The book Illustrated Medical Pharmacology has been designed keeping in mind the basics which an undergraduate must know and to impart knowledge regarding rational prescribing of drugs including applied aspects of the drugs. It has a presentation style that offers lucid explanations studded with diagrams, figures, charts and illustrations.Designing a comprehensive but concise and compact book is a challenging task particularly for a vast subject like Pharmacology, thus many newer aspects of the drugs have been purposefully omitted to keep the size of the book fairly compact and to facilitate students for smooth preparing, for their examinationsThe priorities for writing the book were to remain lucid without being voluminous and to fulfill the needs of the undergraduate students ? Provides basic information of pharmacology with a clinical approach based on current clinical status of the drug as we know that every year a number of drugs are being included ? Covers the syllabus prescribed to medical, dental and pharmacy students ? Presents figures, chemical structures of drugs and tables for easy comprehension in simple and student-friendly language ? Promotes the contents for critical thinking and logical reasoning so as to enable students, the rational prescribings of drugs ? The information pertaining to drugs like pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, indications, adverse drug reactions and drug interactions are covered in great detail, and illustrations have been given for easy understanding. Moreover, at the end of most chapters, important review questions in the multiple choice questions (MCQs) format have been included for self-assessment