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Drugs and the Elderly

Perspectives in Geriatric Clinical Pharmacology

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  • © 1979

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Editors:
  1. J. Crooks

    1. Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, UK

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  2. I. H. Stevenson

    1. Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, UK

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Table of contents (28 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  3. Pharmacokinetics in the elderly

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 49-49
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    2. Studies on drug absorption and metabolism in the elderly

      • I. H. Stevenson, S. A. M. Salem, A. M. M. Shepherd
      Pages 51-63

    3. Drug distribution in the elderly

      • M. Mitchard
      Pages 65-76

    4. Renal excretion of drugs

      • J. P. Kampmann, J. E. Mølholm Hansen
      Pages 77-87

    5. Digoxin pharmacokinetics in the elderly

      • B. Whiting, J. R. Lawrence, D. J. Sumner
      Pages 89-101

    6. The effects of ageing on the disposition of benzodiazepines in man

      • G. R. Wilkinson
      Pages 103-116

    7. Pharmacokinetics of lignocaine and chlormethiazole in the elderly; with some preliminary observations on other drugs

      • E. J. Triggs
      Pages 117-132

    8. Age, depression and tricyclic antidepressant levels

      • R. Braithwaite, S. Montgomery, S. Dawling
      Pages 133-144

  4. Drug sensitivity in the elderly

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 145-145
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    2. Drug sensitivity in the elderly

      • A. D. Bender
      Pages 147-153

    3. Assessment of psychotropic drug effects

      • A. Elithorn, R. Cooper, R. Lennox
      Pages 155-167

    4. Increased sensitivity to benzodiazepines in the elderly

      • C. M. Castleden, C. F. George
      Pages 169-178

    5. Response to anaesthetic drugs in the elderly

      • J. W. Dundee
      Pages 179-187
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, UK

    J. Crooks, I. H. Stevenson

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Drugs and the Elderly

  • Book Subtitle: Perspectives in Geriatric Clinical Pharmacology

  • Editors: J. Crooks, I. H. Stevenson

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-03813-8

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: J. Crooks and I. H. Stevenson 1979

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-03815-2Published: 01 January 1979

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-03813-8Published: 17 June 1979

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 304

  • Topics: Pharmacology/Toxicology

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