Side Effects of Drugs Annual

The Side Effects of Drugs Annual was first published in 1977. It has been continually published since then, as a yearly update to the voluminous encyclopedia Meyler's Side Effects of Drugs. Each new Annual continues to provide clinicians and medical investigators with a reliable and critical yearly survey of new data and trends in the area of Adverse Drug Reactions and Interactions. An international team of specialists has contributed to the informative, by critically interpreting it, and by pointing to whatever is misleading. *Provides a critical yearly survey of new data and trends *Special reviews in this Annual include, among other topics: Epidemiology of the use of ecstasy, Paracetamol and the risk of asthma, Combination vaccines/multiple immunizations, Interactions of herbal medicines with warfarin, and Tyrosine kinase inhibitors. Dr Jeffrey K. Aronson is a consultant clinical pharmacologist and physician in the Department of Primary Health Care in the University of Oxford and a consultant physician in the Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals Trust. He has been associated with the Meyler series since 1977 and has published many research papers on adverse drug reactions. He is also the editor of Meyler's Side Effects of Drugs and the Side Effects of Drugs Annual series. He is President of the British Pharmacological Society and serves on many committees concerned with drug therapy, including the Technology Appraisal Committee of the UK's National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) and the Joint Formulary Committees of the British National Formulary and the British National Formulary for Children. Contents 1. Central nervous system stimulants and drugs that suppress appetite 2. Antidepressant drugs   3. Lithium   4. Drugs of abuse   5. Hypnosedatives and anxiolytics   6. Antipsychotic drugs   7. Antiepileptic drugs   8. Opioid analgesics and narcotic antagonists   9. Anti-inflammatory and antipyretic analgesics and drugs used in gout   10. General anesthetics and therapeutic gases   11. Local anesthetics   12. Neuromuscular blocking agents and skeletal muscle relaxants   13. Drugs that affect autonomic functions or the extrapyramidal system   14. Dermatological drugs, topical agents and cosmetics   15. Antihistamines (H1 receptor antagonists)   16. Drugs that act on the respiratory tract   17. Positive inotropic drugs and drugs used in dysrhythmias   18. Beta-adrenoceptor antagonists and antianginal drugs   19. Drugs acting on the cerebral and peripheral circulations   20. Antihypertensive drugs   21. Diuretics   22. Metals   23. Metal antagonists   24. Antiseptic drugs and disinfectants   25. Penicillins, cephalosporins, other beta-lactam antibiotics, and tetracyclines   26. Miscellaneous antibacterial drugs   27. Antifungal drugs   28. Antiprotozoal Drugs   29. Antiviral drugs   30. Drugs used in tuberculosis and leprosy   31. Antihelminthic drugs   32. Vaccines   33. Blood, blood components, plasma and plasma products   34. Vitamins, intravenous solutions, and drugs and formulations used in nutrition   35. Drugs affecting blood coagulation, fibrinolysis, and hemostasis   36. Gastrointestinal drugs   37. Drugs that act on the immune system: cytokines and monoclonal antibodies   38. Drugs that act on the immune system: immunosuppressive and immunostimulatory drugs   39. Corticotrophins, corticosteroids, and prostaglandins   40. Sex hormones and related compounds, including hormonal contraceptives   41. Thyroid hormones, iodine, and antithyroid drugs   42. Insulin, other hypoglycemic drugs, and glucagon   43. Miscellaneous hormones   44. Drugs that affect lipid metabolism   45. Cytostatic and cytotoxic drugs   46. Radiological contrast agents   47. Drugs used in ocular treatment   48. Treatments used in complementary and alternative medicine   49. Miscellaneous drugs, materials, medical devices and techniques   50. Medication errors