The Side Effects of Drugs Annual was first published in 1977. It has been continually published since then, as a yearly update to the voluminous encyclopedia Meyler's Side Effects of Drugs. Each new Annual continues to provide clinicians and medical investigators with a reliable and critical yearly survey of new data and trends in the area of Adverse Drug Reactions and Interactions. An international team of specialists has contributed to the informative, by critically interpreting it, and by pointing to whatever is misleading. *Provides a critical yearly survey of new data and trends *Special reviews in this Annual include, among other topics: Epidemiology of the use of ecstasy, Paracetamol and the risk of asthma, Combination vaccines/multiple immunizations, Interactions of herbal medicines with warfarin, and Tyrosine kinase inhibitors.
Author(s): J.K. Aronson (Eds.)
Series: Side Effects of Drugs Annual 31
Edition: 1
Publisher: Elsevier Science
Year: 2009
Language: English
Pages: 1-849
Content:
Side Effects of Drugs Annual 31
Page iii
Copyright
Page iv
Contributors
Pages v-xi
Special reviews
Page xvi
Cumulative indexes of special reviews, Annuals 12–30
Pages xvii-xxv
Table of Essays, Annuals 1–30
Page xxvi
Classifications of adverse drug reactions
Pages xxvii-xxx
How to use this book
Pages xxxi-xxxii
MedDRA®: The tale of a terminology: Side Effects of Drugs Essay
Pages xxxiii-xli
J. Harrison, P. Mozzicato
Chapter 1 - Central nervous system stimulants and drugs that suppress appetite
Pages 1-15
Reginald P. Sequeira
CHAPTER 2 - Antidepressant drugs
Pages 17-24
P.J. Cowen
Chapter 3 - Lithium
Pages 25-32
Rif S. El-Mallakh
Chapter 4 - Drugs of abuse
Pages 33-55
Eileen Wong, Jayendra K. Patel, Sarah Langenfeld
Chapter 5 - Hypnosedatives and anxiolytics
Pages 57-63
Andrew Byrne, Shabir Musa, Stephen Curran
Chapter 6 - Antipsychotic drugs
Pages 65-104
A. Carvajal, L.H.M. Arias, N. Jimeno
Chapter 7 - Antiepileptic drugs
Pages 105-148
Dieter Schmidt, Stefan Beyenburg
Chapter 8 - Opioid analgesics and narcotic antagonists
Pages 149-180
A.H. Ghodse, S. Galea
Chapter 9 - Anti-inflammatory and antipyretic analgesics and drugs used in gout
Pages 181-215
J.K. Aronson
Chapter 10 - General anesthetics and therapeutic gases
Pages 217-229
I.D. Welters, M. Leuwer
Chapter 11 - Local anesthetics
Pages 231-245
Stephan A. Schug, Catherine Fuller, Joshua H.P. Lau
Chapter 12 - Neuromuscular blocking agents and skeletal muscle relaxants
Pages 247-257
O. Zuzan, M. Leuwer
Chapter 13 - Drugs that affect autonomic functions or the extrapyramidal system
Pages 259-285
J.K. Aronson
CHAPTER 14 - Dermatological drugs, topical agents, and cosmetics
Pages 287-295
I. Duarte, R. Lazzarini, C. Kobata, A. Rotter
Chapter 15 - Antihistamines (H1 receptor antagonists)
Pages 297-303
Garry M. Walsh
Chapter 16 - Drugs acting on the respiratory tract
Pages 305-319
M. Joerger, K. Hartmann, M. Kuhn
Chapter 17 - Positive inotropic drugs and drugs used in dysrhythmias
Pages 321-338
J.K. Aronson
Chapter 18 - Beta-adrenoceptor antagonists and antianginal drugs
Pages 339-343
A.P. Maggioni, M.G. Franzosi, R. Latini
Chapter 19 - Drugs acting on the cerebral and peripheral circulations
Pages 345-348
R. Verhaeghe, P. Verhamme
Chapter 20 - Antihypertensive drugs
Pages 349-370
J.J. Coleman, T.F. Butt
Chapter 21 - Diuretics
Pages 371-381
J.K. Aronson
Chapter 22 - Metals
Pages 383-397
G.B. van der Voet, J.A. Centeno
Chapter 23 - Metal antagonists
Pages 399-407
R.H.B. Meyboom
Chapter 24 - Antiseptic drugs and disinfectants
Pages 409-412
P. Magee
Chapter 25 - Penicillins, cephalosporins, other beta-lactam antibiotics, and tetracyclines
Pages 413-425
Tore Midtvedt
Chapter 26 - Miscellaneous antibacterial drugs
Pages 427-455
N. Corti, A. Imhof
Chapter 27 - Antifungal drugs
Pages 457-467
J.K. Aronson
Chapter 28 - Antiprotozoal drugs
Pages 469-476
Oscar Ozmund Simooya
Chapter 29 - Antiviral drugs
Pages 477-494
O. Koch, S. Sheehy, R. Serafino, B.J. Angus
Chapter 30 - Drugs used in tuberculosis and leprosy
Pages 495-505
Soumya Swaminathan, V.V. Banu Rekha
Chapter 31 - Antihelminthic drugs
Pages 507-514
P.J.J. van Genderen
Chapter 32 - Vaccines
Pages 515-525
S. Dittmann
Chapter 33 - Blood, blood components, plasma, and plasma products
Pages 527-546
P.F.W. Strengers, E. van Twuijver
Chapter 34 - Vitamins, intravenous solutions, and drugs and formulations used in nutrition
Pages 547-551
M.C. Allwood, P.A. Ball
Chapter 35 - Drugs affecting blood coagulation, fibrinolysis, and hemostasis
Pages 553-571
J. Harenberg
Chapter 36 - Gastrointestinal drugs
Pages 573-587
R.J. Ali, H.R. Dalton
Chapter 37 - Drugs that act on the immune system: cytokines and monoclonal antibodies
Pages 589-618
F.A. Goumas, F. Braun, D.C. Broering, M. Behrend
Chapter 38 - Drugs that act on the immune system: immunosuppressive and immunostimulatory drugs
Pages 619-646
Felix Braun, Freya A. Goumas, Dieter C. Broering, Matthias Behrend
Chapter 39 - Corticotrophins, corticosteroids, and prostaglandins
Pages 647-653
J. Costa, M. Farré
Chapter 40 - Sex hormones and related compounds, including hormonal contraceptives
Pages 655-682
M.N.G. Dukes
Chapter 41 - Thyroid hormones, iodine, and antithyroid drugs
Pages 683-688
K. Boelaert
Chapter 42 - Insulin, other hypoglycemic drugs, and glucagon
Pages 689-702
R.C.L. Page
Chapter 43 - Miscellaneous hormones
Pages 703-714
R.C.L. Page
Chapter 44 - Drugs that affect lipid metabolism
Pages 715-720
I. Aursnes
Chapter 45 - Cytostatic and cytotoxic drugs
Pages 721-729
H.-P. Lipp, J.T. Hartmann
Chapter 46 - Radiological contrast agents
Pages 731-738
Sameh K. Morcos
Chapter 47 - Drugs used in ocular treatment
Pages 739-743
J.S.A.G. Schouten
Chapter 48 - Treatments used in complementary and alternative medicine
Pages 745-756
K. Chan, T.X. Lin
Chapter 49 - Miscellaneous drugs, materials, medical devices, and techniques
Pages 757-769
N.H. Choulis
Index of drugs
Pages 771-786
Index of adverse effects
Pages 787-806
