Clinical Pharmacology,

Edition 13

Editors: Edited by Fraz A. Mir, MA, FRCP, Lauren E. Walker, MBCHB, PHD, FRCP, FBPhS, FHEA, Morris J. Brown, MA MSc FRCP FAHA FBPharmacolS FMedSci and Pankaj Sharma, MD PhD FRCP

Publication Date: 13 Apr 2026

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More than 60 years since its first publication, Clinical Pharmacology remains an invaluable textbook that no clinician or prescriber, medical or pharmacy student should be without.

This highly trusted guide to drug therapy covers the key elements of therapeutic pharmacology, including health technology assessment, drug regulation, dependence and toxicology, as well as polypharmacy. The essentials of clinical pharmacology are discussed by body system, balancing science with practice to support good prescribing.

The thirteenth edition of Clinical Pharmacology has been fully updated to suit today’s context and therapeutic settings.

Key Features

An ideal study guide for medical students sitting the PSA exams and pharmacy students sitting MPharm exams
Fully updated to encompass contemporary issues such as comorbidities and polypharmacy
Provides the evidence base for drug therapy and good prescribing in modern therapeutic settings
Easy to navigate - covers all major therapeutic topics by body system
Chapter synopses, definitions, tips and brief explanation boxes assist with learning and revision
Covers resource poor situations with a focus on practical prescribing and health technology assessment
Includes case studies, interesting histories, etymologies and provenances of terms throughout
An enhanced eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all the text, figures and references, with the ability to search, customise your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud

About the author

Edited by Fraz A. Mir, MA, FRCP, Consultant Clinical Pharmacologist, Division of Experimental Medicine and Immunotherapeutics, Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK; Lauren E. Walker, MBCHB, PHD, FRCP, FBPhS, FHEA, Professor of Clinical Pharmacology, Centre for Experimental Therapeutics, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom; Morris J. Brown, MA MSc FRCP FAHA FBPharmacolS FMedSci, Prof of Endocrine Hypertension, William Harvey Institute, Queen Mary University of London, Charterhouse Square, London, UK; Pankaj Sharma, MD PhD FRCP, Professor of Neurology and Director, Institute of Cardiovascular Research, Royal Holloway College, University of London and and Consultant Neurologist, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK

ISBN: 9780323883689

Page Count: 744

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Medical students (PSA exam) and Pharmacy students