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 32
Edition: 1
Publisher: Elsevier
Year: 2010
Language: English
Pages: 1-1004
Content:
Honorary Editor
Page i
Advisory Editorial Board
Page ii
Volume Editors
Page iii
Copyright
Page iv
Contributors
Pages v-xi
Special reviews
Pages xvi-xvii
Cumulative indexes of special reviews, Annuals 12–31
Pages xviii-xxviii
Table of Essays, Annuals 1–31
Page xxix
Classifications of adverse drug reactions
Pages xxx-xxxv
How to use this book
Pages xxxvi-xxxvii
Side Effects of Drugs Essay: Regulating complementary and alternative medicines
Pages xxxviii-xlii
Kelvin Chan
1 - Central nervous system stimulants and drugs that suppress appetite
Pages 1-28
Reginald P. Sequeira
2 - Antidepressant drugs
Pages 29-40
Peter M. Haddad
3 - Lithium
Pages 41-54
Rif S. El-Mallakh, Rona J. Roberts, Yonglin Gao
4 - Drugs of abuse
Pages 55-74
Jayendra K. Patel, Sarah Langenfeld, Eileen Wong
5 - Hypnosedatives and anxiolytics
Pages 75-82
Andrew Byrne, Shabir Musa, Stephen Curran
6 - Antipsychotic drugs
Pages 83-122
Alfonso Carvajal, Luis H. Martín Arias, Natalia Jimeno
7 - Antiepileptic drugs
Pages 123-182
Gaetano Zaccara
8 - Opioid analgesics and narcotic antagonists
Pages 183-224
A.H. Ghodse, S. Galea
9 - Anti-inflammatory and antipyretic analgesics and drugs used in gout
Pages 225-241
S. Straube
10 - General anesthetics and therapeutic gases
Pages 243-259
A. Hall, M. Leuwer
11 - Local anesthetics
Pages 261-272
Stephan A. Schug, Hari Krshnan
12 - Neuromuscular blocking agents and skeletal muscle relaxants
Pages 273-280
C. Williams, M. Leuwer
13 - Drugs that affect autonomic functions or the extrapyramidal system
Pages 281-294
Michael Schachter
14 - Dermatological drugs, topical agents, and cosmetics
Pages 295-304
Ida Duarte, Rosana Lazzarini, Anita Rotter
15 - Antihistamines (H1 receptor antagonists)
Pages 305-310
Garry M. Walsh
16 - Drugs that act on the respiratory tract
Pages 311-331
Keir E. Lewis, Gwyneth A. Davies
17 - Positive inotropic drugs and drugs used in dysrhythmias
Pages 333-362
J.K. Aronson
18 - Beta-adrenoceptor antagonists and antianginal drugs
Pages 363-369
M.G. Franzosi, R. Latini
19 - Drugs acting on the cerebral and peripheral circulations
Pages 371-374
R. Verhaeghe, P. Verhamme
20 - Antihypertensive drugs
Pages 375-400
Jamie J. Coleman, Tehreem F. Butt
21 - Diuretics
Pages 401-412
Domenic A. Sica
22 - Metals
Pages 413-423
Gijsbert B. van der Voet
23 - Metal antagonists
Pages 425-435
R.H.B. Meyboom
24 - Antiseptic drugs and disinfectants
Pages 437-443
Pam Magee
25 - Penicillins, cephalosporins, other beta-lactam antibiotics, and tetracyclines
Pages 445-460
Tore Midtvedt
26 - Miscellaneous antibacterial drugs
Pages 461-489
Natascia Corti, Alexander Imhof, Christa Wenger
27 - Antifungal drugs
Pages 491-519
Dominik Schrey, Thomas J. Walsh, Andreas H. Groll
28 - Antiprotozoal drugs
Pages 521-528
Oscar Ozmund Simooya
29 - Antiviral drugs
Pages 529-553
Oliver Koch, Susanne Sheehy, Catherine Sargent, Jane Democratis, Sarah Abbas, Jurgen Schiefermueller, Brian J. Angus
30 - Drugs used in tuberculosis and leprosy
Pages 555-569
Soumya Swaminathan, V.V. Banu Rekha
31 - Antihelminthic drugs
Pages 571-576
P.J.J. van Genderen
32 - Vaccines
Pages 577-589
S. Dittmann
33 - Blood, blood components, plasma, and plasma products
Pages 591-606
P.F.W. Strengers, Ch. P. Pescott
34 - Vitamins, intravenous solutions, and drugs and formulations used in nutrition
Pages 607-615
M.C. Allwood
35 - Drugs that affect blood coagulation, fibrinolysis, and hemostasis
Pages 617-663
J.K. Aronson
36 - Gastrointestinal drugs
Pages 665-674
R. Ramnarace, H.R. Dalton
37 - Drugs that act on the immune system: Cytokines and monoclonal antibodies
Pages 675-704
Felix Braun, Nadja Rifaie, Dieter C. Broering, Matthias Behrend
38 - Drugs that act on the immune system: immunosuppressive and immunostimulatory drugs
Pages 705-722
Freya A. Goumas, Felix Braun, Dieter C. Broering, Matthias Behrend
39 - Corticotrophins, corticosteroids, and prostaglandins
Pages 723-733
J. Costa, M. Farré
40 - Sex hormones and related compounds, including hormonal contraceptives
Pages 735-762
M.N.G. Dukes
41 - Thyroid hormones, iodine, and antithyroid drugs
Pages 763-768
Kristien Boelaert
42 - Insulin, other hypoglycemic drugs, and glucagon
Pages 769-788
R.C.L. Page
43 - Miscellaneous hormones
Pages 789-802
R.C.L. Page
44 - Drugs that affect lipid metabolism
Pages 803-826
J.K. Aronson
45 - Cytostatic and cytotoxic drugs
Pages 827-842
Ami Sabharwal, Mark Middleton
46 - Radiological contrast agents
Pages 843-864
J.K. Aronson
47 - Drugs used in ocular treatment
Pages 865-877
J.S.A.G. Schouten
48 - Treatments used in complementary and alternative medicine
Pages 879-889
K. Chan, Z.X. Lin
49 - Miscellaneous drugs, materials, medical devices, and techniques
Pages 891-902
N.H. Choulis
50 - Medication errors
Pages 903-922
J.K. Aronson
Index of drugs
Pages 923-957
Index of adverse effects
Pages 959-1004
