This textbook from Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers is an English medium (अंग्रेजी माध्यम) book on Pharmacology, written by Padmaja Udaykumar with a foreword by M Shantharam Shetty, prepared for physiotherapy (फिजियोथेरेपी) students of the BPT course as per the physiotherapy curriculum of Indian universities, and also useful for occupational therapy, nursing and other allied health science students. This Fourth Edition is pitched at the level a therapist needs rather than a prescriber — the emphasis falls on the drugs a physiotherapy patient is likely to be taking, what those drugs do to exercise tolerance, pain perception, muscle tone, bleeding risk and bone healing, and what a therapist should watch for during a session — with every group set out in the same fixed order of classification, mechanism of action, therapeutic uses, adverse effects (प्रतिकूल प्रभाव) and contraindications, in the plain student-facing style the author is known for. The book covers general pharmacology with pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, routes of administration and adverse drug reactions; autonomic nervous system drugs; analgesics, NSAIDs and drugs used in gout and rheumatoid arthritis; skeletal muscle relaxants and drugs used in spasticity; local anaesthetics and general anaesthetics; central nervous system drugs including antiepileptics, antiparkinsonian drugs, sedatives, antipsychotics, antidepressants and opioid analgesics; cardiovascular drugs including antihypertensives, antianginals and drugs for heart failure; drugs acting on blood including anticoagulants; respiratory drugs used in asthma and COPD; endocrine pharmacology including insulin, oral antidiabetics, corticosteroids and drugs for osteoporosis; chemotherapy of infections; and drugs used in emergencies. All content, terminology and explanations in this book are presented in the English language only. Key Features: English medium book — complete content, terminology and explanations in English Written by Padmaja Udaykumar, published by Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers Fourth Edition, revised and updated Foreword by M Shantharam Shetty Written specially for BPT (physiotherapy) students as per the Indian university curriculum Depth and emphasis matched to what a therapist needs rather than a prescriber Implications of drug therapy for exercise, pain, muscle tone and rehabilitation explained Fixed learning framework for every drug group — classification, mechanism, uses and adverse effects Diagrams, flowcharts and comparison tables for quick visual learning Chapter-end questions for revision and examination practice Also useful for occupational therapy, nursing and allied health students General pharmacology — pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics and routes of administration Adverse drug reactions and drug interactions Autonomic nervous system pharmacology Analgesics, NSAIDs and drugs used in gout and rheumatoid arthritis Skeletal muscle relaxants and drugs used in spasticity Local and general anaesthetics Antiepileptics, antiparkinsonian drugs and drugs for neurological conditions Sedatives, antipsychotics, antidepressants and opioid analgesics Cardiovascular drugs — antihypertensives, antianginals and heart failure drugs Drugs acting on blood, including anticoagulants and their implications for therapy Respiratory drugs used in asthma and COPD Endocrine pharmacology — insulin, oral antidiabetics, corticosteroids and drugs for osteoporosis Chemotherapy of infections and drugs used in emergencies Useful for BPT university examinations, internal assessments and viva voce preparation फिजियोथेरेपी (BPT) विद्यार्थियों के लिए Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers द्वारा प्रकाशित यह "Pharmacology for Physiotherapy Students" (4th Edition) पुस्तक Padmaja Udaykumar द्वारा लिखी गई है तथा इसकी प्रस्तावना M Shantharam Shetty द्वारा दी गई है; यह occupational therapy, नर्सिंग एवं अन्य allied health science विद्यार्थियों के लिए भी उपयोगी है। इसमें सामान्य औषध विज्ञान, स्वायत्त तंत्रिका तंत्र, analgesics एवं NSAIDs, skeletal muscle relaxants एवं spasticity की औषधियाँ, local व general anaesthetics, तंत्रिका तंत्र की औषधियाँ, हृदय-रक्तवाहिका औषधियाँ, anticoagulants, श्वसन औषधियाँ, अंत:स्रावी औषध विज्ञान तथा संक्रमण की chemotherapy को classification, mechanism, uses एवं adverse effects के क्रम में चित्रों, फ्लोचार्ट्स एवं तालिकाओं सहित समझाया गया है। सम्पूर्ण पुस्तक अंग्रेजी माध्यम (English medium) में है, इसमें हिंदी माध्यम की सामग्री सम्मिलित नहीं है।