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Kerala State Drug Formulary.pdf

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CONTENTS<br />

PART I<br />

GENERAL ADVICE TO PRESCRIBERS ........................................1<br />

Rational approach to therapeutics ........................................ 1<br />

Variation in dose response .................................................. 3<br />

Adherence with drug treatment ........................................... 5<br />

Adverse effects and drug interactions ................................... 8<br />

P – drug concept ............................................................ 11<br />

Prescription writing ........................................................ 12<br />

Sample Prescription ........................................................ 14<br />

Assessing cost effectiveness in clinical Medicine..................... 14<br />

SECTION –1: DRUGS USED IN ANAESTHESIA ............................ 18<br />

General anaesthetics and oxygen ...................................... 18<br />

Local Anaesthetics ......................................................... 22<br />

Preoperative medication and sedation ................................. 27<br />

Muscle relaxants ............................................................ 30<br />

SECTION – 2: ANALGESICS, ANTIPYRETICS, NONSTEROIDAL<br />

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DRUGS(NSAIDS),MEDICINES USED TO<br />

TREAT GOUT, DISEASE MODIFYING AGENTS IN RHEUMATOID<br />

DISORDERS (DMARDS) ...................................................... 31<br />

Non opioid Non steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs .................... 31<br />

Opioid analgesics ............................................................ 38<br />

Disease modifying agents used in Rheumatoid disorders ............ 42<br />

<strong>Drug</strong>s used in Gout ......................................................... 47<br />

SECTION – 3: ANTICONVULSANTS / ANTIEPILEPTICS .................. 49<br />

SECTION – 4: ANTIINFECTIVE DRUGS .................................... 61<br />

Antimicrobials ................................................................ 61<br />

Antileprotic drugs .......................................................... 83<br />

Antituberculous drugs ..................................................... 83<br />

Antifungal drugs ............................................................. 83<br />

Antiviral drugs ............................................................... 85<br />

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