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Abstract
This book is written mainly for Undergraduate Dental Students. Its user-friendly format provides knowledge of pharmacology without extraneous details—as needed by BDS students. The book will also be useful for practicing Dentists and Pharmacy students.
- Meets the requirement of the syllabus proposed by Dental Council of India (DCI)
- Includes drugs with dose, mechanism of action, pharmacokinetics, adverse effects, drug interactions and therapeutic uses
- Supplemented with the addition of some new topics like Pharmacovigilance and Drug Dosage Forms
- Contains important medical emergencies in dental practice and oral side effects of drugs in tabular format
- Large number of diagrams, flowcharts and tables will facilitate quick learning and greater retention of the concepts
- Thoroughly updated edition that highlights the important aspects of pharmacology for students pursuing undergraduate courses in Dentistry
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Front Cover\r | Cover | ||
| Pharmacology for Dentistry | iii | ||
| Copyright Page | iv | ||
| Table of Contents | xi | ||
| Foreword to the First Edition | v | ||
| Preface to the Second Edition | vii | ||
| Preface to the First Edition | ix | ||
| Brief Contents | x | ||
| Chapter 1. General Pharmacology | 1 | ||
| INTRODUCTION (DEFINITIONS AND SOURCES OF DRUGS) | 1 | ||
| Sources of Drug Information | 2 | ||
| Drug Nomenclature | 2 | ||
| Sources of Drugs | 3 | ||
| ROUTES OF DRUG ADMINISTRATION | 3 | ||
| PHARMACOKINETICS | 9 | ||
| PHARMACODYNAMICS | 23 | ||
| ADVERSE DRUG REACTIONS | 36 | ||
| Chapter 2. Drug Dosage Forms | 43 | ||
| SOLID DOSAGE FORMS | 43 | ||
| SEMISOLID DOSAGE FORMS | 44 | ||
| LIQUID DOSAGE FORMS | 44 | ||
| INJECTABLE DOSAGE FORMS | 45 | ||
| NEW DRUG-DELIVERY SYSTEMS | 45 | ||
| Chapter 3. Drugs Acting on Autonomic Nervous System | 47 | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO AUTONOMIC PHARMACOLOGY | 47 | ||
| CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM | 48 | ||
| CHOLINERGIC AGENTS (CHOLINOMIMETICS, PARASYMPATHOMIMETICS) | 51 | ||
| ANTICHOLINERGIC AGENTS (CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKERS) | 63 | ||
| SKELETAL MUSCLE RELAXANTS | 70 | ||
| ADRENERGIC AGONISTS (SYMPATHOMIMETIC AGENTS) | 75 | ||
| ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKERS | 88 | ||
| ALPHA-ADRENERGIC BLOCKERS | 88 | ||
| BETA-ADRENERGIC BLOCKERS | 91 | ||
| Chapter 4. Drugs Affecting Cardiovascular Function | 97 | ||
| HYPERTENSION | 97 | ||
| ANTIANGINAL DRUGS | 109 | ||
| DRUGS USED IN CONGESTIVE CARDIAC FAILURE | 117 | ||
| PLASMA EXPANDERS | 125 | ||
| SHOCK | 126 | ||
| Chapter 5. Renal Pharmacology | 129 | ||
| DIURETICS | 130 | ||
| ANTIDIURETICS | 138 | ||
| Chapter 6. Drugs Acting on Central Nervous System | 141 | ||
| NEUROTRANSMITTERS AND CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM | 141 | ||
| SEDATIVES AND HYPNOTICS | 142 | ||
| BENZODIAZEPINES | 143 | ||
| BARBITURATES | 147 | ||
| NON-BENZODIAZEPINE HYPNOTICS | 148 | ||
| GENERAL ANAESTHETICS | 149 | ||
| LOCAL ANAESTHETICS | 157 | ||
