A Textbook of Pharmacology

Medical Pharmacology is a mixture of basics in pharmacology and clinical pharmacology, which has routes in pharmacotherapeutics. It is a dynamic subject that furnishes the doctor with the required knowledge and skills to prescribe drugs and evaluate medication therapy to maintain health and alleviate diseases. There are advancements in the medical field happening every minute, from molecular biology to targeted drug therapies, as well as in understating the pathology and physiology of the disease progression. A physician today needs to amalgamate new drug information and how to use an old drug in a better way to have the best possible patient outcomes. In an era where technology keeps advancing, everyone involved in patient care, from prescribing drugs (doctors) to evaluating, administering, and monitoring the patient (healthcare professionals- nurses and pharmacists), must keep themselves up-to-date about evidence-based medicine. Keeping this in mind, the "Textbook of Pharmacology" has been outlined to provide comprehensive and dependable information. One of the primary objectives of this book is to delineate important information about drugs. The book is curated specially for Diploma students concerning the syllabus provided by the Pharmacy Council of India (PCI). The opening section in each chapter talks briefly about the sub-sections included in that chapter. There are clear-cut guidelines provided in the book based on the current approach to therapy. Simple, self-explanatory, original tables, images and flowcharts have been demonstrated for a better understanding. This book will provide a better understanding of pharmacology.