蒋志文主编的这本《药理学(英文版 第2版)》是高等医药教育教材。教材共分44章，内容包括：药理学总论、传出神经系统用药、中枢神经系统用药、心血管系统用药、化疗用药、激素类药物、H-受体阻断药、利尿药和呼吸、消化、解热镇痛、缩宫保胎用药等。

全书以英文形式呈现。

本书在第1版的基础上修订而成，作者蒋志文参考多部国外流行的新版药理学教材和专著，吸纳国内药理学教科书之风格，并结合作者从事十多年药理学双语教学之经验，编写了《药理学(英文版 第2版)》。全书共44章，包括药理学总论4章，传出神经系统用药7章，中枢神经系统用药8章，心血管系统用药5章，化疗用药11章，激素类药物3章，H-受体阻断药、利尿药和呼吸、消化、解热镇痛、缩宫保胎用药各1章。《药理学(英文版 第2版)》内容新颖、阐述准确，可作为医药卫生本、专科药理学双语教学之用，亦可作为药理学专业工作者自修用书。

Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 2 Pharmacokinetics

 Drug absorption

 Drug distribution

 Excretion

 Transformation (metabolism)

 Elimination kinetics of drugs

 The time course of the quantitative change of drug in the body

 Design and optimization of dosage regimens

 Compartment model

Chapter 3 Pharmacodynamics

 Basic action of drug

 Relation between drug dose and clinical response

 Mechanism of drug action

 Drug and receptor

 Intracellular signal transduction

 Drug-receptor interactions

 Classification of drugs acting on the receptor

 Receptor regulation

Chapter 4 Factors Affecting the Pharmacological Effects

 Drug

 Body

 Gender

 Genetic factors

 Disease state

 Placebo effects

 Changes of reactivity after long administration

Chapter 5 General Principle of Efferent Nervous System

 Pharmacology

 Transmitter of efferent nervous system

 Receptors of efferent nervous system

 Effects mediated by α-adrenoceptors

 Effects mediated by cholinergic receptors

 Function of efferent nervous system

 Basic action of efferent nervous system drugs

 Classification of drugs acting on efferent nervous system

Chapter 6 Cholinoceptor Agonists

 Acetylcholine(ACh)

 M-Cholinoceptor agonists

Chapter 7 Anticholinesterase and Cholinesterase Reactivators

 Cholinesterase inhibitors

 Reversible cholinesterase inhibitor

 Irreversible cholinesterase inhibitor

 Cholinesterase reactivator

Chapter 8 Anticholinergic Drugs(Part 1)

 M-cholinoceptor blocking drugs

Chapter 9 Anticholinergic Drugs (Part 2)

