Salient FeaturesA never before fun and learn approach to study a bland subject like pharmacology. The book retains the same flavor in studying the subject as the author's classes.The content has been thoroughly revised and updated as per the recent developments.The cardiovascular drugs section has been updated with recent ACC/AHA Guidelines 2017 on CHF and Hypolipidemics.An integrated approach of understanding has been followed in the book with Conceptual Boxes highlighting the interrelation of Pharmacology with other clinical and nonclinical subjects.Further details related to drugs have been summarized in Clinical Boxes.All chapters now contain Classifications of various drug classes to strengthen the basic understanding of the readers.Recent guidelines in management of Tuberculosis, Leprosy and HIV have been incorporated.Antimalarial, Antileprosy and Anti-HIV vaccines have also been discussed.A detailed chart on Autonomic Nervous System Drugs has been included with this edition to help the readers revise it.

A never before 'Fun and Learn Approach' to study a bland subject like pharmacology. The book retains the same flavor in studying the subject, as the author's classes.

Includes lecture in the form of an educational DVD on subject Immunology.Added lot of diagrams and flow charts to make learning interesting and easier. Several new and easy to grasp MNEMONICS have been given throughout the text.Some new topics like platelets and diabetes mellitus with expanding some of the old topics.New set of conceptual questions with detailed explanations added at the end of most of the chapters to enhance the reasoning skills and facilitate learning.Conceptual and useful information has been added in the form of shaded boxes throughout the chapter to emphasize the clinical importance of the topic being read.

This book illustrates, in a comprehensive manner, the most current areas of importance to Safety Pharmacology, a burgeoning unique pharmacological discipline with important ties to academia, industry and regulatory authorities. It provides readers with a definitive collection of topics containing essential information on the latest industry guidelines and overviews current and breakthrough topics in both functional and molecular pharmacology. An additional novelty of the book is that it constitutes academic, pharmaceutical and biotechnology perspectives for Safety Pharmacology issues. Each chapter is written by an expert in the area and includes not only a fundamental background regarding the topic but also detailed descriptions of currently accepted, validated models and methods as well as innovative methodologies used in drug discovery.

Salient Features Simple and easy to understand language · More topics have been added according to need of subject · Text is enriched with Improved images, Diagrams, Flowcharts and Tables · Strategically the unit has been cleaved into chapters to facilitate future references · Boxes like - Additional Edge, High Return, Energetics and Mnemonics will polish reader's memory · Clinical boxes are auxiliary to cover diseases · Summary Tables are supplementary to provide concise view of the chapter · One liners at the end of chapters are assets to a reader when one is running short of time · Explanations and updates are reinforced by references from standard text books · Controversial questions have been discussed with proper reasoning · Questions from latest Competitive Exams like PGI, AIIMS, PG and FMGE have been included

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