Section I General Pharmacological Principles 1. Introduction Routes of Drug Administration 2. Pharmacokinetics 3. Pharmacodynamics 4. Adverse Drug Effects Section II Systemic Pharmacology 5. Drugs Acting on Autonomic Nervous System1 General Considerations Cholinergic and Anticholinergic Drugs 6. Drugs Acting on Autonomic Nervous System2 Adrenergic and Antiadrenergic Drugs 7. Autacoids and Related Drugs 8. General Anaesthetics and Skeletal Muscle Relaxants 9. Drugs Acting on Central Nervous System1 SedativeHypnotics Ethyl Alcohol Antiepileptics and Antiparkinsonian Drugs 10. Drugs Acting on Central Nervous System2 Psychopharmacological Agents 11. Cardiovascular Drugs1 Drugs Affecting ReninAngiotensin System Calcium Channel Blockers Drugs for Hypertension Angina Pectoris and Myocardial Infarction 12. Cardiovascular Drugs2 Drugs for Heart Failure and Cardiac Arrhythmia 13. Diuretics 14. Hormones and Related Drugs1 Anterior Pituitary Hormones Antidiabetic Drugs Corticosteroids 15. Hormones and Related Drugs2 Androgens Anabolic Steroids Estrogens Progestins and Contraceptives 16. Hormones and Related Drugs3 Thyroid Hormone and Thyroid Inhibitors Hormones Regulating Calcium Balance 17. Drugs Affecting Blood 18. Drugs for Gastrointestinal Disorders 19. Drugs for Respiratory Disorders 20. Vitamins 21. Anticancer and Immunosuppressant Drugs Section III Antimicrobials and Drugs Important in Dental Therapeutics 22. Nonsteroidal Antiinflammatory Drugs and AntipyreticAnalgesics 23. Opioid Analgesics and Antagonists 24. Local Anaesthetics 25. Antimicrobial Drugs General Considerations 26. Sulfonamides Cotrimoxazole Quinolones and Nitroimidazoles 27. BetaLactam Antibiotics 28. Tetracyclines Chloramphenicol and Aminoglycoside Antibiotics 29. Macrolide and Other Antibacterial Antibiotics 30. Antitubercular and Antileprotic Drugs 31. Antifungal Drugs 32. Antiviral Drugs Nonretroviral 33. Antiretrovirus Drugs 34. Antiprotozoal Drugs 35. Antiseptics Disinfectants and Other Locally Ac