing problems, where in America, and to whom.

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