Medications and Sleep, An Issue of Sleep Medicine Clinics
- ISBN-10
- 1455700657
- ISBN-13
- 9781455700653
- Category
- Medical
- Pages
- 351
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2010-12-15
- Publisher
- Elsevier Health Sciences
- Author
- Timothy Roehrs
Description
This issue comprises two parts. The first part examines pharmacology of drug classes and effects on the sleep--wake processes. The second part focuses on therapeutics for various sleep disorders. In the first part, basic neuropharmacology of sleep-wake states is discussed. Other articles review hypnotics, allergy and cardiovascular drugs, anti-convulsant drugs, anti-depressant and anti-psychotic drugs, and stimulants. The second part focuses on pharmacology for specific sleep disorders: primary insomnia, co-morbid insomnia, sleep-related breathing disorders, narcolepsy and disorders of daytime sleepiness, movement disroders, parasomnias, and circadian rhythm disorders.
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