Professor of Clinical Pharmacology, University of Cambridge; ConsultantPhysician, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge and Director of Clinical Studies Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
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Trang 4'Nature is not only odder than we think, but it is odder than wecan think.'
'Morals do not forbid making experiments on one's neighbour or
on one's self among the experiments that may be tried on man,those that can only harm are forbidden, those that are innocentare permissible, and those that may do good are obligatory.' 'Menwho have excessive faith in their theories or ideas are not only illprepared for making discoveries; they make very poor
observations they can see in [their] results only a confirmation
of their theory This is what made us say that we must nevermake experiments to confirm our ideas, but simply to controlthem.' 'Empiricism is not the negation of science, as certainphysicians seem to think; it is only its first stage.'
'Medicine is destined to get away from empiricism little by little;like all other sciences, it will get away by the scientific method.'
'Considered in itself, the experimental method is nothing butreasoning by whose help we methodically submit our ideas toexperience — the experience of facts.'
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Physician, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge and Director of Clinical Studies
Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, UK
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read this preface!1
Professor D R Laurence was either author or
co-author of this textbook from its 1st edition in 1960 to
its 8th in 1997 This is a long life for any textbook Its
achievement bears testimony to a style of
pre-sentation that strives to be clear and readable, and
to retain the reader's interest whilst imparting
information about a subject that can be at times
both complex and confusing As he withdraws from
active involvement in the book it is opportune to
pay tribute in this 9th edition to an achievement in
authorship sustained over four decades, during
which 'Laurence's pharmacology' became the aid,
advisor and companion to generations of students
and doctors seeking guidance in the vital field of
medicinal therapeutics
This book is about the scientific basis and practice of drug
therapy It is particularly intended for medical students and
doctors, and indeed for anyone concerned with evidence-based
drug therapy and prescribing.
The scope and rate of drug innovation increases
Doctors are now faced with a professional lifetime
handling drugs that are new to themselves — drugs
that do new things as well as drugs that do old
things better; drugs that become familiar during
training will be superseded
We do not write only for readers who, like us,
have a special interest in pharmacology We try to
make pharmacology understandable for those whose
primary interests lie elsewhere but who recognise
that they need some knowledge of pharmacology if
they are to meet their moral and legal 'duty of care'
to their patients We try to tell them what they need
to know without burdening them with irrelevant
information and we try to make the subject
interesting We are very serious, but seriousness
1 St Francis of Sales: Preface to Introduction to the devout life
(1609)
does not always demand wearying solemnity Anauthor, poet and critic said that he judged fictionthus: 'Could I read it? If I could read it, did I believeit? If I believed it, did I care about it, what was thequality of my caring, and did it last?'2 It would bepresumptuous for us to aspire to satisfy the criteriafor fiction but we have been mindful of them inproducing this book
All who prescribe drugs would be wise to keep
in mind that the expectations of patients and ofsociety in general are becoming ever more exactingand that doctors who prescribe casually or ignorantlynow face not only increasing criticism but also civil(or even criminal) legal charges The ability to handlenew developments depends, now more than ever,
on comprehension of the principles of cology These principles are not difficult to graspand are not so many as to defeat even the busiestdoctors who take on themselves the responsibility
pharma-of introducing manufactured medicines into thebodies of their patients
The principles of pharmacology and drugtherapy will be found in chapters 1-8 and they areapplied in the subsequent specialist chapters whichare offered as a reasonably brief solution to theproblem of combining practical clinical utility withsome account of the principles on which clinicalpractice rests
How much practical technical detail to include isdifficult to decide In general, where therapeuticpractices that are complex, potentially dangerousand commonly up-dated, e.g anaphylactic shock,
we provide more detail together with web-sites thatlist the latest advice; less, or even no detail is given
on therapy that is generally conducted only byspecialists, e.g anticancer drugs and i.v oxytocin.But always, especially with modern drugs with whichthe prescriber may not be familiar, formularies,approved guidelines, or the manufacturer's currentliterature should be consulted
2 Philip Larkin: 1922-85
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concerned to understand and to develop a rational,
critical attitude to drug therapy and they should
therefore chiefly concern themselves with how drugs
act and interact in disease and with how evidence
of therapeutic effect is obtained and evaluated
To this end they should read selectively and should
not impede themselves by attempts to memorise
