Essentials of medical pharmacology / K.D. Tripathi, MD, ex-director-professor and head of Pharmacology, Maulana Azad Medical College and associated LN and GB Pant Hospitals, New Delhi, India.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 971-973) and index.

General Pharmacological Principles -- Introduction, Routes of Drug Administration -- Pharmacokinetics : Membrane Transport, Absorption and Distribution of Drugs – Pharmacokinetics : Metabolism and Excretion of Drugs, Kinetics of Elimination -- Pharmacodynamics : Mechanism of Drug Action; Receptor Pharmacology -- Aspects of Pharmacotherapy; Clinical Pharmacology and Drug Development -- Adverse Drug Effects -- Section 2 Drugs Acting on Autonomic Nervous System -- Autonomic Nervous System : General Considerations -- Cholinergic System and Drugs -- Anticholinergic Drugs and Drugs Acting on Autonomic Ganglia -- Adrenergic System and Drugs -- Antiadrenergic Drugs (Adrenergic Receptor Antagonists) and Drugs for Glaucoma Section 3 Autacoids and Related Drugs -- Histamine and Antihistaminics -- 5-Hydroxytryptamine, its Antagonists and Drug Therapy of Migraine -- Prostaglandins, Leukotrienes (Eicosanoids) and Platelet Activating Factor -- Nonsteroidal Antiinflammatory Drugs and Antipyretic-Analgesics -- Antirheumatoid and Antigout Drugs -- Respiratory System Drugs -- Drugs for Cough and Bronchial Asthma Section 5 Hormones and Related Drugs -- Introduction -- Anterior Pituitary Hormones -- Thyroid Hormone and Thyroid Inhibitors -- Insulin, Oral Hypoglycaemic Drugs and Glucagon -- Corticosteroids -- Androgens and Drugs for Erectile Dysfunction -- Estrogens, Progestins and Contraceptives -- Oxytocin and Other Drugs Acting on Uterus -- Drugs Affecting Calcium Balance Section 6 Drugs Acting on Peripheral (Somatic) Nervous System -- Skeletal Muscle Relaxants -- Local Anaesthetics Section 7 Drugs Acting on Central Nervous System -- General Anaesthetics -- Ethyl and Methyl Alcohols -- Sedative-Hypnotics -- Antiepileptic Drugs -- Antiparkinsonian Drugs -- Drugs Used in Mental Illness: Antipsychotic and Antimanic Drugs -- Drugs Used in Mental Illness: Antidepressant and Antianxiety Drugs -- Opioid Analgesics and Antagonists -- CNS Stimulants and Cognition Enhancers Section 8 Cardiovascular Drugs -- Cardiac Electrophysiological Considerations -- Drugs Affecting Renin-Angiotensin System and Plasma Kinins -- Cardiac Glycosides and Drugs for Heart Failure -- Antiarrhythmic Drugs -- Antianginal and Other Anti-ischaemic Drugs -- Antihypertensive Drugs Section 9 Drugs Acting on Kidney -- Relevant Physiology of Urine Formation -- Diuretics -- Antidiuretics Section 10 Drugs Affecting Blood and Blood Formation -- Haematinics and Erythropoietin -- Drugs Affecting Coagulation, Bleeding and Thrombosis -- Hypolipidaemic Drugs and Plasma Expanders Section 11 Gastrointestinal Drugs -- Drugs for Peptic Ulcer -- Drugs for Emesis, Reflux and Digestive Disorders -- Drugs for Constipation and Diarrhoea Section 12 Antimicrobial Drugs -- Antimicrobial Drugs: General Considerations -- Sulfonamides, Cotrimoxazole and Quinolones -- Beta-Lactam Antibiotics -- Tetracyclines and Chloramphenicol (Broad-Spectrum Antibiotics) -- Aminoglycoside Antibiotics -- Macrolide, Lincosamide, Glycopeptide and Other Antibacterial Antibiotics; Urinary Antiseptics -- Antitubercular Drugs -- Antileprotic Drugs -- Antifungal Drugs -- Antiviral Drugs -- Antimalarial Drugs -- Antiamoebic and Other Antiprotozoal Drugs -- Anthelmintic Drugs Section 13 Chemotherapy of Neoplastic Diseases -- Anticancer Drugs Section 14 Miscellaneous Drugs -- Immunosuppressants, Gene Therapy -- Drugs Acting on Skin and Mucous Membranes -- Antiseptics, Disinfectants and Ectoparasiticides -- Chelating Agents -- Vitamins -- Vaccines and Sera -- Drug Interactions.