Book Reviews: The thirteenth edition of Basic & Clinical Pharmacology continues the important changes inaugurated in the eleventh edition, with extensive use of full-color illustrations and expanded coverage of transporters, pharmacogenomics, and new drugs. Case studies accompany most chapters and answers to questions posed in the case studies appear at the end of each chapter. As in prior editions, the book is designed to provide a comprehensive, authoritative, and readable pharmacology textbook for students in the health sciences. Frequent revision is necessary to keep pace with the rapid changes in pharmacology and therapeutics; the 2–3 year revision cycle of the printed text is among the shortest in the field and the availability of an online version provides even greater currency. The book also offers special features that make it a useful reference for house officers and practicing clinicians.
Significant revisions in 13th edition include:
- Addition of a chapter on pharmacogenomics, an area of increasing importance in all aspects of pharmacology. The drug development and regulation material previously covered in Chapter 5 has been incorporated into Chapter 1.
- A generic name–trade name table appears at the conclusion of most chapters, providing a rapid reference for these names.
- Many revised illustrations in full color provide significantly more information about drug mechanisms and effects and help to clarify important concepts.
- Major revisions of the chapters on sympathomimetic, diuretic, antipsychotic, antidepressant, antidiabetic, anti-inflammatory, and antiviral drugs, prostaglandins, nitric oxide, hypothalamic and pituitary hormones, central nervous system neurotransmitters, immunopharmacology, and toxicology.
- Continued expansion of the coverage of general concepts relating to newly discovered receptors, receptor mechanisms, and drug transporters.
- Descriptions of important new drugs released through August 2014.
Selected Reviews on Katzung Basic and Clinical Pharmacology:
One of the top Pharmacology books ever written. I really like how the authors explain & diagrammize different topics in the book. Makes learning easy.

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I really, really need to read this again. My life is drugs, and not understanding them is not to not fully understand the weapons in my arsenal. Read it back in Med School, need to read it again. Wish I had a Pharm-D.

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Best Basic and Clinical Pharmacology book for undergraduate.

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Bibliographical data of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology, 13th Ed
Reference Type: Book
Record Number: 10
Author: Katzung, Bertram G. and Trevor, Anthony J.
Year: 2014
Title: Basic and Clinical Pharmacology
Series Title: Lange
Place Published: San Francisco, USA
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Medical
Number of Pages: 1216
Edition: 13th
Date: December 23
ISBN: 0071825053
Buy: Get it on Amazon
Citation in NLM style:
Katzung BG, Trevor AJ. Basic and Clinical Pharmacology. 13th ed. San Francisco, USA: McGraw-Hill Medical; 2014 December 23. 1216 p.
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