Principles of Therapeutics

Mechanisms of action, use, and adverse effects of drugs for treatment of disorders of the hematopoietic system

• Blood and blood products
• Treatment of anemia, drugs
  
  stimulating erythrocyte production (eg, erythropoietin)
• Drugs stimulating leukocyte production (eg, G-CSF, GM-CSF)
• Anticoagulants, thrombolytic drugs
• Antiplatelet drugs
• Antimicrobials (eg, antimalarials, anti-HIV)
• Antineoplastic and immunosuppressive drugs
• Drugs used to treat acquired disorders of immune responsiveness

Other therapeutic modalities (eg, splenectomy, chelating agents, radiation therapy for lymphomas, plasmapheresis)

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