1. Peptic Ulcer Disease / Colin W. Howden and Richard H. Hunt -- 2. The Pharmacologic Treatment of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease / Malcolm Robinson, Paul N. Maton and Dennis L. Decktor -- 3. Treatment and Prevention of Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drug-Related Gastroduodenal Ulceration / Christopher J. Hawkey and Nicholas Hudson -- 4. Management of Stress-Related Mucosal Damage and Its Consequences in the Critically Ill Patient / Edgar R. Gonzales and Joanne Grainger -- 5. Pharmacologic Approach to the Control of Acute Gastrointestinal Bleeding / Gary R. Zuckerman and Paul E. Buse -- 6. Helicobacter pylori and Ulcer Disease: Treatment Considerations / Walter L. Peterson -- 7. A Pharmacologic Approach to Noncardiac Chest Pain / Scott R. Brazer and Joel E. Richter -- 8. Gastroparesis, Nausea, and Vomiting / Andre DuBois -- 9. The Pharmacotherapy of the Irritable Bowel Syndrome / Gerald Friedman -- 10. Constipation Syndromes / Mary Jeanne Kreek and Joan A. Culpepper-Morgan -- 11. Hiccups: Reasons and Remedies / James H. Lewis -- 12. The Pharmacologic Approach to Intestinal Gas Syndromes / Harris R. Clearfield -- 13. Pharmacotherapy Inflammatory Bowel Disease / Stephen B. Hanauer and Geert D'Haens -- 14. Treatment of Intra-abdominal Infections / Gary L. Simon and Sherwood L. Gorbach -- 15. Secretory and Miscellaneous Noninfectious Diarrhea / Louis Y. Korman -- 16. Pharmacotherapy of Gastrointestinal Tract Infections in Patients with Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Douglas Simon and Lawrence J. Brandt -- 17. Drug Treatment of Acute and Chronic Pancreatitis / Scott Tenner, Robert S. Levine and William M. Steinberg -- 18. Interferon Therapy of Chronic Viral Hepatitis / Adrian M. Di Bisceglie -- 19. Treatment of Alcoholic Liver Disease / Anna Mae Diehl and Thomas G. Tietjen -- 20. Treatment of Metabolic Liver Disease / Bruce R. Bacon and Spencer C. Y. Li -- 21. Management of Hepatic Encephalopathy / E. Anthony Jones and Kevin D. Mullen -- 22. Pruritus of Cholestasis: Empiric Therapeutic Approaches and Rationale for Use of Opioid Antagonists / Nora V. Bergasa and E. Anthony Jones -- 23. Medical Management of Ascites / Richard V. Benya and Leonard B. Seeff -- 24. The Use of Gastrointestinal Drugs in Renal Disease / William M. Bennett and Mary M. Meyer -- 25. The Use of Gastrointestinal Drugs During Pregnancy and Lactation / Gerald G. Briggs and Sumner J. Yaffe -- 26. Drug Therapy in Pediatric Gastrointestinal Disease / Angel R. Colon -- 27. Drug Interactions of Gastrointestinal Drugs / Philip D. Hansten -- 28. Drugs for Conscious Sedation During Gastrointestinal Endoscopy / Gregory G. Ginsberg, Cuong C. Nguyen, James H. Lewis, David E. Fleischer, Firas H. Al-Kawas and Stanley B. Benjamin -- 29. Pharmacologic Management of Gastrointestinal Neoplasia / Paul V. Woolley III and Robert J. DeLap -- 30. Medical-Legal Aspects of Gastrointestinal Therapeutics / Peter A. Plumeri.

Designed for pharmacologists, this text covers the pharmacologic approach to gastrointestinal diseases.

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