Drugs and the Older Population

by Crome, Peter

• ISBN13: 9781860940996
• ISBN10: 1860940994
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-02-01
• Publisher: IMPERIAL COLLEGE PRESS

Table of Contents

Foreword	vii
Introduction	ix
List of contributors	xi
Pharmacoepidemiology and the Elderly	1	(20)
S. Andrade
J. Gurwitz
Drug Use and Older People: Sociological Perspectives	21	(15)
C. Phillipson
Economic Aspects of Drugs and Older People	36	(22)
A. Earl-Slater
Pharmacokinetics	58	(32)
S. O'Mahony
Pharmacodynamics	90	(19)
G.A. Ford
Adverse Drug Reactions	109	(15)
P. Crome
Drug Regimen Compliance	124	(21)
W. von Renteln-Kruse
Prescribing for Older People in General Practice	145	(18)
S. Iliffe
Optimising Drug Therapy in Hospital	163	(24)
S.H.D. Jackson
G.M. Batty
Drugs and the Developing World	187	(6)
V. Harris
C. Orrell
Cardiovascular	193	(47)
D.J. Stott
Drugs and the Lung --- COPD, Asthma, Interstitial Lung Disease	240	(35)
M. Connolly
Psychopharmacology	275	(29)
B.G. Pollock
B.H. Mulsant
Alcohol and the Older Person	304	(33)
I.B. Crome
Drugs in Stroke	337	(41)
C. Roffe
Epilepsy	378	(21)
R. Tallis
The Drug Treatment of Parkinson's Disease in the Elderly	399	(21)
J. Meara
The Gastrointestinal System	420	(33)
T. Bowling
Diabetes Mellitus and Common Endocrine Conditions in the Elderly	453	(79)
S. Croxson
Bone Disease	532	(22)
R.M. Francis
F.H. Anderson
Drugs and Arthritis	554	(26)
H. Wynne
Pain Relief	580	(21)
P. Crome
Cancer	601	(51)
M. Gosney
Continence	652	(19)
J. Malone-Lee
Conclusions: Issues in Drugs Development and Clinical Trials in Older People in the 21st Century	671	(22)
P. Crome
G.A. Ford
A. Earl-Slater
Index	693