Contemporary Perspectives In Clinical Pharmacotherapedics (Hardcover)

The book serves to be a unique blend of clinical pharmacology and applied therapeutics in medical practice. It provides a comprehensive knowledge with most updated information in pharmacology and therapeutics to the worldwide audience of healthcare professionals including practicing clinicians, doctoral and postdoctoral medical students, as well students and professionals of allied biomedical sciences. International authorities in their respective specialized fields from all over the globe have come together to enlighten the readers with the most of the breakthrough areas of research and cutting edge emerging treatment strategies in commonly encountered diseases in clinical practice.

Salient Features
Provides complete information on the recent trends in Pharmacotherapy of:
* Hypertension
* Coronary Artery Disease
* Dyslipidemia
* Heart Failure
* Errectile Dysfunction
* Bronchial Asthma
* Glaucoma
* HIV Infection
* Inflamatory Bowel Disease and
* Diabetes Mellitus

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