Basic and Clinical Pharmacology

Author(s): Bertram Katzung, Anthony Trevor

Difference between 13th and 12th editions
Side by side comparison of table of contents helps to figure out the most significant changes.

Key differences between 13th and 12th editions

Time lapse between current and previous publications: 3 years (2014 vs 2011).
Katzung's Basic and Clinical Pharmacology was first published in 1982.
The Thirteenth Edition consists of 66 chapters -- just as the previous Twelfth Ed., but is 32 pages thinner.
Introductory chapter 1 "The Nature of Drugs & Drug Development & Regulation" includes material from the former chapter 5 "Development & Regulation of Drugs".
Completely new chapter 5 "Pharmacogenomics" on how genetic factors affect a person's response to medications covers:

Genetic variations in drug metabolizing enzymes
Genetic variations in transporter genes
Genetic variation within the immune system
Polygenic determinants of drug effects
Future perspectives

Descriptions of new medications put on the market through August 2014.

13th Edition of
Basic and Clinical Pharmacology

eBook (digital format), 1216 pages

eBook ISBN: 9780071826419
Published by: McGraw-Hill Medical, December 23, 2014

Paperback, 1216 pages

ISBN-10: 0071825053
ISBN-13: 9780071825054
Published by: McGraw-Hill Medical, December 23, 2014

12th Edition of
Basic and Clinical Pharmacology

eBook, 1248 pages

eBook ISBN: 9780071764025
Published by: McGraw-Hill Medical, December 13, 2011

LANGE Basic Science
Paperback, 1248 pages

ISBN-10: 0071764011
ISBN-13: 9780071764018
Published by: McGraw-Hill Medical, December 13, 2011

11th Edition of
Basic and Clinical Pharmacology

eBook, 1232 pages

eBook ISBN: 9780071604062
Published by: McGraw-Hill, June 19, 2009

Paperback, 1232 pages

ISBN-10: 0071604057
ISBN-13: 9780071604055
Published by: McGraw-Hill Medical, July 01, 2009