Salient Features

Approx 1,200 carefully structured “WHY?” questions with answers covering the major areas of pharmacology.

NMC/CBME-aligned and competency-oriented approach.

Reasoning-based learning instead of rote memorisation.

Clinically integrated pharmacology, linking drug mechanisms with patient care and clinical subjects.

Covers General Pharmacology, Autacoids, CNS, ANS, CVS, Endocrine, Chemotherapy. NSAIDs, Blood, Respiratory, Gastrointestinal, Renal, Toxicology and other important areas.

Clinical Pearls after each chapter to highlight practical prescribing and therapeutic considerations.

Exam Pearls for high-yield points relevant to undergraduate and postgraduate examinations.

Short chapter summaries for rapid revision.

Emphasis on rational pharmacotherapy and safe use of medicines.

Includes current drug updates and recent therapeutic advances wherever relevant.

Integrates pharmacology with clinical decision-making, making the subject more relevant to future and practising clinicians.

Useful for MBBS students, NEXT/NEET-PG/INI-CET/FMGE preparation, postgraduate trainees

and clinicians seeking rapid conceptual revision.

Written in a simple, concise and student-friendly question-and-answer format.

Designed to complement standard pharmacology Textbooks.

Dr. Neena Katoch is an Associate Professor in the Department of Pharmacology at Geetanjali Medical College & Hospital, Udaipur, Rajasthan. She holds an MD in Pharmacology from Christian Medical College & Hospital, Ludhiana, and an MBBS from Government Medical College, Jammu. She is also BMJ Certified in Diabetes, London, and has completed a Fellowship in Internal Medicine from Apollo Hospital, New Delhi.

Her professional journey also includes extensive clinical and multidisciplinary exposure at AIIMS, Now Delhi: Safdarjung Hospital and VMMC, New Delhi: Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences (ILBS), New Delhi, IHBAS, New Delhi: Apollo Hospital, New Delhi; Holy Family Hospital, Mumbai & Army College of Medical Sciences Delhi Cantt. Her clinical exposure encompasses Emergency Medicine and Trauma Care, General Medicine, Nephrology, Hepatology. Cancer Surgery, Obstetrics and Gynecology. Neuropsychopharmacology, Therapeutic Drug Monitoring and rational therapeutics.

Her academic interests include clinical pharmacology, rational pharmacotherapy, pharmacovigilance, therapeutic drug monitoring, drug safety, prescription auditing and competency-based medical education. Through her experience in teaching and clinical practice, she recognized the need for a pharmacology resource that focuses not only on what a drug does, but why it does it. This insight led to the development of The WHY of Pharmacology.