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SECTION I General Principles of Pharmacology 1 INTRODUCTION TO PHARMACOLOGY S D Seth . A Ray 2 ROUTES OF DRUG ADMINISTRATION S D Seth . Amitabh Prakash . Kamal Kishore 3 FACTORS MODIFYING DRUG DOSE AND RESPONSE S D Seth . Amitabh Prakash 4 PHARMACOKINETICS A Ray . Kavita Gulati 5 PHARMACODYNAMICS A Ray . Kavita Gulati 6 ADVERSE DRUG REACTIONS S D Seth . Amitabh Prakash 7 DRUG INTERACTIONS S D Seth 8 GENE THERAPY A Ray . A Chakraborti 9 DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS Shyam S Sharma . Neeraj Kumar . Mamta Kapoor 10 DRUG DISCOVERY AND DRUG DEVELOPMENT N K Ganguly . Rahmat Bano . S D Seth SECTION II Drugs Acting on Autonomic Nervous System 11 NEUROTRANSMISSION Sudhir V Dagaonkar . Balaji More 12 MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR AGONISTS AND ANTAGONISTS Sudhir V Dagaonkar . Balaji More 13 ANTICHOLINESTERASE AGENTS Sudhir V Dagaonkar . Balaji More 14 DRUGS AFFECTING THE TRANSMISSION IN AUTONOMIC GANGLIA P Sen . S K Maulik 15 ADRENERGIC AGONISTS AND ANTAGONISTS Sudhir V Dagaonkar . Balaji More SECTION III Drugs Acting on the Central Nervous System 16 PHARMACOLOGY OF CNS DRUGS S D Seth 17 GENERAL ANAESTHETICS Chandralekha . Anjan Trikha . Anjolie Chhabra 18 LOCAL ANAESTHETICS Chandralekha . Anjan Trikha . Anjolie Chhabra 19 SKELETAL MUSCLE RELAXANTS Chandralekha . Anjan Trikha . Anjolie Chhabra 20 THERAPEUTIC GASES Chandralekha . Anjan Trikha . Anjolie Chhabra 21 DRUGS USED IN CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION Chandralekha . Anjan Trikha . Anjolie Chhabra 22 ANTIEPILEPTIC DRUGS M V Padma Srivastava . Jyoti Garg 23 DRUG THERAPY OF NEURODEGENERATIVE DISORDERS M V Padma Srivastava . Jyoti Garg . Vimlesh Seth 24 ANXIOLYTIC AND HYPNOTIC DRUGS I Shyam S Sharma . Prem Chawla 25 ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS AND LITHIUM Shyam S Sharma . Prem Chawla 26 DRUG THERAPY OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS Shyam S Sharma . Prem Chawla 27 THE ALCOHOLS Bikash Medhi 28 OPIOID ANALGESICS AND ANTAGONISTS Bikash Medhi 29 PSYCHOSTIMULANTS AND PSYCHEDELIC AGENTS Shyam S Sharma . Bikash Medhi . Mohua Maulik 30 SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND DEPENDENCE Prem Chawla . Shekhar Saxena SECTION IV Drugs Affecting Blood and Blood Formation 31 HAEMATINICS AND GROWTH FACTORS Mohua Maulik . S D Seth 32 COAGULANTS, ANTICOAGULANTS, THROMBOLYTIC AND ANTIPLATELET DRUGS Mohua Maulik . S D Seth SECTION V Drugs Acting on the Renal and Cardiovascular System 33 THE PHYSIOLOGY AND PHARMACOLOGY OF THE KIDNEY S D Seth 34 DIURETICS S D Seth 35 VASOPRESSIN AND ITS ANTAGONISTS Vimlesh Seth 36 CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS Sandeep Seth 37 DRUG THERAPY OF HYPERTENSION Ambuj Roy 38 DRUG THERAPY OF DYSLIPIDAEMIA Ganesan Karthikeyan . D Niveditha 39 DRUG THERAPY OF MYOCARDIAL ISCHAEMIA S Ramakrishnan 40 DRUG THERAPY OF HEART FAILURE Sandeep Seth 41 DRUG THERAPY OF ARRHYTHMIAS Gautam Sharma 42 DRUG THERAPY OF SHOCK AND PLASMA EXPANDERS Vimlesh Seth . Sandeep Seth SECTION VI Autacoids and Related Drugs 43 AUTACOIDS S D Seth 44 HISTAMINE AND ANTIHISTAMINE DRUGS V M Motghare . Sujata Dudhgaonkar 45 KININS V M Motghare . Sujata Dudhgaonkar 46 5-HYDROXYTRYPTAMINE AND DRUG THERAPY OF MIGRAINE V M Motghare . Sujata Dudhgaonkar 47 EICOSANOIDS AND PLATELET-ACTIVATING FACTOR Mohua Maulik . S D Seth 48 ANALGESIC-ANTIPYRETIC AND ANTIINFLAMMATORY DRUGS Bikash Medhi 49 DRUG THERAPY OF RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS AND GOUT Mohua Maulik . Vimlesh Seth 50 NITRIC OXIDE AND ENDOTHELINS A Ray 51 VASOACTIVE PEPTIDES Mohua Maulik . S D Seth SECTION VII Drugs Acting on the Respiratory System 52 PHARMACOTHERAPY OF COUGH Vimlesh Seth 53 PHARMACOTHERAPY OF BRONCHIAL ASTHMA Vimlesh Seth SECTION VIII Hormones and Related Drugs 54 ENDOCRINOLOGY V Vimlesh Seth 55 HORMONES OF THE HYPOTHALAMUS AND PITUITARY Vimlesh