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Psychotropic drugs; fast facts (4th Edn). Edited by J. S. Maxmen, S. H. Kennedy, R. S. McIntyre. W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.: New York, ISBN 13: 978-0-393-70520-1 (Paperback), pp 260

✍ Scribed by Professor Stephen Curran; Dr Salman Shafiq


Book ID
102266863
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2009
Tongue
English
Weight
43 KB
Volume
24
Category
Article
ISSN
0885-6222

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✦ Synopsis


This book is now in its fourth edition and aims to provide up to date drug information for the busy clinician. The authors take into account recent advances including diagnostic refinement and new mechanisms of action. Consideration is also given to modifications in current pharmacotherapies to provide better tolerability and enhanced efficacy for example isolation of stereoisomers (e.g. escitalopram, eszopiclone), the identification of principal active metabolites (e.g. palliperidone, desvenlafaxine succinate) and availability of different human psychopharmacology