The Benzodiazepines: Current Standards for Medical Practice - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 940108663X ISBN 13: 9789401086639

Verlag: Springer, 2011

Inhaltsangabe

I Clinical Pharmacology.- 1 The biological basis of benzodiazepine actions.- 2 Clinical pharmacokinetics of the benzodiazepines.- 3 Pharmacokinetic considerations in the treatment of chronic anxiety.- II Therapeutic Application.- 4 An international overview.- 5 Principles of therapeutic applications of benzodiazepines.- 6 Benzodiazepines in emotional disorders.- 7 Anxiety.- 8 Clinical comparison of benzodiazepine hypnotics with short and long elimination half-lives.- 9 Seizure disorders.- 10 Alcohol and other drug withdrawals.- 11 Additional clinical uses of benzodiazepines.- 12 Vital uses of diazepam in third world countries.- III Non-medical Use, Misuse and Abuse.- 13 Abuse and dependency: an international perspective.- 14 Experimental abuse liability assessment of benzodiazepines.- 15 Abuse liability of benzodiazepines: A review of human studies evaluating subjective and/or reinforcing effects.- 16 Acute and chronic toxicity of benzodiazepines.- IV Dependence.- 17 Benzodiazepine dependency syndromes.- V Social-Cultural Issues.- 18 The benzodiazepines: public health, social and regulatory issues. An industry perspective.- 19 Benzodiazepines: international legislation and relation to the Convention on Psychotropic Substances 1971.- Appendices.- 1 Cross-reference of investigational, generic and trade names.- 2 Books on benzodiazepines.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Springer
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2011
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 940108663X
• ISBN 13: 9789401086639
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 328
• Herausgeber: Smith D.E., Wesson D.R.
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