Seth 56 THYROID AND ANTITHYROID DRUGS Nikhil Tandon . D H K Reddy 57 DRUG THERAPY OF DIABETES MELLITUS Nikhil Tandon . Ankush Desai 58 ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE AND ADRENOCORTICAL STEROIDS Vimlesh Seth . S D Seth 59 OESTROGENS AND PROGESTINS Suneeta Mittal . Neeta Singh 60 MALE HORMONES AND MALE GONADAL DISORDERS Mohua Maulik . S D Seth 61 OXYTOCICS AND UTERINE RELAXANTS Suneeta Mittal . Vimallama Nellore 62 CALCIUM HOMEOSTASIS, PARATHYROID HORMONE, CALCITONIN AND VITAMIN D Nikhil Tandon . D H K Reddy SECTION IX Drug Therapy of Gastrointestinal Disorders 63 DRUG THERAPY OF GASTRIC ACIDITY, PEPTIC ULCER AND GERD Anoop Saraya . C S Baba 64 DRUG THERAPY OF CONSTIPATION Anoop Saraya . C S Baba 65 TREATMENT OF DIARRHOEA Anoop Saraya . C S Baba . Vimlesh Seth 66 EMETICS AND ANTIEMETICS Anoop Saraya . C S Baba 67 DRUGS AFFECTING THE BILIARY SYSTEM Anoop Saraya . C S Baba 68 IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME Anoop Saraya . C S Baba . Vimlesh Seth 69 DRUGS FOR CHRONIC INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE Anoop Saraya . C S Baba SECTION X Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 70 GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF ANTIMICROBIAL ACTION S D Seth 71 SULPHONAMIDES, TRIMETHOPRIM AND QUINOLONES Rachna Seth . S D Seth 72 PENICILLINS, CEPHALOSPORINS AND OTHER _-LACTAM ANTIBIOTICS Rachna Seth . Vimlesh Seth 73 TETRACYCLINES Rachna Seth . S D Seth 74 CHLORAMPHENICOL Rachna Seth . S D Seth 75 AMINOGLYCOSIDES Rachna Seth . S D Seth 76 MACROLIDE ANTIBIOTICS AND MISCELLANEOUS ANTIMICROBIALS Rachna Seth . Vimlesh Seth 77 ANTITUBERCULOSIS DRUGS AND DRUGS FOR MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX Alladi Mohan . Vimlesh Seth 78 CHEMOTHERAPY OF LEPROSY Vimlesh Seth 79 ANTIFUNGAL DRUGS Mohua Maulik . S D Seth 80 ANTIVIRAL DRUGS (NONRETROVIRAL) X.101 Mohua Maulik . S D Seth 81 ANTIRETROVIRAL DRUGS AND DRUG THERAPY OF HIV/AIDS Sanjeev Sinha . G Bhoveshwaranath . Sneha Gupta 82 ANTISEPTICS AND DISINFECTANTS Kamal Kishore SECTION XI Parasite Chemotherapy83 PARASITIC DISEASES S D Seth 84 DRUG THERAPY OF MALARIA Neena Valecha 85 DRUG THERAPY OF AMOEBIASIS, GIARDIASIS AND TRICHOMONIASIS Alladi Mohan 86 DRUG THERAPY OF LEISHMANIASIS S D Seth 87 DRUG THERAPY OF HELMINTHIC INFECTIONS Alladi Mohan SECTION XII Cancer Chemotherapy 88 GENERAL PRINCIPLES Himanshu S Parikh 89 CHEMOTHERAPY OF MALIGNANCY Himanshu S Parikh SECTION XIII Immunopharmacology 90 BASIC ASPECTS OF IMMUNOLOGY A Ray 91 IMMUNOMODULATORS A Ray SECTION XIV Toxicology 92 HEAVY METALS AND THEIR ANTAGONISTS Bikash Medhi 93 MANAGEMENT OF ACUTE POISONING AND ENVIRONMENTAL AND OCCUPATIONAL TOXICITY Vimlesh Seth SECTION XV Special Topics in Pharmacology 94 DRUGS IN PREGNANCY AND LACTATION Suneeta Mittal . Vimlesh Seth 95 DRUG THERAPY IN PAEDIATRICS Vimlesh Seth 96 VITAMINS AND TRACE MINERALS Vimlesh Seth 97 Vaccines and Sera Vimlesh Seth 98 GERIATRIC PHARMACOLOGY Vimlesh Seth 99 DRUG THERAPY OF DERMATOLOGICAL DISORDERS Kaushal K Verma . A K Malhotra . S D Seth 100 DRUG THERAPY OF OPHTHALMIC DISORDERS N R Biswas . Viney Gupta 101 DRUG THERAPY OF DENTAL DISORDERS Ritu Duggal . Shekhar Arora 102 Drugs of Abuse in Sports Alka Beotra . S D Seth SECTION XVI Clinical Pharmacology 103 INTRODUCTION TO CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY S D Seth 104 CHRONIC DRUG USE AND DRUG HOLIDAYS S D Seth 105 CHRONOPHARMACOLOGY V M Motghare . A A Faruqui . Sujata Dudhgaonkar . A V Turankar 106 PHARMACOVIGILANCE S D Seth . Mohua Maulik 107 PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY Urmila Thatte . Renuka Kulkarni 108 PHARMACOECONOMICS Urmila Thatte . Renuka Kulkarni 109 RATIONAL USE OF MEDICINES Urmila Thatte 110 THE CONCEPT OF ESSENTIAL MEDICINES AND NATIONAL LIST OF ESSENTIAL MEDICINES (2003) S D Seth 111 PRESCRIPTION WRITING, COMPLIANCE AND SELF-MEDICATION S D Seth 112 WHO GUIDE TO GOOD PRESCRIBING S D Seth