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Download or read book Principles of Drug Therapy in Neurology written by Michael V. Johnston and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1992 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once considered largely untreatable, neurologic disorders have become the newest frontier for breakthrough research in pharmacology. Principles of Drug Therapy in Neurology discusses the latest investigatinal strategies and theories and how they affect current clinical practice. The book details the mechanisms, delivery systems, and efficacy of the latest medication, as the editors outline a "method" for thinking about the action of clinically useful drugs, based on modern information about kinetics, transport to the brain, interaction with neurotransmitter systems and membrane action, etc. All types of major neurologic disorders are discussed.