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 in the side effects of drugs. Each drug article contains case histories. Contains detailed information on drug-drug interactions.
Author(s): J.K. Aronson (Eds.)
Series: Side Effects of Drugs Annual 30
Edition: 1
Publisher: Elsevier, Academic Press
Year: 2008
Language: English
Pages: 1-635
Content:
Honorary Editor, Advisory Editorial Board
Page ii
Editor
Page iii
Copyright page
Page iv
Contributors
Pages v-x
Contents
Pages xi-xiii
Special reviews
Pages xv-xvi
Cumulative indexes of special reviews, Annuals 13–29
Pages xvii-xxiv
Table of Essays, Annuals 1–29
Page xxv
DoTS classification of adverse drug reactions
Pages xxvii-xxviii
How to use this book
Pages xxix-xxx
Drug withdrawals because of adverse effects Review Article
Pages xxxi-xxxv
Jeffrey K. Aronson
1 Central nervous system stimulants and drugs that suppress appetite Review Article
Pages 1-14
Reginald P. Sequeira
2 Antidepressant drugs Review Article
Pages 15-22
P.J. Cowen
3 Lithium Review Article
Pages 23-30
Rif S. El-Mallakh
4 Drugs of abuse Review Article
Pages 31-48
Eileen Wong, Jayendra K. Patel, Sarah Guzofski
5 Hypnosedatives and anxiolytics Review Article
Pages 49-55
Shabir Musa, Andrew Byrne, Stephen Curran
6 Antipsychotic drugs Review Article
Pages 56-77
Alfonso Carvajal, Luis H. Martín Arias, Natalia Jimeno
7 Antiepileptic drugs Review Article
Pages 78-105
Dieter Schmidt, Stefan Beyenburg
8 Opioid analgesics and narcotic antagonists Review Article
Pages 106-124
A.H. Ghodse, S. Galea
9 Anti-inflammatory and antipyretic analgesics and drugs used in gout Review Article
Pages 125-136
A. Del Favero
10 General anesthetics and therapeutic gases Review Article
Pages 137-151
I.D. Welters, M. Leuwer
11 Local anesthetics Review Article
Pages 152-163
Stephan A. Schug, Alagirisamy Raajkumar
12 Neuromuscular blocking agents and skeletal muscle relaxants Review Article
Pages 164-169
O. Zuzan, M. Leuwer
13 Drugs that affect autonomic functions or the extrapyramidal system Review Article
Pages 170-179
Michael Schachter
14 Dermatological drugs, topical agents, and cosmetics Review Article
Pages 180-188
A.E. Goossens, J.K. Aronson
15 Antihistamines (H1 receptor antagonists) Review Article
Pages 189-192
Garry M. Walsh
16 Drugs acting on the respiratory tract Review Article
Pages 193-208
Markus Joerger, Katharina Hartmann, Max Kuhn
17 Positive inotropic drugs and drugs used in dysrhythmias Review Article
Pages 209-222
J.K. Aronson
18 Beta-adrenoceptor antagonists and antianginal drugs Review Article
Pages 223-230
A.P. Maggioni, M.G. Franzosi, R. Latini
19 Drugs acting on the cerebral and peripheral circulations Review Article
Pages 231-233
R. Verhaeghe, P. Verhamme
20 Antihypertensive drugs Review Article
Pages 234-251
Jamie J. Coleman, Una Martin
21 Diuretics Review Article
Pages 252-261
Domenic A. Sica
22 Metals Review Article
Pages 262-272
Gijsbert B. van der Voet, J.A. Centeno
23 Metal antagonists Review Article
Pages 273-277
R.H.B. Meyboom
24 Antiseptic drugs and disinfectants Review Article
Pages 278-279
Pam Magee
25 Penicillins, cephalosporins, other beta-lactam antibiotics, and tetracyclines Review Article
Pages 280-296
Tore Midtvedt
26 Miscellaneous antibacterial drugs Review Article
Pages 297-315
Natascia Corti, Alexander Imhof
27 Antifungal drugs Review Article
Pages 316-335
Andreas H. Groll, Thomas J. Walsh
28 Antiprotozoal drugs Review Article
Pages 336-342
Oscar Ozmund Simooya
29 Antiviral drugs Review Article
Pages 343-356
Brian J. Angus
30 Drugs used in tuberculosis and leprosy Review Article
Pages 357-363
V.V. Banu Rekha, Soumya Swaminathan
31 Antihelminthic drugs Review Article
Pages 364-368
P.J.J van Genderen
32 Vaccines Review Article
Pages 369-380
S. Dittmann
33 Blood, blood components, plasma, and plasma products Review Article
Pages 381-393
P.F.W. Strengers, E. van Twuyver
34 Vitamins, intravenous solutions, and drugs and formulations used in nutrition Review Article
Pages 394-398
M.C. Allwood, P.A. Ball
35 Drugs affecting blood coagulation, fibrinolysis, and hemostasis Review Article
Pages 399-422
Job Harenberg
36 Gastrointestinal drugs Review Article
Pages 423-434
H.J. Fellows, H.R. Dalton
37 Drugs that act on the immune system: cytokines and monoclonal antibodies Review Article
Pages 435-451
F. Braun, M. Behrend
38 Drugs that act on the immune system: immunosuppressive and immunostimulatory drugs Review Article
Pages 452-462
Felix Braun, Matthias Behrend
39 Corticotrophins, corticosteroids, and prostaglandins Review Article
Pages 463-467
J. Costa, M. Farré
40 Sex hormones and related compounds, including hormonal contraceptives Review Article
Pages 468-489
M.N.G. Dukes
41 Thyroid hormones, iodine, and antithyroid drugs Review Article
Pages 490-493
Kristien Boelaert
42 Insulin, other hypoglycemic drugs, and glucagon Review Article
Pages 494-506
R.C.L. Page
43 Miscellaneous hormones Review Article
Pages 507-514
R.C.L. Page
44 Drugs that affect lipid metabolism Review Article
Pages 515-519
I. Aursnes
45 Cytostatic and cytotoxic drugs Review Article
Pages 520-532
Hans-Peter Lipp, Jörg Thomas Hartmann
46 Radiological contrast agents Review Article
Pages 533-543
Sameh K. Morcos
47 Drugs used in ocular treatment Review Article
Pages 544-550
B.C.P. Polak
48 Treatments used in complementary and alternative medicine Review Article
Pages 551-560
M.H. Pittler, E. Ernst
49 Miscellaneous drugs, materials, medical devices, and techniques Review Article
Pages 561-575
N.H. Choulis
50 Medication errors Review Article
Pages 576-581
J.K. Aronson
Address list of national centers that participate in the WHO Drug Monitoring Programme
Pages 582-595
Index of drugs
Pages 596-610
Index of adverse effects
Pages 611-635