lists of alternative drugs and doses and minor
differences between them, which should never
be required of them in examinations Thus the text
has not been encumbered with exhaustive lists
of preparations which properly belong in a
formulary, although it is hoped that enough have
been mentioned to cover much routine prescribing,
and many drugs have been included solely for
identification
The role and status of a textbook If a book is to
be a useful guide to drug use it must offer clear
conclusions and advice If it is to be of reasonable
size, alternative acceptable courses of action will
often have to be omitted What is recommended
should be based on sound evidence where this
exists, and on an assessment of the opinions of the
experienced where it does not
Increasingly, the selection of drugs is influenced
by guidelines produced by specialist societies and
national bodies We have provided or made reference
to these as representing a consensus of best practice
in particular situations Similarly, it is assumed thatthe reader possesses a formulary, local or national,which will provide guidance on the availability,including doses, of a broad range of drugs But thepractice of therapeutics by properly educated andconscientious doctors working in settings com-plicated by intercurrent disease, metabolic differences
or personality, involves challenges beyond the rigidadherence to published recommendations The role
of a textbook is to provide the satisfaction ofunderstanding the basis for a recommended course
of action so that an optimal result may be achieved
by informed selection and use of drugs
The guide to further reading at the end of eachchapter generally comprises a few references tooriginal papers, to referenced editorials and reviewarticles from a small range of English languagejournals that are likely to be available in most hospitallibraries in order to enable anyone, anywhere, to gainaccess to the original literature and to informedopinion, and also to provide interest and sometimesamusement We urge readers to select a title thatlooks interesting and to read the article We do notattempt to document all the statements we make,which would be impossible in a book of this size
Bath, Cambridge2003
P.N.B.,M.J.B
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Trang 9This book originated in 1957 when I, then senior
lecturer in the Department of Pharmacology and in
the Department of Medicine at University College
and Medical School London, told the Professor of
Medicine that there was no book on Clinical
Pharmacology that I could recommend to our
medical students He replied that if that was so then
I should get down to it and write such a book I
doubted that I could accomplish the task He
marched me off to a nearby medical publisher and a
contract was soon signed Without this pressure
and the long-sustained support of Max Rosenheim
(later Lord Rosenheim of Camden and President of
the Royal College of Physicians of London) this
book would not have materialised in its first edition
in 1960 Since that date, both in collaboration and
alone, there have been eight editions I am deeply
grateful to my collaborators
Now, after above 40 years with the book, and in
my eightieth year, the time has come to stand aside
I have seen too many elderly academics becomeunable, or unwilling, to recognise that they are nolonger quite the people that they once were and thatthey have become an embarrassment to theiryounger colleagues, who are often too kind toenlighten them; though they may murmur behindtheir senior's back I long ago decided that I mustnot join that group, and I hope I may just haveescaped doing so
Perhaps my greatest reward has been thekindness of people from all over the world whohave taken the trouble to communicate to me thatthey have not only profited from, but have actually
enjoyed, reading Clinical Pharmacology.
The world of clinical pharmacology has greatlychanged since 1957 when I took up my pen, and Iwish my successors well
D R Laurence, Professor Emeritus of Pharmacologyand Therapeutics, University College London
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Trang 11It is not possible for two individuals to cover the
whole field of drug therapy from their own
knowledge and experience For the first time in this
9th edition, we invited selected experts to review
chapters in their specialty They were given free rein
to add, delete or amend existing text as they deemed
appropriate As a result, some chapters exhibit
substantial changes from the 8th edition, and all
have benefited greatly from the knowledge and
experience of these individuals We are deeply
indebted for their contributions They are:
Nigel S Baber BSc, FRCP, FRCPEd, FFPM, Dip Clin
Pharmacol
Head of Renewals, Reclassification and Patient
Safety, Medicines Control Agency, London, UK and
Visiting Professor, Queen Mary and Westfield
College, University of London, London, UK
Chapter 3 Discovery and development of drugs
Chapter 4 Evaluation of drugs in man
Chapter 5 Official regulation of medicines
Chapter 6 Classification and naming of drugs
Mark Farrington MA, MB, BChir, FRCPath
Consultant Microbiologist, Addenbrooke's
Hospital, Cambridge, UK
Chapter 11 Chemotherapy of infections
Chapter 12 Antibacterial drugs
Chapter 13 Chemotherapy of bacterial infections
Chapter 14 Viral, fungal, protozoal and helminthic
infections
Nicola J Minaur BSc, MB ChB, PhD
Specialist Registrar in Rheumatology, Royal National
Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Bath, UK
Neil John McHugh MB, ChB, FRACP, MD, FRCP
Consultant Rheumatologist, Royal National
Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Bath, UK
Chapter 15 Inflammation, arthritis and nonsteroidal
