Essentials of Medical Pharmacology

Section 1: General Pharmacological Principles
1. Introduction, Routes of Drug Administration
2. Pharmacokinetics: Membrane Transport, Absorption and Distribution of Drugs
3. Pharmacokinetics: Metabolism and Excretion of Drugs, Kinetics of Elimination
4. Pharmacodynamics: Mechanism of Drug Action; Receptor Pharmacology
5. Aspects of Pharmacotherapy, Clinical Pharmacology and Drug Development
6. Adverse Drug Effects

Section 2: Drugs Acting on Autonomic Nervous System
7a. Autonomic Nervous System: General Considerations
7b. Cholinergic System and Drugs
8. Anticholinergic Drugs and Drugs Acting on Autonomic Ganglia
9. Adrenergic System and Drugs
10. Antiadrenergic Drugs (Adrenergic Receptor Antagonists) and Drugs for Glaucoma

Section 3: Autacoids and Related Drugs
11. Histamine and Antihistaminics
12. 5-Hydroxytryptamine, its Antagonists and Drug Therapy of Migraine
13. Prostaglandins, Leukotrienes (Eicosanoids) and Platelet Activating Factor
14. Nonsteroidal Antiinflammatory Drugs and Antipyretic-Analgesics
15. Antirheumatoid and Antigout Drugs

Section 4: Respiratory System Drugs
16. Drugs for Cough and Bronchial Asthma

Section 5: Hormones and Related Drugs
17a. Introduction
17b. Anterior Pituitary Hormones
18. Thyroid Hormone and Thyroid Inhibitors
19. Insulin, Oral Hypoglycaemic Drugs and Glucagon
20. Corticosteroids
21. Androgens and Drugs for Erectile Dysfunction
22. Estrogens, Progestins and Contraceptives
23. Oxytocin and Other Drugs Acting on Uterus
24. Drugs Affecting Calcium Balance

Section 6: Drugs Acting on Peripheral (Somatic) Nervous System
25. Skeletal Muscle Relaxants
26. Local Anaesthetics

Section 7: Drugs Acting on Central Nervous System
27. General Anaesthetics
28. Ethyl and Methyl Alcohols
29 Sedative-Hypnotics
30. Antiepileptic Drugs
31. Antiparkinsonian Drugs
32. Drugs Used in Mental Illness: Antipsychotic and Antimanic Drugs
33. Drugs Used in Mental Illness: Antidepressant and Antianxiety Drugs
34. Opioid Analgesics and Antagonists
35. CNS Stimulants and Cognition Enhancers

Section 8: Cardiovascular Drugs
36a. Cardiac Electrophysiological Considerations
36b. Drugs Affecting Renin-Angiotensin System and Plasma Kinins
37. Cardiac Glycosides and Drugs for Heart Failure
38. Antiarrhythmic Drugs
39. Antianginal and Other Anti-ischaemic Drugs
40. Antihypertensive Drugs

Section 9: Drugs Acting on Kidney
41a. Relevant Physiology of Urine Formation
41b. Diuretics
42. Antidiuretics

Section 10: Drugs Affecting Blood and Blood Formation
43. Haematinics and Erythropoietin
44. Drugs Affecting Coagulation, Bleeding and Thrombosis
45. Hypolipidaemic Drugs and Plasma Expanders

Section 11: Gastrointestinal Drugs
46. Drugs for Peptic Ulcer and Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease
47. Antiemetic, Prokinetic and Digestant Drugs
48. Drugs for Constipation and Diarrhoea

Section 12: Antimicrobial Drugs
49. Antimicrobial Drugs: General Considerations
50. Sulfonamides, Cotrimoxazole and Quinolones
51. Beta-Lactam Antibiotics
52. Tetracyclines and Chloramphenicol (Broad-Spectrum Antibiotics)
53. Aminoglycoside Antibiotics
54. Macrolide, Lincosamide, Glycopeptide and Other Antibacterial Antibiotics; Urinary Antiseptics
55. Antitubercular Drugs
56. Antileprotic Drugs
57. Antifungal Drugs
58. Antiviral Drugs
59. Antimalarial Drugs
60. Antiamoebic and Other Antiprotozoal Drugs
61. Anthelmintic Drugs

Section 13: Chemotherapy of Neoplastic Diseases
62. Anticancer Drugs

Section 14: Miscellaneous Drugs
63. Immunosuppressant Drugs
64. Drugs Acting on Skin and Mucous Membranes
65. Antiseptics, Disinfectants and Ectoparasiticides
66. Chelating Agents
67. Vitamins
68. Vaccines and Sera
69. Drug Interactions

Appendices
Appendix 1: Solution to Problem Directed Study
Appendix 2: List of Essential Medicines
Appendix 3: Prescribing in Pregnancy
Appendix 4: Drugs in Breastfeeding
Appendix 5: Drugs and Fixed Dose Combinations Banned in India (updated till Dec. 2012)

Selected References for Further Reading
Index