This Popular Textbook, first published in 1969 has provided a standard text to medical students and has served as a reference book to many physicians for more than four decades. Written in an easy to understand language, it not only gives up-to-date information about drugs but also provides an analytical approach to scan various therapeutic options and select the most appropriate one in a given patient. It tells the reader not only which drug should be used but also how to use it so as to maximize the benefits from drug therapy.

For the students of medicine or pharmacy, it provides basic information about drugs. As it is written in an integrated fashion correlating the pathophysiology of the disease with rational drug therapy, students too find it easy to integrate the information in their minds, which helps them to comprehend the subject better. Studentsfeel they are not reading the book but as if the book talks to them, making them aware of both the benefits asa well as the limitations of drugs. Further it educates them in developing a critical outlook towards new drugs as they appear on the scene.