Everything students and pharmacy technicians need to master pharmacology and become experienced and proficient practitioners.

The second edition includes the latest material on the principles of pharmacology, biopharmaceutics, pharmacokinetics, and pharmacodynamics. Throughout the book, anatomy and physiology are discussed in relation to various disorders and associated pharmacotherapies to give context for how drugs work.

Key Features:Extensively updated content, including a new chapter on Pharmacogenomics.Updated commonly used and comprehensive drug tables.Cases to open each chapter, along with questions for discussion.Pronunciations for difficult terms or words such as disease names.Figures and illustrations of essential concepts.Alerts that point out areas of potential dangers or errors, including look-alike/sound-alike drugs.Practice points, including mention of any FDA-required patient medication guides, and any "special" drug storage and dispensing considerations, including beyond-use dating of open multi-use products.The book's content is written to meet ASHP accreditation standards and therefore is one of the most comprehensive books on the market related to pharmacology for technicians.

Mary Ann Stuhan, PharmD, RPh has been Pharmacy Program Manager at Cuyahoga Community College in Cleveland, OH, since 2002, where she directed an ASHP-accredited Technician Training Program and advised pre-pharmacy students. She retired in September 2022. Dr. Stuhan received her BS in Pharmacy (Summa Cum Laude) at Duquesne University and her PharmD at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center. She began her pharmacy career as a technician, and has practiced professionally in a variety of settings, including retail, government, behavioral health, and teaching hospital. She was Director of Pharmacy at St. Michael Hospital in Cleveland, and continued to practice in long-term acute care at Kindred Hospital, Cleveland. She was a lecturer for the University of Colorado Denver School of Pharmacy NonTraditional PharmD Program. Stuhan is past president of the PTCB Certification Council and has held office on the executive board of the Pharmacy Technician Educators Council, which honored her with their Pharmacy Technician Educator of the Year Award in 2007. She is also an active member of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, Cleveland Society of Health-System Pharmacists, Ohio Society of Health-System Pharmacists, and Ohio Pharmacists Association. She has been a peer reviewer and written numerous articles and book reviews for the Journal of Pharmacy Technology. Her practice focuses were adverse drug reactions, anemia therapy, and antimicrobial stewardship.