Essentials of Medical Pharmacology
- New Delhi Jaypee Brothers Medical Pub. 2023
- 1122p.
Contents SECTION 1 General Pharmacological Principles 1. Introduction, Routes of Drug Administration 2. Pharmacokinetics: Membrane Transport, Absorption and Distribution of Drugs 3. Pharmacokinetics: Metabolism and Excretion of Drugs, Kinetics of Elimination 4. Pharmacodynamics: Mechanism of Drug Action; Receptor Pharmacology 6. Adverse Drug Effects 5. Aspects of Pharmacotherapy, Clinical Pharmacology and Drug Development SECTION 2 Drugs Acting on Autonomic Nervous System Autonomic Nervous System: General Considerations 7. Cholinergic Transmission and Cholinergic Drugs 8. Anticholinergic Drugs and Drugs Acting on Autonomic Ganglia 9. Adrenergic Transmission and Adrenergic Drugs 10. Antiadrenergic Drugs (Adrenergic Receptor Antagonists) and Drugs for Glaucoma SECTION 3 Autacoids and Related Drugs 11. Histamine and Antihistaminics 12. 5-Hydroxytryptamine, its Antagonists and Drug Therapy of Migraine 13. Prostaglandins, Leukotrienes (Eicosanoids) and Platelet Activating Factor 14. Nonsteroidal Antiinflammatory Drugs and Antipyretic-Analgesics 15. Antirheumatoid and Antigout Drugs Respiratory System Drugs 16. Drugs for Cough and Bronchial Asthma ESSENTIALS OF MEDICAL PHARMACOLOGY SECTION 5 Introduction Hormones and Related Drugs 17. Anterior Pituitary Hormones 18. Thyroid Hormones and Thyroid Inhibitors 19. Insulin, Oral Antidiabetic Drugs and Glucagon 20. Corticosteroids 21. Androgens and Related Drugs, Drugs for Erectile Dysfunction 22. Estrogens, Progestins and Contraceptives 23. Oxytocin and Other Drugs Acting on Uterus 24. Hormones and Drugs Affecting Calcium Balance SECTION 6 Drugs Acting on Peripheral (Somatic) Nervous System 25. Skeletal Muscle Relaxants 26. Local Anaesthetics SECTION 7 Drugs Acting on Central Nervous System 27. General Anaesthetics 28. Ethyl and Methyl Alcohols 29. Sedative-Hypnotics 30. Antiepileptic Drugs 31. Antiparkinsonian Drugs 32. Drugs Used in Mental Illness: Antipsychotic and Antimanic Drugs 33. Drugs Used in Mental Illness: Antidepressant and Antianxiety Drugs 34. Opioid Analgesics and Antagonists 35. CNS Stimulants and Cognition Enhancers SECTION 8 Cardiovascular Drugs Cardiac Electrophysiological Considerations 36. Drugs Affecting Renin-Angiotensin System 37. Nitric Oxide and Vasoactive Peptide Signal Molecules 38. Cardiac Glycosides and Drugs for Heart Failure 39. Antiarrhythmic Drugs 40. Antianginal and Other Anti-ischaemic Drugs 41. Antihypertensive Drugs CONTENTS SECTION 9 Drugs Acting on Kidney Relevant Physiology of Urine Formation 42. Diuretics SECTION 10 43. Antidiuretics 62 62 63 Drugs Affecting Blood and Blood Formation 44. Haematinics and Erythropoietin 45. Drugs Affecting Coagulation, Bleeding and Thrombosis 46. Hypolipidaemic Drugs SECTION 11 Gastrointestinal Drugs 47. Drugs for Peptic Ulcer and Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease 48. Antiemetic, Prokinetic and Digestant Drugs 49. Drugs for Constipation and Diarrhoea SECTION 12 Antimicrobial Drugs 50. Antimicrobial Drugs: General Considerations 51. Sulfonamides, Cotrimoxazole and Quinolones 52. Beta-Lactam Antibiotics 53. Tetracyclines and Chloramphenicol (Broad-Spectrum Antibiotics) 54. Aminoglycoside Antibiotics 55. Macrolide, Lincosamide, Glycopeptide and Other Antibacterial Antibiotics; Urinary Antiseptics 56. Antitubercular Drugs 57. Antileprotic Drugs 58. Antifungal Drugs 59. Antiviral Drugs (Non-retroviral) 60. Antiviral Drugs (Anti-retrovirus) 61. Antimalarial Drugs 62. Antiamoebic and Other Antiprotozoal Drugs 63. Anthelmintic Drugs ESSENTIALS OF MEDICAL PHARMACOLOGY SECTION 13 Chemotherapy of Neoplastic Diseases 64 Anticancer Drugs SECTION 14 Miscellaneous Drugs 65. Immunosuppressant Drugs 66. Drugs Acting on Skin and Mucous Membranes 67. Antiseptics, Disinfectants and Ectoparasiticides 68. Chelating Agents 69. Vitamins 70. Vaccines, Antisera and Immuneglobulins 71. Drug Interactions Appendices Appendix 1: Solution to Problem Directed Study Appendix 2: Prescribing in Pregnancy Appendix 3: Drugs in Breastfeeding Appendix 4: Drugs and Fixed Dose Combinations Banned in India Selected References for Further Reading Additional Competency Topics Prescription Writing P-Drugs Drugs used for Criminal Offences Drug Deaddiction Plasma Expanders Colony Stimulating Factors Antibiotic Stewardship Program Pesticides Insect Repellents Pollutants Food Adulterants Management of Common Poisonings, Bites and Stings National Health Programs Over-the-Counter Drugs Herbal Medicines Pharmacoeconomics Dietary Supplements and Nutraceuticals Drug Regulations, Acts and other Legal Aspects