Description

This book of “Essential of Medical Pharmacology” is designed to be useful both to the uninitiated medical student, as well as to prescribing physicians. The present edition is oriented to reflect the contemporary advancements. All chapters have been updated to include recently introduced drugs and published information. Essentials of Medical Pharmacology covers a wide range of topics from basic pharmacological concepts to practical therapeutics. Core pharmacodynamic, pharmacokinetic and dosage-form information about medicines is provided to understand mechanism of drug action and to enable rational selection of drugs for a patient and correct prescribing. chapter is devoted to the principles of ‘rational use of medicines’, and the process of ‘new drug development’ to reflect current importance of these topics. Another new chapter compiles the clinically important drug interactions. Some other topics added are drug transporters, pharmacogenomics, pharmacovigilance, expiry date of pharmaceuticals, single enantiomer drugs, biological response modifiers, prescribing in pregnancy, etc. Infrequently used drugs and those not available in India are described briefly in extract type. Important points are summarized in boxes. Leading trade names with dosage forms are given. Emphasis is placed on the profile of diseases and drug use in India and other tropical countries, so as to be particularly useful to students and doctors in these regions.