Contemporary Perspectives In Clinical Pharmacotherapedics (Hardcover)

Table of Contents
SECTION I: GENERAL TOPICS
1. Biotechnology: Emerging Techniques and Their Contribution to Therapeutics
2. Drug Regulatory System in India
3. Indian Medicinal Plants: A Potential Reservoir in Health and Disease
4. Therapeutic Drug Monitoring in Clinical Practice
5. Ethics in Clinical Practice and Research
6. Pharmacovigilance
7. Pharmacoeconomics
8. Antisense Oligonucleotides as Innovative Therapeutic Approach to Treat Ailments
9. The Promise of Pharmacogenomics: Tailor-Made Drug Therapy
10. Antioxidants and Health: A Review
11. Role of Endothelium in Vascular Function: Targets for New Drug Development
12. Cytokines as Potential Therapeutic Targets
13. Role of Gene Knockout Strategy in New Drug Discovery
14. Molecular Targeted Drug Delivery: Novel Approaches and Strategies
SECTION II: CURRENT TRENDS IN CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISORDERS
15. Depression and Bipolar disorders
16. Treatment Options in Anxiety Disorders
17. Epilepsy- Principles and Practices of Therapy
18. Pharmacotherapy of Parkinson’s Disease
19. Alzheimer’s Disease: Current and Future Therapies
20. Cannabinoids in Clinical Practice: Recent Advances and Potential Indications
21. COX-2 selective inhibitors : Current safety issues and future implications
22. Rheumatoid Arthritis: Diagnosis and Therapy
23. Neuroprotective Role of Melatonin: Past, Present and Future
SECTION III: DRUGS AFFECTING CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION
24. Modulation of Renin-Angiotensin System – Applications in Clinical Cardiology
25. Current Perspectives in Lipid Lowering Strategies
26. Emerging Treatment Modalities in Coronary Artery Disease
27. Hypertension: Current Challenges and Newer Perspectives in Pharmacotherapy
28. Emerging Treatment Modalities for Venous Thromboembolism
29. Modulating Effects of Diet and Nutraceuticals on The Prevention of Cardiovascular Diseases, Cancer and Diabetes
30. Newer Strategies in the Treatment of Heart Failure
SECTION IV: DRUGS USED IN GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES
31. Emerging Treatment Modalities in Inflammatory Bowel Disease
32. Treatment of Gastrointestinal Diseases with Melatonin
33. Medical Management of Peptic Ulcer
SECTION V: CHEMOTHERAPY OF MICROBIAL DISEASES
34. Pharmacotherapy of Tuberculosis: A Global Perspective
35. Antiretroviral Therapy for HIV infected Adults & Adolescents
36. Malaria
SECTION VI: MANAGEMENT OF ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION
37. Pharmacotherapy For Erectile Dysfunction
38. Emerging Multimodality Approaches for Assessment and Management of Erectile Dysfunction
SECTION VII: RECENT ADVANCES IN THE DRUGS AFFECTING THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM
39. The Medical Management of Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms from Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia
40. Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome: Pathogenesis and Role of Insulin Sensitizers
41. Hormone Replacement Therapy in Post Menopausal Women: Current Controversies and Perspectives
42. Oral Contraceptives: An Update on Clinical Issues and Perspectives
43. Recent Advances in the Pharmacotherapy of Osteoporosis
44. Obesity
SECTION VIII: CURRENT TRENDS IN THE MANAGEMENT OF DIABETES MELLITUS
45. Primary Prevention of Diabetes Mellitus: Present and Future
46. Diabetes Mellitus: Management of the Hyperglycemic State
SECTION IX: OCULAR PHARMACOLOGY
47. Pharmacotherapy of Exudative Age-related Macular Degeneration: An Update
48. Pharmacology of Antiglaucoma Medications
SECTION X: RECENT ADVANCES IN MEDICAL ONCOLOGY
49. Targeted Therapies in Oncology
50. Biological Response Modifiers
51. Gene Therapy
52. Vaccines in Medical Oncology
53. Role of Pharmacogenomics in Pulmonary Pharmacology
54. The Revival of Thalidomide
SECTION XI: PULMONARY MEDICINE
55. Asthma- Current Challenges and Newer Perspectives in Pharmacotherapy
SECTION XII: DRUGS USED IN SPECIAL AGE GROUPS: PREGNANCY, LACTATION AND GERIATRIC MEDICINE
56. Pharmacotherapy in the Elderly: Clinical Issues and Perspectives
57. Anti-ageing Plant Products: Clinical Issues and Perspectives
58. Diet, Nutrition, and Prevention of Chronic Diseases of Aging
59. Drugs Used in Pregnancy
60. Special Considerations for Drugs Used During Breastfeeding
61. Special Aspects of Pediatric Pharmacology
SECTION XIII: SPECIAL TOPICS
62. Advances in the Treatment of Acute and Chronic Sinusitis
63. Pleiotropic Role of Melatonin: From Bench to Bedside
64. Role of immunotoxicology in Assessing the Safety of Drugs 65. Toxicology: General Principles and Management of Common Poisonings
66. Relevance of Chronopharmacology in Therapeutics
67. Statistical Issues in Clinical Trials