Handbook of Pharmacology on Aging

by David L. Snyder, Eitan Friedman, Jay Roberts

As adaptive capacities decline, and disease increases, the elderly become major consumers of drugs. Because of the special needs of older patients, physicians, geriatricians, health providers, and researchers must know how the aging process changes the pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic properties of drugs prescribed to the elderly. The Second Edition of this essential handbook is an up-to-date source that analyses the major drug groups, the disorders...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0849383064
• ISBN13: 9780849383069
• Release Date: October 1996
• Publisher: CRC Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 2.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.2" x 10.5"