Table of Content
Preface to Second Edition
Preface to First Edition
Acknowledgements
SECTION I: General Pharmacology
1 Historical Aspects and Introduction, Dosage Forms, and Drug Delivery Systems
2 Pharmacokinetics—Drug Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism, and Elimination
3 Pharmacodynamics—Mechanism of Drug Action, Factors Modifying Drug Effects, Therapeutic Drug Monitoring, Dose–Response Relationship
4 Adverse Drug Reactions, Drug Interactions, and Drug Assay
5 Drug Usage, Essential Drug Concept, and Drug Development
SECTION 2: Drugs Acting on Autonomic Nervous System
6 General Considerations of Autonomic Nervous System and Neurohumoral Transmission
7 Adrenergic System and Adrenergic Drugs
8 Adrenergic Blocking Drugs
9 Cholinergic System and Cholinergic Drugs
10 Anticholinergic Drugs and Drugs Acting on Autonomic Ganglia
SECTION 3: Drugs Acting on Cardiovascular System
11 General Considerations and Antihypertensive Drugs
12 Ischemic Heart Disease (IHD) and Treatment of Angina Pectoris
13 Drugs for Congestive Heart Failure
14 Drugs Used in Cardiac Arrhythmias
SECTION 4: Drugs Acting on Kidney
15 Diuretics
SECTION 5: Drugs Acting on Central Nervous System
16 Organization and Functioning of Central Nervous System and Central Neurotransmitters, Sedatives, and Hypnotics
17 General Anesthetics, Skeletal Muscle Relaxants, and Local Anesthetics
18 Therapeutic Approaches to Neurodegenerative and Movement Disorders
19 Drug Treatment of Psychotic Disorders
20 Drug Treatment of Epileptic Disorders
21 Opioid Analgesics
22 Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs) and Drugs for Rheumatoid Arthritis and Gouty Arthritis
23 The Alcohols and Drugs of Abuse
SECTION 6: Autacoids
24 Histamine, H1 Antagonists, 5-Hydroxytryptamine (5-HT), and 5-HT Agonists and Antagonists
25 Ergot Alkaloids, Eicosanoids, and Vasoactive Peptides
SECTION 7: Chemotherapeutic Agents
26 General Considerations of Antibiotics, Sulfonamides, Trimethoprim, Quinolones, and
Urinary Antiseptics and Analgesics
27 Penicillins, Cephalosporins, the Beta-lactam Antibiotics, and Miscellaneous Antibiotics
28 Aminoglycosides
29 Tetracyclines and Chloramphenicol
30 Macrolides, Ketolides, Clindamycin, Streptogramins, Oxazolidinediones, and Other Antibiotic Agents
31 Chemotherapy of Tuberculosis and Leprosy
32 Chemotherapy of Protozoal Infections
33 Antiviral Agents and Anti-HIV Drugs
34 Antifungal Agents
35 Anthelminthic Agents
36 Cancer Chemotherapy
SECTION 8: Endocrine Disorders and Therapeutic Considerations
37 Hypothalamic–Pituitary Hormones
38 Adrenocorticotropic Hormones and Adrenocortical Steroids
39 Thyroid Hormones and Antithyroid Drugs
40 Ovarian Hormones
41 Androgens and Antiandrogens
42 Pancreatic Hormones and Antidiabetic Drugs
43 Drugs Affecting Bone Mineral Metabolism
SECTION 9: The Hemopoietic System
44 Drugs for Iron-Deficiency Anemia
45 Drugs for Megaloblastic Anemia, Hemopoietic Growth Factors
46 Blood Coagulation Disorders
SECTION 10: The Respiratory System
47 Drugs for Respiratory Disorders
SECTION 11: Drugs for Gastrointestinal Disorders
48 Drug Treatment of Acid Peptic Disorders
49 Antiemetic Drugs
50 Drugs for Motility Disorders, Purgatives and Laxatives, Antidiarrheal Agents, and Drug Treatment of Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Inflammatory Bowel Disease
SECTION 12: Miscellaneous Topics
51 Drug Therapy of Hyperlipidemia
52 Intravenous Fluid Therapy
53 Immune Pharmacology
54 Therapeutic Considerations of Toxic Disorders
55 Dermatological Pharmacology
56 Drugs Acting on the Uterus
57 Drug Use During Pregnancy
58 The Vitamins
Appendices
1 Prescription Writing
2 Antibiotic Stewardship Program (ASP)
3 IAP Immunization Timetable 2016
4 Drug Regulations, Acts, and other Legal Aspects
5 Clinical Laboratory Tests—Reference Values
6 Essential Drugs for Regular and Emergency Use
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