Pharmacology in Rehabilitation (Contemporary Perspectives in Rehabilitation)

Ready to enhance your therapeutic interventions? Understand the benefits & adverse effects of medications commonly taken by patients receiving physical rehabilitation, know the latest changes in traditional treatment paradigms for specific diseases, and discover how and why various medications are being used in new ways. REFERENCES -- Chapter 7 Drugs to T reat Affective Disorders: Depression and Bipolar Syndrome -- DEPRESSION -- Pathophysiology of Depression -- Antidepressant Drugs -- Pharmacokinetics of Antidepressants -- Problems and Adverse Effects -- Antidepressants and Chronic Pain -- BIPOLAR DISORDER -- Lithium -- Other Drugs for Bipolar Disorder -- Special Concerns for Rehabilitation Patients -- CASE STUDY -- ANTIDEPRESSANT DRUGS -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 8 Antipsychotic Dr ugs -- SCHIZOPHRENIA -- Pathogenesis of Schizophrenia -- Neurotransmitter Changes in Schizophrenia -- ANTIPSYCHOTICS MECHANISM OF ACTION -- ANTIPSYCHOTIC DRUGS -- Traditional Antipsychotics -- Atypical Antipsychotics -- PHARMACOKINETICS -- OTHER USES OF ANTIPSYCHOTICS -- PROBLEMS AND ADVERSE EFFECTS -- Extrapyramidal Symptoms -- Nonmotor Effects -- Other Side Effects -- Special Concerns for Rehabilitation Patients -- CASE STUDY -- ANTIPSYCHOTIC DRUGS -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 9 Antiepileptic Drugs -- CLASSIFICATION OF EPILEPTIC SEIZURES -- RATIONALE FOR DRUG TREATMENT -- ANTISEIZURE DRUGS -- First-Generation Antiseizure Drugs -- Second-Generation Agents -- SELECTION OF A SPECIFIC ANTIEPILEPTIC AGENT -- PHARMACOKINETICS -- SPECIAL PRECAUTIONS DURING PREGNANCY -- TREATMENT OF STATUS EPILEPTICUS -- WITHDRAWAL OF ANTISEIZURE MEDICATIONS -- Special Concerns for Rehabilitation Patients -- CASE STUDY -- ANTIEPILEPTIC DRUGS -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 10 Pharmacological Management of Parkinson Disease -- PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF PARKINSON DISEASE -- ETIOLOGY OF PARKINSON DISEASE: GENETIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS -- Genetic Factors -- Environmental Factors -- THERAPEUTIC AGENTS IN PARKINSONISM -- Levodopa -- Pharmacokinetics of Levodopa -- Use of Peripheral Decarboxylase Inhibitors -- Problems and Adverse Effects of Levodopa Therapy -- Drug Holidays From Levodopa For more than 25 years, Dr. Charles Ciccone has been the forerunner in helping physical therapists explore how medications affect patient rehabilitation. With the 5th Edition, you'll find even more case studies, review questions, information on vitamins and supplements, and expanded coverage of chemotherapy and cancer treatment covering science and innovation as drug changes occur For more than 25 years, Dr Charles Ciccone has been the forerunner in helping physical therapists explore how medications affect patient rehabilitation. With this fifth edition, you'll find even more case studies, review questions, information on vitamins and supplements, and expanded coverage of chemotherapy and cancer treatments.