Preface to the Seventeenth Edition:
The seventh edition of this popular book has been prepared with the intention of providing all relevant and up to date information. Great care has been taken to include recent drugs and to delete older ones. Many of the chapters have been rewritten and some chapters have been modified appropriately. The original qualities of this book such as simplicity of language, clarity of contents and neatness of presentation have been maintained as ever. Students teachers as also medical and paramedical personnel will find this book extremely useful. It will definitely fulfill their academic and professional needs.
Though this book has been written for Pharmacy students it will certainly be useful for Medical, Dental, Nursing and Veterinary students.
I present and delicate this seventh edition for my dear students with the fervent hope and ambition that it will gain the same appreciation and encouragement as the earlier editions.
 
Madurai
May 22. 2014
&
Dr. N. MURUGESH
B.Sc. M.B.B.S. M.Sc(Med)..Ph.D.. D.F..F.I.C.S
 
Note on dosage and other information
The author and publishers of this book have taken great care to provide necessary information about the drugs and their dose. However, it is likely that there may be human error are change might have occurred due to ever advancing therapeutic approaches and modem developments. So, the information contained herein may not be accurate and complete. Also, this book has been written mainly with the intension of providing basic information for pharmacy students but not for medical practitioners. So, the readers are requested to confirm the information with other sources are manufactured recommendations for dosage and use related information. Errors are any variation that may arise in dosage. Information are use will not bind the others, publishers are any other party who has been involved in the preparation or publication of this work.