Drugs in 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.

Table of Contents

Section 1: Clinical conditions
1: Headache, Ayesha Ejaz and Bal Athwal
2: Vertigo, David Ledingham, Sathiji Nageshwaran, and Diego Kaski
3: Epilepsy, David Ledingham and Philip N. Patsalos
4: Cerebrovascular disease, Philip Xiu, Aravindhan Baheerathan, and David Werring
5: Neuropathic pain, Peter Arthur-Farraj and Anthony Dickenson
6: Neuroinflammatory disorders of the CNS, Sam Shribman and Heather Wilson
7: Disorders of peripheral nerves and motor neuron disease, Sam Shribman and Heather Wilson
8: Disorders of muscle and neuromuscular junction, Sebastian M. Toescu and Chris Turner
9: Parkinson's disease and Parkinsonism, Sathiji Nageshwaran and Christos Proukakis
10: Hyperkinetic movement disorders, Sathiji Nageshwaran and Susan Perlman
11: Dementia, Saiji Nageshwaran and Peter Garrard
12: Spasticity, Samuel Walker and Gerard Davies
13: Neuro-oncology, David Ledingham and Jeremy Rees
14: Sleep disorders, David Ledingham, Omar Abdel-Mannan, and Sofia Eriksson
15: Neurological infection, Heather Wilson, David Ledingham, Arjun Chandna, and Christopher P. Conlon
16: Metabolic disorders, Menelaos Pipis and Heather Wilson
17: Uro-neurology, Meher Lad and Jalesh N. Panicker
18: Drugs causing neurological disease, Sathiji Nageshwaran, Heather Wilson, and David Ledingham
Section 2: A-Z of neurological drugs

Edited by Sathiji Nageshwaran, Wellcome Trust Translational Medicine and Therapeutics Fellow, Wellcome Trust Translational Medicine and Therapeutics Fellow, Imperial College London, UK;Honorary Clinical Fellow in Neurology, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London, UK, David Ledingham, Neurology Registrar, Neurology Registrar, Department of Neurology, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK, Heather C. Wilson, Consultant Neurologist, Consultant Neurologist and Honorary Clinical Lecturer, Royal Free London NHS Trust, UK; Honorary Consultant Neurologist, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London, UK, and Associate Editor Anthony Dickenson, Professor of Neuropharmacology, Neuroscience, Physiology and Pharmacology,, Professor of Neuropharmacology, Neuroscience, Physiology and Pharmacology, University College London, UK

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

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

Heather C. Wilson is Consultant Neurologist and Honorary Clinical Lecturer at the Royal Free London NHS Trustat in London. She is also Honorary Consultant Neurologist at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery in London.

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

Contributors:

Omar Abdel-Mannan, Academic Clinical Fellow, Institute of Child Health, London, UK

Peter Arthur-Farraj, Neurology Registrar, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, Norwich, UK

Bal Athwal, Consultant Neurologist and Honorary Senior Lecturer, Royal Free Hospital, Barnet Hospital and University College Hospital, London, UK

Aravindhan Baheerathan, Core Medical Trainee, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London, UK

Arjun Chandna, Academic Foundation Trainee, Oxford University Hospitals, Oxford, UK

Christopher P. Conlon, Professor of Infectious Diseases and Deputy Head of Department, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, UK

Gerard Davies, Consultant Neurologist, Royal Free Hospital, London, UK

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

Ayesha Ejaz, Core Medical Trainee, University College London Hospital, London, UK

Sofia Eriksson, Consultant Neurologist and Honorary Senior Lecturer, Department of Clinical and Experimental Epilepsy, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, UK

Peter Garrard, Reader in Neurology, Neuroscience Research Centre, St George's, University of London, UK

Diego Kaski, Neurology Registrar, Department of Neurology, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London, UK; Honorary Clinical Research Fellow, Department of Neuro-otology, Imperial College London, Charing Cross Hospital, London, UK

Jonathan Kennedy, Consultant Neurologist, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, UK

Meher Lad, Academic Clinical Fellow in Neurology, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, UK

David Ledingham, Neurology Registrar, Department of Neurology, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK

Saiji Nageshwaran, Core Medical Trainee, North East Thames Deanery, London, UK

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

Jalesh N. Panicker, Consultant Neurologist in Uro-Neurology and Honorary Senior Lecturer, The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery and UCL Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, London, UK

Philip N. Patsalos, Professor of Clinical Pharmacology, UCL-Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, London, UK; Epilepsy Society, Chalfont Centre for Epilepsy, Buckinghamshire, UK

Susan Perlman, Professor of Neurology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, USA

Menelaos Pipis, Specialist Registrar in Neurology, Neurosciences Department, Medway Maritime Hospital, Gillingham, UK

Christos Proukakis, Senior Lecturer, UCL Institute of Neurology, Clinical Neuroscience, London, UK; Honorary Consultant Neurologist, Royal Free London NHS Trust, London, UK

Jeremy Rees, Consultant Neurologist, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, University College London Hospitals Foundation Trust, London, UK; Honorary Senior Lecturer, UCL Institute of Neurology, London, UK

Samuel Shribman, Registrar in Neurology, St George's Hospital, London, UK

Sebastian M. Toescu, Victor Horsley Department of Neurosurgery, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London, UK

Chris Turner, Consultant Neurologist and Honorary Senior Lecturer, MRC Centre for Neuromuscular Diseases, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London, UK

Sam Walker, Specialty Registrar - West Midlands, Birmingham, UK

David Werring, Professor of Clinical Neurology, Honorary Consultant Neurologist, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, University College Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, UCL Stroke Research Centre, UCL Institute of Neurology, London, UK

Heather Wilson, Consultant Neurologist, Royal Free Hospital, London, UK

Philip Xiu, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK