Includes bibliographical references and index.

Drug absorption, distribution, and elimination -- Pharmacokinetics -- Drug action -- Drug interaction -- Variability in drug response -- Adverse drug reactions -- Intravenous anaesthetic agents -- Inhalational anaesthetic agents -- Local anaesthetic agents -- Drugs that act on the neuromuscular junction -- Analgesic drugs -- Drugs used in premedication and antiemetic agents -- Drugs and the autonomic nervous system -- Antihypertensive agents: drugs used to induce hypotension -- Antiarrhythmic and antianginal drugs -- Antiplatelet drugs, anticoagulants, and fibrinolytic agents -- Corticosteroids and hypoglycaemic agents.