Key Features * A concise and elaborative text covering all the fundamental issues in pharmacology. The entire text has been divided into eleven sections and five annexures on adverse drug reaction form, drug schedules, abbreviations, etc.
* Emphasises on nurses' roles and responsibilities in drug management and administration and also takes them to fundamental issues in pharmacology. Basic aspects have been dealt with the suffix of nursing implications at the end of almost every chapter. Some chapters have been elaborately designed keeping in mind the areas of interest to nursing fraternity.
* Highlights the key topics like drug formulations, drug administration and storage, emergency management of patients, drug safety issues, objective information about generic and brand names of drugs, etc.
Table of Contents Section One: General Pharmacology 1 Definitions, Dosage Forms And Routes Of Drug Administration 2 Pharmacokinetics 3 Pharmacodynamics 4 Adverse Drug Reactions And Drug Interactions
Section Two: Pharmacology Of Autonomic Nervous System 5 Ans-General Considerations 6 Drugs Affecting Cholinergic System And Autonomic Ganglia 7 Drugs Affecting Sympathetic System
Section Three: Pharmacology Of Cardiovascular System Pharmacotherapy Of Hypertension Pharmacotherapy Of Angina Pectoris Pharmacotherapy Of Cardiac Arrhythmias Pharmacotherapy Of Congestive Heart Failure (Chf) Pharmacotherapy Of Shock
Section Four: Drugs Acting On Blood And Blood Forming Organs 13 Drugs Affecting Blood Coagulation And Thrombosis 14 Haematinic Drugs
Section Five: Water, Electrolytes And Drugs Modifying Renal Functions 15 Pharmacology Of Water, Electrolytes And Nutrients In Dehydration 16 Diuretics And Antidiuretics
Section Six: Pharmacology Of Respiratory Tract 17 Pharmacotherapy Of Cough 18 Pharmacotherapy Of Bronchial Asthma And Rhinitis
Section Seven: Pharmacology Of Gastrointestinal Tract 19 Pharmacotherapy Of Peptic Ulcer 20 Emetics And Antiemetics 21 Pharmacotherapy Of Constipation And Diarrhoea 22 Hypolipidemics And Miscellaneous Drugs Acting On Git
Section Eight: Pharmacology Of The Central Nervous System 23 General Considerations And Aliphatic Alcohols 24 General Anaesthetics 25 Local Anaesthetics 26 Skeletal Muscle Relaxants 27 Hypnotics And Sedatives 28 Antiepileptic Drugs 29 Opioid Analgesics And Antagonists 30 Analgesic, Antipyretic And Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs 31 Psychopharmacology 32 Pharmacotherapy Of Parkinsonism 33 Cns Stimulants And Cognition Enhancers
Section Nine: Hormones And Related Drugs (Endocrines) 34 General Consideration And Hormones Of Anterior Pituitary 35 Thyroid Hormones And Antithyroid Drugs 36 Drugs Affecting Calcium Metabolism 37 Insulin, Oral Antidiabetics Drugs And Glucagon 38 Corticosteroids 39 Gonadal Hormones And Their Antagonists 40 Oxytocin And Other Drugs Acting On Uterus
Section Ten: Chemotherapy 41 General Considerations 42 Sulfonamides, Trimethoprim And Quinolones 43 Urinary Antiseptics And Drugs For Sexually Transmitted Diseases 44 Beta-Lactam Antibiotics 45 Macrolides, Aminoglycosides And Other Antibacterial Drugs 46 Tetracyclines And Chloramphenicol 47 Antifungal Drugs 48 Antiviral Drugs 49 Chemotherapy Of Tuberculosis 50 Chemotherapy Of Leprosy 51 Chemotherapy Of Malaria 52 Chemotherapy Of Amoebiasis 53 Anthelmintic Drugs 54 Anticancer Drugs
Section Eleven: Miscellane 55 Antiseptics, Disinfectants And Ectoparasiticides 56 Vitamins 57 Heavy Metals And Antagonists, Enzymes, Therapeutic And Toxic Gases 58 Immunosuppressants And Gene Therapy 59 Vaccines, Sera And Other Immunostimulants 60 Drugs During Pregnancy And Infancy 61 Drugs Acting On Skin And Mucous Membranes 62 Clinical Pharmacology And Therapeutics 63 Management Of Drug Inventory And Distribution 64 Drug Prescribing And Calculation Of Doses
Annexures * Annexure I: Adverse Drug Reaction Form * Annexure Ii: Representative Examples Of Drugs Which Should Be Stored In Refrigerator * Annexure Iii: Proforma I, Ii, And Iii * Annexure Iv: Drug Schedules * Annexure V: Abbreviations * Index
