figures, charts, tables and highlight boxes have been added. • Focus on 'evidence-based medicine' by extensive reference to credible studies and endpoint trials. • India-specific information on diseases, drugs and treatment guidelines, particularly for TB, leprosy, HIV-AIDS, malaria, kala-azar, etc. • Therapeutic recommendations from eminent professional bodies and organizations. • The ‘Problem Directed Study’ at the end of most chapters provides an exercise in therapeutic decision making. • Includes Appendices on Solution to Problem Directed Study; Prescribing in Pregnancy; Drugs in Breastfeeding; and Drugs and Fixed Dose Combinations Banned in India. • A brief list of useful references for further reading is provided at the end of the book.