The epilepsy prescriber's guide to antiepileptic drugs
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : P N Patsalos; Blaise F D Bourgeois
- ناشر : Cambridge : Cambridge University Press
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2010
- شابک / ISBN : 9780511729478
Description
Contents: Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Acetazolamide -- Therapeutics -- Chemical name and structure: -- Brand names: -- Generics available: -- Licensed indications for epilepsy: -- Licensed indications for non-epilepsy conditions: -- Nonlicensed use for epilepsy: -- Nonlicensed use for non-epilepsy conditions: -- Ineffective (contraindicated): -- Mechanism of action: -- Efficacy profile: -- Pharmacokinetics -- Absorption and distribution: -- Metabolism: -- Elimination: -- Drug interaction profile -- Pharmacokinetic drug interactions: -- Pharmacodynamic drug interactions: -- Hormonal contraception: -- Adverse effects -- How drug causes adverse effects: -- Common adverse effects: -- Life-threatening or dangerous adverse effects: -- Rare and not life-threatening adverse effects: -- Weight change -- What to do about adverse effects: -- Dosing and use -- Usual dosage range: -- Available formulations: -- How to dose: -- Dosing tips: -- How to withdraw drug: -- Overdose: -- Tests and therapeutic drug monitoring: -- Other warnings/precautions: -- Do not use: -- Special populations -- Renal impairment: -- Hepatic impairment: -- Children: -- Elderly: -- Pregnancy: -- Breast feeding -- The overall place of acetazolamide in the treatment of epilepsy -- Primary seizure types: -- Secondary seizure types: -- Potential advantages: -- Potential disadvantages: -- Suggested reading -- ACTH -- Therapeutics -- Chemical name and structure: -- Brand names: -- Generics available: -- Licensed indications for epilepsy: -- Licensed indications for non-epilepsy conditions: -- Nonlicensed use for epilepsy: -- Nonlicensed use for non-epilepsy conditions: -- Ineffective (contraindicated): -- Mechanism of action: -- Efficacy profile: -- Pharmacokinetics -- Absorption and distribution: -- Metabolism: -- Elimination: -- Drug interaction profile -- Pharmacokinetic drug interactions: -- Pharmacodynamic drug interactions: -- Hormonal contraception: -- Adverse effects -- How drug causes adverse effects: -- Common adverse effects: -- Life-threatening or dangerous adverse effects: -- Rare and not life-threatening adverse effects: -- Weight change: -- What to do about adverse effects: -- Dosing and use -- Usual dosage range: -- Available formulations: -- How to dose: -- Dosing tips: -- How to withdraw drug: -- Overdose: -- Tests and therapeutic drug monitoring: -- Other warnings/precautions: -- Do not use: -- Special populations -- Renal impairment: -- Hepatic impairment: -- Children: -- Elderly: -- Pregnancy: -- Breast feeding -- The overall place of ACTH in the treatment of epilepsy -- Primary seizure types: -- Secondary seizure types: -- Potential advantages: -- Potential disadvantages: -- Suggested reading -- Carbamazepine -- Therapeutics -- Chemical name and structure: -- Brand names: -- Generics available: -- Licensed indications for epilepsy: -- Licensed indications for non-epilepsy conditions: -- Nonlicensed use for epilepsy: -- Nonlicensed use for non-epilepsy conditions: -- Ineffective (cont
Summary: "The Epilepsy Prescriber's Guide to Antiepileptic Drugs provides a practical and concise reference guide for use by all those clinicians and allied health professionals that treat or care for patients with epilepsy. In full colour throughout, this volume presents the antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) in alphabetical order and for each AED the information is divided into eight coloured sections: general therapeutics, pharmacokinetics, interaction profile, adverse effects, dosing and use, special populations, and suggested reading. This handy pocket guide will be an excellent companion for all clinicians that treat patients with epilepsy"--Provided by publisher.
