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Pharmacotherapy of neurologic disorders
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Pharmacotherapy Update

- Rufinamide: A New Antiepileptic Drug for Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome

- Lacosamide: A New Antiepileptic Drug


Pharmacotherapy: A Pathophysiologic Approach

Chapter 12. Emergency Preparedness: Identification and Management of Chemical and Radiological Exposures:

- Pharmacologic Therapy

Chapter 57. Multiple Sclerosis:

- Treatment: Multiple Sclerosis

Chapter 58. Epilepsy:

- Treatment: Epilepsy

Chapter 59. Status Epilepticus:

- Pharmacologic Therapy

Chapter 60. Acute Management of the Brain Injury Patient:

- Treatment: Traumatic Brain Injury

- General Pharmacologic Strategies

- Treatment and Prophylaxis: Posttraumatic Seizures

Chapter 61. Parkinson's Disease:

- Treatment: Parkinson's Disease

Chapter 62. Pain Management:

- Pharmacologic Treatment

- Special Considerations in Chronic Noncancer Pain

Chapter 63. Headache Disorders:

- Treatment: Migraines

- Pharmacologic Therapy

- Treatment: Cluster Headaches

Chapter 67. Alzheimer's Disease:

- Pharmacologic Therapy

Chapter 75. Sleep Disorders:

- Sidebar: Clinical Controversy > Pharmacologic Therapy

- Treatment: Obstructive Sleep Apnea > Pharmacologic Therapy

- Treatment: Narcolepsy

Chapter 76. Developmental Disabilities:

- Pharmacologic Therapy

Chapter 81. Pregnancy and Lactation: Therapeutic Considerations:

- Headache

- Epilepsy

Chapter 110. Central Nervous System Infections:

- Treatment: Central Nervous System Infections

Chapter 62. Pain Management:

- Adjuvant analgesics are pharmacologic agents with individual characteristics that make them useful...

Chapter 75. Sleep Disorders:

- Treatment of sleepwalking involves protecting the individual from harm by putting safety latches on...


Goodman & Gilman's The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics

Chapter 19. Pharmacotherapy of the Epilepsies

Chapter 20. Treatment of Central Nervous System Degenerative Disorders


Harper's Illustrated Biochemistry, 28e

Chapter 54. Biochemical Case Histories:

- Case 2: Alzheimer Disease (AD)


Goodman & Gilman's Pharmacology Update

- Clinical Pharmacist's Corner: A Look Back—A Synopsis of Noteworthy FDA Approvals for 2005

- Chlorotoxin (TM-601): A Cl Channel Blocker Used To Treat Malignant Glioma

- Clinical Pharmacist's Corner: Fibromyalgia: Still a Rebel Disease without Definitive Treatment


Pharmacy Hot Topics

- Combination Therapy: A Logical Strategy for the Treatment of Ischemic Stroke

- Antiepileptic Drugs: Clinical Implications of Substitution


Basic & Clinical Pharmacology

Chapter 24. Antiseizure Drugs

Chapter 28. Pharmacologic Management of Parkinsonism & Other Movement Disorders

Chapter 9. Adrenoceptor Agonists & Sympathomimetic Drugs:

- Central Nervous System Applications

Chapter 16. Histamine, Serotonin, & the Ergot Alkaloids:

- Motion Sickness and Vestibular Disturbances

Chapter 22. Sedative-Hypnotic Drugs:

- Treatment of Sleep Problems

Chapter 31. Opioid Analgesics & Antagonists:

- Clinical Use of Opioid Analgesics

Chapter 60. Special Aspects of Geriatric Pharmacology:

- Drugs Used in Alzheimer's Disease

Chapter 64. Dietary Supplements & Herbal Medications:

- Pharmacologic Effects & Clinical Uses


Jawetz, Melnick, & Adelberg's Medical Microbiology

Chapter 48. Cases & Clinical Correlations:

- Treatment


Ganong's Review of Medical Physiology

Chapter 11. Somatosensory Pathways:

- Modulation of Pain Transmission


CURRENT Practice Guidelines In Primary Care 2009

Disease Management:

- Palliative & End-of-Life Care


Pharmacotherapy in Primary Care

Chapter 15. Epilepsy:

- Drug Treatment

Chapter 16. Stroke and Transient Ischemic Attacks:

- Acute Treatment2,6,7,9

Chapter 17. Parkinson Disease:

- Treatment Options

Chapter 18. Persistent Pain:

- Pharmacotherapy

Chapter 19. Headache Disorders:

- Acute Migraine Therapy

- Preventive Migraine Therapy

- Pharmacologic Therapy

- Cluster Headaches

Chapter 20. Pharmacotherapy for Alzheimer's Disease:

- Pharmacotherapy


Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine

Chapter 381. Myasthenia Gravis and Other Diseases of the Neuromuscular Junction:

- Myasthenia Gravis: Treatment

Chapter 12. Pain: Pathophysiology and Management:

- Acute Pain: Treatment

- Chronic Pain: Treatment

Chapter 15. Headache:

- Migraine Headaches: Treatment

- Tension-Type Headache: Treatment

- Cluster Headache: Treatment

- SUNCT/SUNA: Treatment

- Management of Medication Overuse: Inpatients

- Hemicrania Continua: Treatment

- Primary Stabbing Headache: Treatment

- Primary Cough Headache: Treatment

- Primary Exertional Headache: Treatment

- Primary Sex Headache: Treatment

- Hypnic Headache: Treatment

Chapter 22. Dizziness and Vertigo:

