• ISBN13: 9780199664368
• Binding: Paperback
• Subject: Medical, Nursing and Health Sciences
• Publisher: Oxford UP
• Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP
• Publication Date: September 16, 2017
• Pages: 680
• Original Price: USD 87.0
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 340 grams
• BISAC Subject(s): Neurology

Part of the Drugs in series, this book provides an easily accessible pocket-sized guide to the use of medications when treating patients with neurological ailments. Drugs in Neurology covers the breadth of medications used in modern neurology, including each drug's indications, contra-indications, side-effects and important interactions. The underlying pharmacology also feature (where known). Practical aspects related to prescribing and therapeutic drug monitoring are covered and based on the most up-to-date evidence-based guidance. Each drug monograph contains a small section drawing on the wisdom of the senior contributors of each chapter with regards to using the medication.

Sathiji Nageshwaran, Wellcome Trust Translational Medicine and Therapeutics Fellow, Imperial College London, UK, Heather Wilson, Consultant Neurologist, Royal Free Hospital, London, UK, Anthony Dickenson, Professor of Neuropharmacology, Neuroscience, Physiology and Pharmacology, University College London, UK, David Ledingham, Neurology Registrar, Department of Neurology, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK

Sathiji Nageshwaran is Wellcome Trust Translational Medicine and Therapeutics Fellow, at Imperial College London, UK, and Honorary Clinical Fellow in Neurology, at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London, UK.

Heather Wilson is Consultant Neurologist, at the Royal Free Hospital, London, UK.

Anthony Dickenson is Professor of Neuropharmacology, Neuroscience, Physiology and Pharmacology, at University College London, UK.

David Ledingham is Neurology Registrar, at the Department of Neurology, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK.