Medications and Sleep, An Issue of Sleep Medicine Clinics

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Medications and Sleep, An Issue of Sleep Medicine Clinics is written by Timothy Roehrs and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1455700657 (ISBN 10) and 9781455700653 (ISBN 13).

This issue comprises two parts. The first part examines pharmacology of drug classes and effects on the sleep--wake processes. The second part focuses on therapeutics for various sleep disorders. In the first part, basic neuropharmacology of sleep-wake states is discussed. Other articles review hypnotics, allergy and cardiovascular drugs, anti-convulsant drugs, anti-depressant and anti-psychotic drugs, and stimulants. The second part focuses on pharmacology for specific sleep disorders: primary insomnia, co-morbid insomnia, sleep-related breathing disorders, narcolepsy and disorders of daytime sleepiness, movement disroders, parasomnias, and circadian rhythm disorders.