Drugs in Neurology

by Sathiji Nageshwaran (Editor), David Ledingham (Editor), Heather C. Wilson (Editor), Anthony Dickenson (Editor)

Overview

Part of the Drugs in series, this book provides an easily accessible pocket-sized guide to the use of medications when treating patients with neurological ailments. Drugs in Neurology covers the breadth of medications used in modern neurology, including each drug's indications, contra-indications, side-effects and important interactions. The underlying pharmacology also feature (where known). Practical aspects related to prescribing and therapeutic drug monitoring are covered and based on the most up-to-date evidence-based guidance. Each drug monograph contains a small section drawing on the wisdom of the senior contributors of each chapter with regards to using the medication.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780191641244
Publisher:	OUP Oxford
Publication date:	01/26/2017
Series:	Drugs In
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	656
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Sathiji Nageshwaran is Wellcome Trust Translational Medicine and Therapeutics Fellow at Imperial College London, and Honorary Clinical Fellow in Neurology at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery in London. David Ledingham is Neurology Registrar at the Department of Neurology, Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle Upon Tyne. Heather C. Wilson is Consultant Neurologist and Honorary Clinical Lecturer at the Royal Free London NHS Trustat in London. She is also Honorary Consultant Neurologist at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery in London. Anthony Dickenson is Professor of Neuropharmacology, Neuroscience, Physiology and Pharmacology at University College in London.

Table of Contents

• Section 1: Clinical conditions
• 1: Ayesha Ejaz and Bal Athwal: Headache
• 2: David Ledingham, Sathiji Nageshwaran, and Diego Kaski: Vertigo
• 3: David Ledingham and Philip N. Patsalos: Epilepsy
• 4: Philip Xiu, Aravindhan Baheerathan, and David Werring: Cerebrovascular disease
• 5: Peter Arthur-Farraj and Anthony Dickenson: Neuropathic pain
• 6: Sam Shribman and Heather Wilson: Neuroinflammatory disorders of the CNS
• 7: Sam Shribman and Heather Wilson: Disorders of peripheral nerves and motor neuron disease
• 8: Sebastian M. Toescu and Chris Turner: Disorders of muscle and neuromuscular junction
• 9: Sathiji Nageshwaran and Christos Proukakis: Parkinson's disease and Parkinsonism
• 10: Sathiji Nageshwaran and Susan Perlman: Hyperkinetic movement disorders
• 11: Saiji Nageshwaran and Peter Garrard: Dementia
• 12: Samuel Walker and Gerard Davies: Spasticity
• 13: David Ledingham and Jeremy Rees: Neuro-oncology
• 14: David Ledingham, Omar Abdel-Mannan, and Sofia Eriksson: Sleep disorders
• 15: Heather Wilson, David Ledingham, Arjun Chandna, and Christopher P. Conlon: Neurological infection
• 16: Menelaos Pipis and Heather Wilson: Metabolic disorders
• 17: Meher Lad and Jalesh N. Panicker: Uro-neurology
• 18: Sathiji Nageshwaran, Heather Wilson, and David Ledingham: Drugs causing neurological disease
• Section 2: A-Z of neurological drugs