Effects of Drugs on Human Functioning (Progress in Basic and Clinical Pharmacology) (v. 9)

This interdisciplinary volume focuses on the impact of specific drug classes on human functioning and quality of life. It opens with a discussion of the effects of drugs on behaviour and the research methodology employed to collect data. Further chapters cover the effects of prescription and, where appropriate, over-the-counter drugs used in several areas of medicine: antihypertensives, antihistamines, psychiatric drugs, anticonvulsants in children, and drugs in the treatment of the elderly. The concluding chapter considers the use of drugs in medical treatment from a humanitarian point of view.