By

• Padmaja Udaykumar, Professor and Head, Department of Pharmacology , Fr Muller Medical College  , Mangalore, Karnataka, India

This book is simple and student-friendly. It is thoroughly revised and completely updated. This book has been discussed in detail as it forms the basis for understanding pharmacology. Similarly, chemotherapy, particularly general chemotherapy, analgesics, anesthetics and corticosteroids are dealt with in adequate depth and mechanisms of action have been discussed in brief. In each chapter, the prototype drug has been discussed while the differing features of others are then mentioned. Simple figures have been used, wherever necessary. Common drug interactions are given in the Appendices. Accepted abbreviations have been used and more flow charts, tables, diagrams and key-boxes are included. References for further reading are mentioned at the end of the text. Chapter on Dental Pharmacology is also included in this book. Adequate importance has been given to essential drugs. This book serves to make pharmacology easy for the students of Health Sciences.