Brody's Human Pharmacology is a well-established and much-loved textbook that guides students of medicine, pharmacology and other health professions through pharmacology from both basic and clinical perspectives.

What can be a very difficult and complex topic is divided into easily digestible chapters, each of which is clearly structured from a therapeutic overview to mechanisms of action, relationships to clinical responses, pharmacokinetics, pharmacovigilance, new developments, and clinical relevance for all health professionals.



Contains all the essential aspects of pharmacology - suitable for exam preparation
Full color illustrations explain important processes and color-coded boxes enhance understanding
Therapeutic overviews, clinical problems and trade names - everything you need to know
Self-assessment questions and further reading to reinforce learning
Current developments for each class of drugs and how information relates to students in the healthcare professions bring learning to life



Updated content throughout
Pharmacodynamics chapter revised to include discussions of positive and negative allosteric modulators, as well as biased agonism
Pharmacogenetics chapter considers genetic variations and their relationship to drug responses
Section on cancer drugs revised to reflect major advances
New chapter on immunological and cell-based therapies