Pharmacology for Dental and Allied Health Sciences Padmaja Udaykumar
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1PHARMACOLOGY for Dental and Allied Health Sciences2
3PHARMACOLOGY for Dental and Allied Health Sciences
3rd Editon
Padmaja Udaykumar Professor and Head Department of Pharmacology Fr Muller Medical College Mangalore, Karnataka, India
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Pharmacology for Dental and Allied Health Sciences
First Edition : 2002
Reprint : 2003, 2006
Second Edition : 2007
Third Edition : 2013
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5Dedicated to
My dear students6
7Preface to the Third Edition
The entire matter is thoroughly revised and updated. Several new drugs have been included, wherever appropriate. More flow charts and innovative tables are included. The compare and contrast series is further extended to include many other chapters. The chapter on dental pharmacology has been revised.
The book has been made as ‘student-friendly’ as possible. I earnestly hope that this book will be successful in reducing the burden of the students and help them better understand pharmacology.
Please mail your valuable feedback to padmajaudaykumar@gmail.com.
Padmaja Udaykumar8
9Preface to the First Edition
Pharmacology is a science that forms the basis for modern medicine. It is a rapidly changing field with new drugs being constantly introduced. The knowledge of pharmacology is important for all those who deal with drugs apart from medical practitioners. But the depth could vary. The need was felt for a short textbook for Dental, Nursing, Physiotherapy and other health science students. Hence, this book was brought out, keeping in mind the size of the book and information required.
General pharmacology has been discussed in detail as it forms the basis for understanding pharmacology. Similarly, chemotherapy, particularly general chemotherapy, analgesics, anesthetics and corticosteroids are dealt with in adequate depth and mechanisms of action have been discussed in brief. In each chapter, the prototype drug has been discussed while the differing features of others are then mentioned. Simple figures have been used, wherever necessary. Common drug interactions are given in the Appendices. Accepted abbreviations have been used. References for further reading are mentioned at the end of the text. Chapter on Dental Pharmacology is also included in this book. Adequate importance has been given to essential drugs.
I hope that this book serves to make pharmacology easy for the students of Health Sciences.
Padmaja Udaykumar10
11Acknowledgments
I wish to express my sincere thanks of Professor DR Kulkarni for his valuable guidance.
I place on record my heartfelt gratitude to Dr Lakshmikant Chatra, Professor of Oral Medicine, Yenepoya Dental College, for his help and suggestions. I wish to thank Dr Prasanna Kumar J, Associate Professor in Oral Medicine, Yenepoya Dental College, for his help and Professors of Pharmacology—Professor Nataraj KV, Professor Vijayaraghavan, Professor SN Rao and Professor KL Bairy, for their support.
I am extremely thankful to the management of Fr Muller Medical College, Director, Fr Patrick Rodrigues; Administrators Fr Richard Coelho, Fr Dennis D'Sa and Fr Rudolf Ravi D'Sa; Chief of Medical Services Dr Sanjeev Rai and Dean Dr JP Alva for their encouragement.
I owe a special note of thanks to my husband Professor Udaykumar K, for his constant encouragement, valuable suggestions and support in this endeavor.
I thank M/s Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers (P) Ltd., New Delhi, India for bringing out this colorful book.121314151617181920