This 9th revised, enlarged and updated edition of The Complete Family Medicine Book is a clearly written, user friendly and illustrated book that follows a systems approach to identifying as well as treating human diseases. The book, comprising 47 separate sections covering the causes and symptoms of major diseases as well as of common ailments and disorders, ranging from body aches and pains to anxiety, high blood pressure and diabetes, etc. and the medicines to prevent and treat them, is an invaluable resource in any household. It seeks to provide you with all the answers you need on the safe and effectual dosage of frequently used and prescribed drugs. In clear, compassionate and practical language it informs the reader of the probable adverse and injurious effects of readily available off the shelf drugs, of highly potent antibiotics as well as the precautions to be exercised in their use. Further, in an endeavor to broaden its readership reach, The Complete Family Medicine Book is cross-indexed by different brand names for the same basic drug so as to save the reader from unwanted confusion, misunderstanding and expenditure. With trusted and easy-to-follow advice supported by the latest clinical research, The Family Medicine Book is the definitive guide for modern family care. In short, it is a one-stop health guide packed with advice on how to maintain a lifetime of good health. This edition of The Family Medicine Book seeks to enlighten every reader on the how, when and why of the drugs he and his family are likely to use, and to facilitate effective and non-hazardous drug usage. Acclaim for the previous editions
ABOUT THE AUTHOR G. Khilnani
Gurudas Khilnani, MD (Med.), MD (Pharmacology), is Professor and Head of Department of Pharmacology, SMS Medical College, Jaipur. He is the author of the book on MCQs in Pharmacology and Drug Therapy and has over 40 research papers to his credit. He is a resource person for International Course on 'Promoting Rational Drug Use in the Community' of WHO. He is also a member of the Executive Committee of Indian Pharmacological Society and the Rajasthan Society for the Promotion of Rational Use of Drugs.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR J S Bapna
J S Bapna, MD, PhD, FAMS is Professor Health and Pharmaceutical Management, Indian Institute of Health Management Research, Jaipur. Trained at NIH, Washington DC, and the IHCAR, Stockholm, he has been the Director of Human Behavior and Allied Sciences, Medical Superintendent of Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, Delhi; Director Professor and Head of Department of Pharmacology, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi and the Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Pondicherry. He is a fellow of the International College of Neuro-psychopharmacology and has been the President of the Indian Pharmacological Society. He is a recipient of the Shri Amrit Mody Research Foundation Award and B Uvnas prize of the Indian Pharmacological Society. He has been an advisor to WHO, MSH and the Futures Group International and has developed the Medicines policy of Jharkhand, Uttranchal and Himachal Pradesh.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR P C Dandiya
P C Dandiya, Mpharm, M.Sc., PhD (Toronto), FAMS is Professor Emeritus of Pharmacology at SMS Medical College, Jaipur and former President of the Pharmacy Council of India, Indian Pharmaceutical Congress and the Indian Pharmacology Society. He is the recipient of the S.Amir Chand Prize from the Indian Council of Medical Research and the Hari Om Ashram Award of the Medical Council of India for significant contributions to pharmacology research. A fellow of the National Academy of Medical Sciences, he has over 180 research papers and 14 books to his credit. He has been a visiting Professor to the Universities of London, Hawaii, Houston, Stanford, Toronto, and Copenhagen, and is the former ProVice Chancellor (Rector) of the Benaras Hindu University.
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