Clinical pharmacology: the basics

D Nicholas Bateman MD FRCP FRCPE FBPharmacolS FBTS is Professor in Clinical Toxicology and Consultant Physician at the Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, UK, and Director of the National Poisons Information Service, Edinburgh. He qualified from Guy's Hospital, London, and trained at the Royal Postgraduate Medical School, London, and in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. His research interests are pharmaco-epidemiology, clinical toxicology, and poisons information systems. Competing interests: none declared

Michael Eddleston MRCP is a Wellcome Trust Career Development Fellow in the Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Edinburgh University, UK, and Specialist Registrar at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh. His research interests include the natural history, management, and prevention of organophosphorus pesticide self-poisoning and the clinical pharmacology of antidotes for poisoning. Competing interests: none declared

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