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The Behavioural Neurology of Antiepileptic Drugs is the first clinically oriented reference book on the use of antiepileptic drugs with a focus on their behavioural effects in both patients with epilepsy and patients with primary psychiatric conditions. This book provides a pocket-sized guide to assist neurologists in the use of antiepileptic drugs when treating patients with epilepsy and associated behavioural problems. Psychiatrists treating patients with affective, anxiety, and psychotic disorders will also find this compendium on the behavioural aspects of antiepileptic drugs as a useful tool for their clinical practice. The book is organized alphabetically by antiepileptic drug for easier information gathering, enabling physicians to use the text as a standalone reference in busy clinical settings, such as specialist epilepsy clinics or general psychiatry ward rounds. Particular care was taken in covering the breadth of medications used in modern epilepsy and psychiatry practice, including each drug’s indications, contra-indications, side-effects and important interactions. The underlying pharmacology is also presented to provide a quick refresher and background on the underlying mechanisms. Practical aspects related to prescribing and therapeutic drug monitoring are covered following the most up-to-date evidence based guidance. Each drug monograph closes with a section providing a visual rating in terms of antiepileptic indications, behavioural tolerability, interactions in polytherapy, and psychiatric use, again drawing on the existing evidence. A selected reference list is included to provide readers with the primary sources for clinically-relevant information presented in a concise way within each chapter.Less

This practical resource, organised both by clinical condition and specific drug, contains pharmacological data and up-to-date evidence for the clinical uses of each drug in an easily digestible and accessible format. Less

The Drugs in Neurology handbook succinctly brings together the most up-to-date management of adult neurological disorders and the evidence base for their drug treatment. Each neurological sub-specialty is covered within separate chapters, discussing disease classification, clinical features, suggested treatment pathways, and the evidence base behind modern treatment regimes. The latter half of the text contains an easily accessible A–Z drug compendium. Drug monographs include useful prescribing information, licensed and unlicensed uses, disease-specific mechanism(s) of action, contraindications, toxicity and side effects, use in special populations, efficacy (evidence-based), dosing and monitoring, pharmacokinetic data, and drug interactions.Less

Providing an overview of pharmacology and prescribing advice, this second edition contains over 160 drug monographs, presented in an A-Z format. Fully revised and updated, this detailed yet concise resource will appeal to all healthcare professionals involved in the provision of palliative care and medicines information. Less

The ESC Handbook on Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy is based on the most recent guidelines in cardiovascular pharmacology and contains a comprehensive A to Z formulary of commonly and less commonly used cardiac drugs and drug groups. It provides practical and accessible guidance on all areas of drug prescribing, including ischaemic heart disease, heart failure, arrhythmias, and structural heart disease. The new edition has been completely updated and aligned with the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) WG guidelines for prescribing. The handbook is essential reading for cardiology registrars in training, cardiovascular pharmacologists, consultants, general practitioners, general physicians, junior doctors, medical students, and specialist cardiac nurses, particularly in the United Kingdom and Europe.Less

Authored by four founders of modern neuroscience, this resource covers the current series of medications used to treat diseases of the brain and nervous system—both psychiatric and neurologic—as well as legal and illegal recreational drugs and the neuroscientific information that explains how these medications act on the brain from the molecular to the clinical level. The coverage ranges from drugs that affect the mood and behavior to hypnotics, narcotics, anticonvulsants, and analgesics.Less

This new edition of this comprehensive resource brings together a wealth of experience from those involved in all aspects of opioids, helping clinicians who handle the complex pain problems of cancer patients to incorporate the insight of basic scientists and pharmacologists with a view to improving both clinician understanding and patient care.Less

This resource focuses on the unique set of oral symptoms that occur in cancer patients, and provides an international, multi-professional reference with up-to-date, evidence-based, clinically relevant advice. It covers topics such as oral anatomy and physiology, oral assessment and oral hygiene, and surgical, radiotherapy and chemotherapy side effects are detailed. Additionally, there are chapters addressing the needs of specific groups of patient (e.g. paediatric patients, patients with advanced cancer), and the health economic impact of oral complications.Less

Practical Management of Complex Cancer Pain gives advice on advanced pain management techniques for cancer pains. Emphasis is placed on the suitability and selection of patients for different invasive and complex procedures based on the patient's history. Case histories provide compressive insight into the complexities of holistic management, with pain being only one of the factors that distress patients and families. This resource also covers cancer pain management for patients in a community setting, including the collaboration between pain and palliative medicine.Less