Overview
Provides pharmacological basis applied to clinical practice for the Alzheimer's disease treatment
Offers insights on new treatment perspectives
Gathers contribution from specialists with solid professional experience
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book focuses on the clinical pharmacology of drugs that aim to delay the progression of Alzheimer’s disease, such as anticholinesterases and glutamate receptor antagonists, as well as treatment for the behavioral changes caused by the progression of the disease: antidepressants, antipsychotics, anxiolytics, and mood stabilizers.
In addition, it describes important information about the pathophysiology and diagnostic methods of Alzheimer’s disease, emergency situations conditioned by the dementia process, and presents new perspectives for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease. The ten chapters cover topics such as mechanism of action, dosage regimen, adverse reactions, drug interactions, toxicity profiles, among other information of clinical relevance. The work comprises evidence-based studies, providing a valuable resource for analyzing, prescribing and monitoring patients being treated for Alzheimer’s disease.
Written by experts with solid professional experience, this book will appeal to pharmacologists, geriatricians, neurologists, psychiatrists, biomedical clinicians, and other healthcare professionals.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Dr. Santos is currently a Professor at the Faculty of Medicine São Leopoldo Mandic, Araras, São Paulo, Brazil and Oswaldo Cruz Faculty, São Paulo, Brazil; coordinator of the technical group of pharmaceutical care to the elderly of the Regional Pharmacy Council of the State of São Paulo. He is member of the International Society of the Alzheimer's Association to promote research and treatment of Alzheimer's disease (ISTAART) and member of the American Society of Health System Pharmacists (ASHP).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Pharmacological Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease
Book Subtitle: Scientific and Clinical Aspects
Editors: Gustavo Alves Andrade dos Santos
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-94383-7
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-94382-0Published: 29 March 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-94385-1Published: 30 March 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-94383-7Published: 25 March 2022
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 231
Number of Illustrations: 6 b/w illustrations, 5 illustrations in colour
Topics: Geriatrics/Gerontology, Pharmacology/Toxicology, Psychiatry