Chapter 17 Pain and analgesics
Jerry Nolan FRCA
Consultant in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care,Royal United Hospital, Bath, UK
Chapter 18 Anaesthesia and neuromuscular block
Simon J C Davies MA (Oxon), MBBS (Lond),MRCPsych
Clinical Research Fellow, University of Bristol,Bristol, UK
Sue Wilson PhD
Research Fellow, University of Bristol, Bristol, UKDavid J Nutt MB BChir, MA, DM, FRCP,
FRC Psych, FMedSciProfessor of Psychopharmacology, Head of theDepartment of Clinical Medicine,
Dean of Clinical Medicine and Dentistry,University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
Chapter 19 Psychotropic drugs
D Bateman MD FRCPConsultant Neurologist, Royal United HospitalNHS Trust, Bath, UK
Chapter 20 Epilepsy, parkinsonism and allied conditions
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FRCP
University Lecturer in Clinical Pharmacology and
Honorary Consultant Physician, Addenbrooke's
Hospital, Cambridge, UK
Chapter 21 Cholinergic and antimuscarinic
(anticholinergic) mechanisms and drugs
Chapter 22 Adrenergic mechanisms and drugs
Chapter 23 Arterial hypertension, angina pectoris,
myocardial infarction
Chapter 24 Cardiac arrhythmia and cardiac failure
Chapter 25 Hyperlipidaemias
Chapter 26 Kidney and urinary tract
Chapter 27 Respiratory system
Andrew Grace PhD, FRCP, FACC
Consultant Cardiologist, Papworth Hospital,
Cambridge, UK
Chapter 24 Cardiac arrhythmia and cardiac failure
Charles R J Singer BSc, MB, ChB, FRCP, FRCPath
Consultant Haematologist, Royal United Hospital,
Bath, UK
Chapter 28 Drugs and haemostasis
Chapter 29 Cellular disorders and anaemias
Pippa G Corrie PhD, FRCP
Consultant and Associate Lecturer in Medical
Oncology, Addenbrooke's Hospital and University
of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
Charles R J Singer BSc, MB, ChB, FRCP, FRCPathConsultant Haematologist, Royal United Hospital,Bath, UK
Chapter 30 Neoplastic disease and immunosuppression
Michael Davis MD FRCP, ConsultantGastroenterologist, Royal United Hospital, Bath,UK
Chapter 31 Stomach, oesophagus and duodenum Chapter 32 Intestines
Chapter 33 Liver, biliary tract, pancreas
D C Brown MD, MSc, FRCPConsultant Endocrinologist, Cromwell Hospital,London, UK
Chapter 34 Adrenal corticosteroids, antagonists,
corticotrophin Chapter 35 Diabetes mellitus, insulin, oral
antidiabetes agents, obesity Chapter 36 Thyroid hormones, antithyroid drugs Chapter 37 Hypothalamic, pituitary and sex hormones Chapter 38 Vitamins, calcium, bone
Trang 13Aditionally, we express our gratitude to others who
have, with such good grace, given us their time and
energy to supply valuable facts and opinions for
this and previous editions; they principally include:
Dr E S K Assem, Dr Stella Barnass, Dr N B Bennett,
Dr Noeleen Foley, Dr Sheila Gore, Professor J
Guillebaud, Professor D H Jenkinson, Dr H Ludlam,
Professor P J Maddison, Dr P T Macgee, the late
Professor Sir William Paton, Professor B N C Prichard,
Dr J P D Reckless, Dr Catriona Reid, Dr Andrew
Souter, Professor P L Weissberg
Other acknowledgements are made in the
appropriate places
Much of any merit this book may have is due to
the generosity of those named above as well as
others too numerous to mention who have put theirknowledge and practical experience of the use ofdrugs at our disposal We hope that this collectiveacknowledgement will be acceptable Errors are ourown
In addition, permission to quote directly fromthe writings of some authorities has been generouslygranted and we thank the authors and theirpublishers who have given it If we have omittedany acknowledgement that ought to have beenmade we will make such amends as we can as soon
Medical knowledge is constantly changing Standard
safety precautions must be followed, but as new
research and clinical experience broaden our
knowledge, changes in treatment and drug therapy
may become necessary or appropriate Readers are
advised to check the most current product
information provided by the manufacturer of each
drug to be administered to verify the recommended
dose, the method and duration of administration,and contraindications It is the responsibility of thepractitioner, relying on experience and knowledge
of the patient, to determine dosages and the besttreatment for each individual patient Neither thePublisher nor the authors assumes any liability forany injury and/or damage to persons or propertyarising from this publication
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4 Evaluation of drugs in man 51
5 Official regulation of medicines 73
6 Classification and naming of drugs 83
9 Poisoning, overdose, antidotes 151
10 Nonmedical use of drugs 165
Section 3
INFECTION AND INFLAMMATION
11 Chemotherapy of infections 201
12 Antibacterial drugs 215
13 Chemotherapy of bacterial infections 237
14 Viral, fungal, protozoal and helminthic
17 Pain and analgesics 319
18 Anaesthesia and neuromuscular block 345
19 Psychotropic drugs 367
20 Epilepsy, parkinsonism and allied conditions
413
Section 5 CARDIORESPIRATORY AND RENAL SYSTEMS
21 Cholinergic and antimuscarinic(anticholinergic) mechanisms and drugs 432
22 Adrenergic mechanisms and drugs 447
23 Arterial hypertension, angina pectoris,myocardial infarction 461
24 Cardiac arrhythmia and cardiac failure 497
25 Hyperlipidaemias 521
26 Kidney and Genitourinary tract 529
27 Respiratory system 549
Section 6 BLOOD AND NEOPLASTIC DISEASE
28 Drugs and haemostasis 567
29 Cellular disorders and anaemias 587
30 Neoplastic disease and immunosuppression
603
Section 7 GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM
31 Stomach, oesophagus and duodenum 625
32 Intestines 639
33 Liver, biliary tract, pancreas 651
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