 N-Cholinoceptor blocking drugs

 Depolarizing muscle relaxant

Chapter 10 Adrenergic Drugs

 Mixed α and β agonists

 α-Receptor agonists

 β- Receptor agonists

 Dopamine receptor agonists

Chapter 11 Adrenoceptor Blocking Drugs

 α-Adrenoceptor blocking drugs

 β-Receptor blocking drugs

 α, β-Receptor blocker

Chapter 12 General Anesthetics

 Inhaled anesthetics

 Intravenous anesthetics

 Anesthetics adjuncts

Chapter 13 Local Anesthetics

 Pharmacodyamics

 Usual local anesthetics

 Clinical use of local anesthetics

 Absorptive action and adverse reaction

Chapter 14 Sedative-hypnotics

 General introduction

 Benzodiazepines

 Benzodiazepine receptor antagonist

 Other sedative-hypnotics

Chapter 15 Antiepileptics and Anticonvulsants

 Classification of seizure types

 Antiseizure agents

 Selection and withdrawal of antiepileptic drugs

 Anticonvulsant drugs

Chapter 16 Antiparkinsonism Drugs

Chapter 17 Narcotic Analgesics

 General considerations

 Opioid analgesics

 Synthetic analgesic drug

 Opioid antagonists

 The analgesic therapy for pain associated with cancer

Chapter 18 Antipsychotic Drugs

 Phenothiazines

 Thioxanthene derivatives

 Butyrophenones

 Atypical antipsychotic drugs

 The antimanic drugs

 Antidepressants

Chapter 19 Antipyretic-analgesic and Antiinflammatory Agents

 General concepts

 Aspirin and sodium salicylate

 Slow acting antirheumatic drugs

 Antigout drugs

Chapter 20 Central Stimulants

 Corticocerebral stimulants

 Stimulants that mainly stimulate apneustic center in medulla oblongata

 Appendix: Cerebral function protecting drugs

Chapter 21 Antiarrhythmic Agents

 Cardiac electrophysiology

 Mechanisms responsible for cardiac arrhythmias

 Classification of antiarrhythmic drugs

 Individual antiarrhythmic drugs

Class Ⅰ.Na+ channel blocker（Ia）

Class Ⅰ.Na+ channel blocker （Ⅰb）

Class Ⅰ. Na+ channel blocker （Ⅰc）

Class Ⅱ. β-receptor blocker

Class Ⅲ. Drugs for prolonging ADP

Class Ⅳ.Calcium channel blocker

Class Ⅴ. Other antiarrhymics

Chapter 22 Diuretics and Dehydrant Diuretics

 Renal physiology

 High efficacy diuretics (Loop diuretics)

 Moderate efficacy diuretics (thiazides diuretics)

 Low efficacy diuretics (potassium- sparing diuretics)

 Dehydrant (osmotic diuretics)

Chapter 23 Antihypertensive Drugs

 Classification of hypertension and antihypertensive drugs

 Pharmacotherapeutic concept of hypertension

 Diuretic agents

 Angiotensin Ⅰ converting enzyme inhibitors and angiotensin Ⅱ receptor blockers

 Sympathetic nervous inhibitors

 Calcium antagonists

 Vasodilators

Chapter 24 Drugs Used in the Treatment of Heart Failure

 Cardiac glycosides

 Other positive inotropic drugs

 Drugs without positive inotropic effects

Chapter 25 Anti-angina Pectoris Drugs

 Nitrates and nitrites

 β-Adrenergic receptor blockers

 Calcium channel blockers

Chapter 26 Antihyperlipidemic Agents

 HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors

 Bile-acid-binding resins(cholestyrarnine, cotestipot)

 Fibrates

 Nicotinic acid (Niacin)

 Probucol

Chapter 27 H-Receptor Blocking Drugs

 H1-Receptor blocking drugs

 H2-Receptor blocking drugs

Chapter 28 Drugs Affecting the Respiratory System

 Antiasthmatic agents

 Other drugs

 Antitussives

 Expectorants

Chapter 29 Drugs Acting on Digestive System

 Antipeptic ulcer drugs

 Digestants

 Antiemetics

 Cathartics (Laxatives)

 Antidiarrheal drugs

Chapter 30 Oxytocics and Tocolytic Drugs

 Oxytocics

 Tocolytic drugs

Chapter 31 Adrenocortical Hormones

 Glucocorticoid

Chapter 32 Agents Affecting the Thyroid Gland

 Thyroid hormone

 Antithyroid agents

Chapter 33 Insulin and Oral Hypoglycemic Agents

 Insulin

 Oral hypoglycemic agents

 Other drugs

Chapter 34 Introduction to Antibacterial Drugs

 Antibacterial drugs ＆ chemotherapy

 Basic concepts

 Mechanism of action

 Resistance

 Principles of application of antibacterial drugs

Chapter 35 β-Lactam Antibiotics

 Penicillins

 Natural penicillins

 Semisynthetic penicillins

 Cephalosporins

 Other β-lactam drugs

Chapter 36 Macrolides, Clindamycin and Vancomycin

 Macrolides

 Clindamycin

 Vancomycin

Chapter 37 Aminoglycosides

 Individual aminoglycosides

Chapter 38 Tetracyclines and Chloramphenicols

 Tetracyclines

 Chloramphenicol

Chapter 39 Synthetic Antimicrobial

 Quinolones

 Sulfonamides and trimethoprim

Chapter 40 Antifungal Drugs and Antiviral Drugs

 Antifungal drugs

 Antibiotics

 Azoles

 Others

 Antiviral drugs

Chapter 41 Antituberculous Drugs

 First-line drugs

 Second-line drugs

 Principles of antituberculous chemotherapy

Chapter 42 Antimalarial Drugs

 Malarial life cycle and sites of drug action

 Antimalarial drugs

Chapter 43 Antiamebic Drugs

Chapter 44 Cancer Chemotherapy

 Mechanisms of action and classification of anticancer drugs

 Kinetics of cell cycle

 Individual anticancer drugs

 Antibiotics

 Inorganic metal complex

 Drugs that interfere with protein synthesis

 Miscellaneous anticancer drugs