Physiological Pharmaceutics: Barriers to Drug Absorption

by Neena Washington, Clive Washington, Clive G. Wilson

Physiological Pharmaceutics 2nd Edition has been written to meet the need for a high quality up to date and accessible pharmacology textbook. The book has a breadth of subject coverage designed to bridge the gap between classical pharmacy and the biological sciences giving students an overview of the biological environment in which drugs are expected to perform. Based upon the popular first edition, the second edition has been extensively revised and updated with the student in mind. It has undergone a thorough overhaul of its artwork and figures and includes the latest in new developments and research results. As in its predecessor, the authors have avoided any unnecessary mathematical complexity that is not central to the students understanding of the core subject. Physiological Pharmaceutics provides an integrated approach to the study of drug formulation in the body with the emphasis on the formulation variables rather than the drugs. The link between physiology and pharmaceutics is presented to give an essential background of biological principles for the pharmacy student.

328 pages, Unbound

First published December 1, 2000

Reviews

[Darin · Rating 2 out of 5]

A good book but not a great book. i have yet to find any textbook out there that really covers the area of Drug Delivery for PharmD students appropriately. The physical pharmacy side is completely lacking but that is understandable because it isn't the focus of the book. THE PLOTS ARE HORRIBLE! The statistics are utterly meaningless and downright poor. There are plots without error bars; plots with error bars but no description of what the error bars represent (SD / SEM ???); there are plots with the sample size listed but missing other points.

To make good of a bad situation, I have instructed my students to critically evaluate these plots. First, orient yourself to the plot. What is trying to tell you? What does the y-axis represent? The x-axis? Next, look at the statistics (or in this case) the lack thereof.

For the statistics alone, I give this book two stars.