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 All praises and gratitude be to Almighty Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala, the help and blessings of whom made us enable to publish QIMP-15th edition. Although, after a long and hard work we could present this edition to our worthy readers, we still apologize sincerely for unwilling delay in publishing this issue in due time.

 QIMP (Quick Index of Medical Products & Problems) is primarily an index for rapid references of clinical problems and therapeutic information of different pharmacological products. This book has been prepared with the intention of providing an updated & comprehensive idea of common medical problems and their management to the medical practitioners and professionals.

 Dear reader, as you see, QIMP has become a big volume gradually. As a reference book, it is difficult to handle regularly in daily practice. This has created some other technical problems also. Therefore, we have decided to divide it into Clinical & Therapeutic parts. Moreover, in both parts we have opened a new section 'Research & Development' to update the information and knowledge of our beloved readers with the latest achievement in the relevant fields.

 In the therapeutic part, we tried to incorporate the current & latest information of important drugs & preparations of different pharmaceutical manufacturers & importers, as was available at our hand at the time of edition. In every issue, a number of new products are always missing which are launching during the period of publication & after publication; we have no way to make them available in the current issue, but to wait for the next edition.

 The QIMP, as is intended to be a desk book for rapid reference, cannot contain all the information necessary for treatment and prescribing medicines. The information should be supplemented as necessary from specialized publications and additional information may be collected from manufacturers or importers concerned.

Price rates of different medical products given here in the book are of the time of price list collection. These are subject to change at any time.

 In preparing the manuscript of this book, we took help from different textbooks, magazines, periodicals, formulary, guides and manufacturers' literature. In the reference list, we acknowledged them. We would also like to express our gratitude to the respective authors & publishers.

 Dear readers, despite our all efforts & means to make the text as accurate as possible, there is likelihood of so many errors & mistakes in sorting innumerable information of such a big publication. Therefore, we do welcome and request the readers of this book to send us their comments and constructive criticism regarding errors and inaccuracies. For progressive development of such a work, a feed back is essential.

 This edition of QIMP has also become possible with the help and cooperation of some of my friends and colleagues. I am so much grateful & indebted to them. I would also like to express many thanks to the advertisers who have extended their cooperation.

 Last of all we further submit our all praises and worship to the Almighty Allah, the grace and blessings of who made possible to continue the publication until this time.

September 2009                                                                     Dr. Ridwan Ullah Shahidi

Editor