| ALCOHOLS (ETHANOL AND METHANOL) | 165 | ||
| ANTIEPILEPTIC DRUGS | 168 | ||
| ANALGESICS | 176 | ||
| OPIOID ANALGESICS | 177 | ||
| PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY | 186 | ||
| ANTIANXIETY AGENTS | 190 | ||
| ANTIDEPRESSANTS | 190 | ||
| DRUGS FOR BIPOLAR DISORDER | 194 | ||
| Chapter 7. Autacoids and Respiratory System | 197 | ||
| HISTAMINE AND ANTIHISTAMINES | 197 | ||
| PROSTAGLANDINS AND LEUKOTRIENES ( EICOSANOIDS) | 201 | ||
| NONSTEROIDAL ANTIINFLAMMATORY DRUGS | 203 | ||
| RESPIRATORY SYSTEM | 211 | ||
| DRUGS USED IN TREATMENT OF BRONCHIAL ASTHMA | 213 | ||
| Chapter 8. Drugs Used in the Treatment of Gastrointestinal Diseases | 221 | ||
| EMETICS AND ANTIEMETICS | 221 | ||
| ANTIDIARRHOEAL AGENTS | 228 | ||
| LAXATIVES (PURGATIVES, CATHARTICS) | 229 | ||
| PHARMACOTHERAPY OF PEPTIC ULCER AND GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE | 232 | ||
| Chapter 9. Drugs Acting on Blood and Blood-forming Organs | 241 | ||
| DRUGS AFFECTING COAGULATION AND BLEEDING | 241 | ||
| ANTIPLATELET DRUGS | 251 | ||
| HAEMATINICS | 252 | ||
| Chapter 10. Endocrine Pharmacology | 259 | ||
| INTRODUCTION | 259 | ||
| HYPOTHALAMIC AND PITUITARY HORMONES | 260 | ||
| THYROID HORMONES AND ANTITHYROID DRUGS | 261 | ||
| ANABOLIC STEROIDS | 266 | ||
| CORTICOSTEROIDS | 267 | ||
| INSULIN AND ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENTS | 276 | ||
| AGENTS AFFECTING CALCIUM BALANCE | 288 | ||
| BISPHOSPHONATES | 293 | ||
| Chapter 11. Chemotherapy | 295 | ||
| GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS | 295 | ||
| SULPHONAMIDES | 302 | ||
| COTRIMOXAZOLE | 304 | ||
| QUINOLONES | 306 | ||
| β−LACTAM ANTIBIOTICS | 308 | ||
| PENICILLINS | 308 | ||
| CEPHALOSPORINS | 315 | ||
| CARBAPENEMS | 317 | ||
| MONOBACTAMS | 318 | ||
| AMINOGLYCOSIDES | 318 | ||
| BROAD-SPECTRUM ANTIBIOTICS | 322 | ||
| TETRACYCLINES | 322 | ||
| CHLORAMPHENICOL | 324 | ||
| MACROLIDES | 326 | ||
| ANTIPSEUDOMONAL AGENTS (DRUGS USED IN PSEUDOMONAL INFECTIONS) | 328 | ||
| DRUGS USED IN ANAEROBIC INFECTIONS | 329 | ||
| MISCELLANEOUS ANTIBACTERIAL AGENTS | 329 | ||
| ANTITUBERCULAR DRUGS | 331 | ||
| ANTILEPROTIC DRUGS | 337 | ||
| ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS | 340 | ||
| ANTIVIRAL AGENTS | 347 | ||
| ANTIRETROVIRAL AGENTS | 350 | ||
| ANTIMALARIAL DRUGS | 353 | ||
| NITROIMIDAZOLES | 355 | ||
| ANTICANCER DRUGS | 357 | ||
| Chapter 12. Dental Pharmacology | 367 | ||
| FLUORIDES | 367 | ||
| ASTRINGENTS | 369 | ||
| DESENSITISING AGENTS | 369 | ||
| ANTICARIES AGENTS | 370 | ||
| ANTIPLAQUE AGENTS | 371 | ||
| DENTIFRICES | 373 | ||
| DISCLOSING AGENTS | 375 | ||
| BLEACHING AGENTS | 376 | ||
| OBTUNDENTS | 377 | ||
| MUMMIFYING AGENTS | 378 | ||
| MOUTHWASHES (MOUTHRINSES) | 378 | ||
| Chapter 13. Miscellaneous Drugs | 381 | ||
| CHELATING AGENTS | 381 | ||
| ANTISEPTICS AND DISINFECTANTS | 382 | ||
| VITAMINS | 387 | ||
| DRUG TREATMENT OF MEDICAL EMERGENCIES | 391 | ||
| DENTAL TRAY (EMERGENCY DRUG KIT) FOR DENTISTS | 392 | ||
| Appendix | 393 | ||
| Commonly Used Abbreviations | 393 | ||
| Commonly Prescribed Drugs | 393 | ||
| Index | 403 |