The book will serve as a ready-reckoner of drug dosages to the young residents and practicing pediatricians, instill confidence in their prescriptions, and reduce the incidence of avoidable side effects of drugs. It provides brief information on the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of drugs with emphasis on advantages and

disadvantages of various routes of administration, drug absorption, distribution, bioavailability, tissue binding, half-life, and metabolism and excretion. All drugs have been listed alphabetically giving daily dosages per unit body weight, frequency and route of administration. Important cautions, contraindications and adverse effects of selected drugs have been given. Trade names of formulations from standard pharmaceutical companies along with their products and strengths are also given.