Meyler's Side Effects of Psychiatric Drugs

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 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.

• PrefaceAntidepressantsTricyclic AntidepressantsSelective Serotonin Re-uptake Inhibitors (SSRIS)Monoamine Oxidase InhibitorsOther AntidepressantsLithium Neuroleptic DrugsHypnosedativesBenzodiazepinesNon-benzodiazepine HypnosedativesDrugs of AbuseAmphetaminesCannabinoidsCocaineDexamfetamineDiamorphine (Heroin)DimethyltryptamineGammahydroxybutyrateKhatLysergideMescalineMetamfetamineMethadoneMethylenedioxymetamfetamine (MDMA, Ecstasy)Organic SolventsPhencyclidinePsilocybinDrugs Used in Alzheimer’s Disease 629Psychological and Psychiatric Adverse Effects of Non-psychoactive DrugsIndex of Drug Names

"This book gives a response to the increasing interest in side effects of psychiatric drugs. The association of some antipsychotics with different cardiovascular reactions, the withdrawal of certain antidepressants for security reasons, along with the possibility of better treatments for patients when side effects of medications used are known, have contributed to this interest. Meyler's Side Effects of Psychiatric Drugs is organized by sections: antidepressants, neuroleptic drugs, hypnosedatives, drugs of abuse, drugs used in Alzheimer's disease and psychological and psychiatric adverse effects of non-psychoactive drugs. For each section, there is overall and general information presenting the main features of the group and the different adverse reactions; then, there is information corresponding to the individual drugs with the same scheme. In this manner, the book is easy to use and information is easy to find. The editing is fantastic and has been performed by the expertise of Jeffrey K. Aronson, editor as well of Meyler's Side Effects of Drugs, a remarkable book whose first edition was published in 1952 and remains unique in the world for his quality and the vast amount of data included. Now, Meylers's Side Effects of Psychiatric Drugs, with advanced knowledge and the same quality and thoroughness, expands the scope of the preceding work to the field of psychiatry making this book more oriented to clinical practice. Thus, an invaluable material is delivered for psychiatrists and other clinicians interested in an update in this transcendental field. When compared to other traditional reference books such as PDF or BNF, Meylers's Side Effects of Psychiatric Drugs provides more comprehensive, evidence-based information, and a more critical approach. In summary, Meylers's Side Effects of Psychiatric Drugs is an essential tool for those who want to keep updated and to have an in-depth knowledge of the safety problems associated with drugs used in psychiatry." --Alfonso Carvajal, Professor of Pharmacology, Universidad de Valladolid