Publisher's Synopsis
Considering the field of drug therapy this text includes coverage of: Sumatriptan for migraine - wonder drug or expensive analgesic?; patient-controlled analgesia - benefits and hazards; non-compliance - a major cause of therapeutic failure; pneumococcal vaccine for the elderly; the continuity "drug lag", depriving US patients of useful drugs; heliobactor pylon - bacterial cause of peptic ulcer; treating paediatric brain tumours; Flumuzenil - an antedote for unwanted benzodiazepine effects; Ondansetron; and major advances in the prevention of vomiting.
