Integrated Pharmacology

This book is the perfect level of detail for the average medical student. It is a middle ground between Goodman and Gilman and the simpler review books like Lippincott's Illustrated Reviews or Pharm Made Ridiculously Simple. It provides excellent information is a well-written, readable way, and explains most mechanisms in good detail.

I have been teaching basic pharmacology to dental students for about 10 years. For my taste, the best, most authorative and comprehensive pharmacolgy text is Goodman and Gilman's The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics. However, many students will not put forth the effort to take advantage of this 2,000 page text. These students will often seek out outline-style books that lack adequate detail for this level of education (e.g., Clinical Pharmacology Made Ridiculously Simple or the Lange Review Book on Pharmacology ). This text by Page et al fills the gap between G & G and the review books. It's strengths include plentiful, high quality illustrations and good organization of the text. A weakness is its orientation to British medicine and dentistry. Still, I find it a good text to use for introducing basic concepts. Dental and Medical students can then build upon the material in this text by referring to G & G or literature references. Another positive factor in the student's eyes is cost: approx 1/2 of Goodman and Gilman. MAS