Pagliaros' comprehensive guide to drugs and substances of abuse
By: Louis A. Pagliaro, and Ann Marie Pagliaro.
Contributors: Pagliaro, Ann M.
Publisher: American Pharmacists Association
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 462
Subjects: Psychopharmacology; Psychotropic drugs; Drugs of abuse
Other titles: Comprehensive guide to drugs and substances of abuse.
Description: "With society's growing use of drugs and substances of abuse, health care professionals need to be aware of how the drugs patients use affect behavior, cognition, learning, memory, and other aspects of mental and physical health. Physicians, other prescribers, and pharmacists need to know the abuse potential and current "street use" patterns of prescribed drugs, and all health professionals need to recognize signs and symptoms of drug or substance intoxication, overdosage, and withdrawal."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: The psychodepressants; title: The psychostimulants; title: The psychodelics.