- Vertigo: Treatment

Chapter 26. Confusion and Delirium:

- Delirium: Treatment

Chapter 28. Sleep Disorders:

- Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS)

- Narcolepsy: Treatment

- Parasomnias

Chapter 97. Paraneoplastic Neurologic Syndromes:

- Specific Paraneoplastic Neurologic Syndromes

Chapter 382. Muscular Dystrophies and Other Muscle Diseases:

- Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy: Treatment

- Myotonic Dystrophy: Treatment

Chapter 383. Polymyositis, Dermatomyositis, and Inclusion Body Myositis:

- Inflammatory Myopathies: Treatment

Chapter 268. Coma:

- Coma: Treatment

Chapter 269. Neurologic Critical Care, Including Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage:

- Wernicke's Disease: Treatment

Chapter 270. Oncologic Emergencies:

- Spinal Cord Compression: Treatment

- Increased Intracranial Pressure: Treatment

- Neoplastic Meningitis: Treatment

- Seizures: Treatment

Chapter 363. Seizures and Epilepsy:

- Antiepileptic Drug Therapy

Chapter 365. Dementia:

- Dementia: Treatment

Chapter 366. Parkinson’s Disease and Other Extrapyramidal Movement Disorders:

- Parkinson's Disease: Treatment

Chapter 367. Hyperkinetic Movement Disorders:

- Hyperkinetic Movement Disorders: Introduction

Chapter 368. Ataxic Disorders:

- Ataxic Disorders: Treatment

Chapter 369. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Other Motor Neuron Diseases:

- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: Treatment

Chapter 370. Disorders of the Autonomic Nervous System:

- Autonomic Failure: Treatment

Chapter 371. Trigeminal Neuralgia, Bell's Palsy, and Other Cranial Nerve Disorders:

- Trigeminal Neuralgia: Treatment

- Bell's Palsy: Treatment

Chapter 372. Diseases of the Spinal Cord:

- Neoplastic Spinal Cord Compression: Treatment

Chapter 374. Primary and Metastatic Tumors of the Nervous System:

- Brain Tumors: Treatment

Chapter 375. Multiple Sclerosis and Other Demyelinating Diseases:

- Multiple Sclerosis: Treatment

- Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis: Treatment

Chapter 376. Meningitis, Encephalitis, Brain Abscess, and Empyema:

- Acute Bacterial Meningitis: Treatment

- Acute Viral Meningitis: Treatment

- Viral Encephalitis: Treatment

- Subacute Meningitis: Treatment

- Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis: Treatment

- Brain Abscess: Treatment

- Infectious Focal CNS Lesions: Treatment

- Subdural Empyema: Treatment

- Epidural Abscess: Treatment

Chapter 377. Chronic and Recurrent Meningitis:

- Empirical Treatment

Chapter 379. Peripheral Neuropathy:

- Mononeuritis Multiplex: Treatment

- Diabetic Sensorimotor Polyneuropathy: Treatment

- Toxic Neuropathies: Treatment

Chapter 28. Sleep Disorders:

- If insomnia persists after treatment of these contributing factors, empirical pharmacotherapy is...

- This typically develops after a change in the sleeping environment (e.g., in an unfamiliar hotel or...

- Disturbed sleep can result from ingestion of a wide variety of agents. Caffeine is perhaps the...

Chapter 269. Neurologic Critical Care, Including Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage:

- Intracranial hypertension following aneurysmal rupture occurs secondary to subarachnoid blood,...

Chapter 365. Dementia:

- Donepezil, rivastigmine, galantamine, memantine, and tacrine are the drugs presently approved by...

Chapter e40. Altitude Illness: Acute Mountain Sickness, High-Altitude Pulmonary Edema, and High-Altitude Cerebral Edema:

- Pharmacologic prophylaxis at the time of travel to high altitudes is warranted for people with a...

 Cases
From the Pharmacotherapy Casebook: A Patient-Focused Approach

- Multiple Sclerosis
- Complex Partial Seizures
- Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizures
- Status Epilepticus
- Acute Management of the Brain Injury Patient
- Parkinson's Disease
- Acute Pain
- Chronic Pain Management
- Headache Disorders
- Alzheimer's Disease
- Insomnia
 Multimedia
1. Adrenergic Neuroeffector Junction
Derek Cowan, and Donald K. Blumenthal, PhD
2. FDA Patient Safety News > Certain Lots of Teva Propofol Recalled

3. Cholinergic Neuroeffector Junction
Derek Cowan, and Donald K. Blumenthal, PhD
4. FDA Patient Safety News > Chondrolysis with Continuously Infused Local Anesthetics

5. Dopaminergic Neuroeffector Junction
Derek Cowan, and Donald K. Blumenthal, PhD
6. GABAergic Synaptic Transmission
Derek Cowan, and Donald K. Blumenthal, PhD
7. FDA Patient Safety News > New Formulation for OxyContin

8. FDA Patient Safety News > New Warnings on Propoxyphene Overdoses

9. FDA Patient Safety News > Patient Deaths from Injection of Topical Epinephrine

10. FDA Patient Safety News > Valproate Sodium and Birth Defects

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