E-Book, Englisch, Band Volume 5-4, 100 Seiten
Roehrs Medications and Sleep, An Issue of Sleep Medicine Clinics
1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-1-4557-0065-3
Verlag: Elsevier HealthScience EN
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)
E-Book, Englisch, Band Volume 5-4, 100 Seiten
Reihe: The Clinics: Internal Medicine
ISBN: 978-1-4557-0065-3
Verlag: Elsevier HealthScience EN
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)
This issue comprises two parts. The first part examines pharmacology of drug classes and effects on the sleep--wake processes. The second part focuses on therapeutics for various sleep disorders. In the first part, basic neuropharmacology of sleep-wake states is discussed. Other articles review hypnotics, allergy and cardiovascular drugs, anti-convulsant drugs, anti-depressant and anti-psychotic drugs, and stimulants. The second part focuses on pharmacology for specific sleep disorders: primary insomnia, co-morbid insomnia, sleep-related breathing disorders, narcolepsy and disorders of daytime sleepiness, movement disroders, parasomnias, and circadian rhythm disorders.