All chapters have been updated to include recently introduced drugs and published information. Latest therapeutic guidelines from lead...
All chapters have been updated to include recently introduced drugs and published information. Latest therapeutic guidelines from leading professional bodies, WHO and National Health programmes have been incorporated, especially in areas like hypertension, hyperlipidaemias, stroke surgical prophylaxis, tuberculosis, leprosy, malaria, and HIV-AIDS.
Recent developments have been highlighted, notably in hormone replacement therapy, aromatase inhibitors,biphosphonates, selective COX-2 inhibitors, atypical antipsychotic andtherapy of diabetes mellitus, heart failure, acute coronary syndromes, Alzheimer's disease, parkinsonism, glaucoma, kala azar, All the chapter is devoted to the principles of 'rational use of medicines', elements of 'evidence based on mecdicine' and the process of 'new drugdevelopment' to reflect current importance of these topics , Another new chapter compiles theclinically important drug interactions.
Some other topics added are drug transporters, pharmacogenornics, pharmacovigilance, expiry date of pharmaceuticals, single enamtiomer drugs, biological response modifiers, prescribing in pregnancy, etc.New drugs marketed in India till mid 2007 are included, while obsolete ones are deleted. Frequently 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 areas,so as to be particularly useful to students and doctors in these regions; a need not well addressed by many texts.
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