Pharmacotherapy

203 Pages·2016·5.42 MB·English

by  Badria F. (Ed.)

PHARMACOTHERAPY 

Edited by Farid Badria
Pharmacotherapy
Edited by Farid Badria

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Pharmacotherapy, Edited by Farid Badria
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ISBN 978-953-51-0532-9

Contents

Preface IX
Section 1 In Vivo Imaging
– New Diagnostic and Therapeutic Approach 1
Chapter 1 Small Animal Imaging in Development
of New Generation Diagnostic and Therapeutic Agents 3
Tuulia Huhtala and Ale Närvänen
Section 2 Earthquake Medical Management 23
Chapter 2 Rational Drug Use in Medical
Response to an Earthquake 23
Ling-li Zhang, Yi Liang, Li-nan Zeng and Die Hu
Section 3 Cognitive and Psychology Management 39
Chapter 3 Integration of Pharmacological
and Psychosocial Treatment for Schizophrenia
in Mexico: The Case of a Developing Country Proposal 37
Marcelo Valencia, Alejandro Diaz and Francisco Juarez
Chapter 4 Nicotine Addiction: Role of the Nicotinic
Acetylcholine Receptors Genetic Variability
in Knowledge, Prevention and Treatment 69
Candida Nastrucci and Patrizia Russo
Chapter 5 Psychiatric Drugs in Medical Practice 81
María-José Martín-Vázquez
Section 4 Up-to-Date in Anti-Inflammatory Therapy 113
Chapter 6 State of the Art of Anti-Inflammatory Drugs 115
Túlio Ricardo Couto de Lima Souza, Graziella Silvestre Marques,
Amanda Carla Quintas de Medeiros Vieira
and Juliano Carlo Rufino de Freitas
VI Contents

Chapter 7 House Dust Mite Immunotherapy
in Iraqi Patients with Allergic Rhinitis and Asthma 141
Abdulghani Mohamad Alsamarai, Amina Hamed Ahmad Alobaidi,
Sami Mezher Alrefaiei and Amar Mohamed Alwan
Section 5 Up-to-Date in Antihypertensive Therapy 155
Chapter 8 Efficacy of Aliskiren/Hydrochlorothiazide
Combination for the Treatment
of Hypertension: A Meta-Analytical Revision 157
Manuel Morgado, Sandra Rolo and Miguel Castelo-Branco
Section 6 Up-to-Date in Ulcer with Venous Origin Therapy 179
Chapter 9 LavTIME – A Brand-New Treatment Method
of Lasting Wounds – A Multi-Centre Randomized
Double-Blind Study on Effectiveness of Polyhexanide
and Betaine in Ulcers’ Healing with Venous Origin 181
Z. Rybak, G Krasowski, R. Wajda and P. Ciesielczyk

Preface

Though Pharmacotherapy continues to be complex, it never ceases to be interesting. 
Pharmacotherapy is frequently combined with other treatment methods, such as 
physical therapy and dietotherapy. Drugs are often used in various combinations.  
We have two major objectives in writing this book; firstly, to strike a balance between 
developments  in  Pharmacotherapy  research  and  the  facts  that  researchers  must 
absorb, and secondly, to link scientific advances with clinical practice so that the 
management of diseases can be based on sound physiological concepts. Therefore, this 
book is a book that everybody involved in Pharmacotherapy must have. Each chapter 
has been reviewed and revised and new authors have brought up‐to‐date research to 
make the book better informative, illustrative, and easy to read. 
The intent of this book is to provide an overview of current conceptualizations of 
Pharmacotherapy. The book focuses on three major areas; diagnosis, treatment, and 
prevention  for  a  wide  array  of  diseases;  Cognitive  and  Psychological  disorders 
(Schizophrenia and Nicotine addiction), Inflammatory disorders (New Chemical anti‐
inflammatory and Immunotherapy), updated antihypertensive therapy and healing of 
ulcers with venous origin.  A separate chapter is dedicated to the rationality of drug 
use in earthquake injuries. The last chapter deals with Imaging of potential therapeutic 
or diagnostic agents in animal models in the early stage of research. This is an 
important step towards pre‐clinical and clinical trials in human.  
We hope this book is useful to a wide range of people, from students first learning 
about Pharmacotherapy, to advanced clinicians and researchers who are looking for a 
review of current treatments and conceptualizations of the condition. It is our hope 
that this book may motivate readers to approach the evidence on Pharmacotherapy 
with an open mind, and thereby spark an interest in making further contributions to 
the current scientific debate and treatment development efforts. 

Farid A. Badria 
Prof. and Head of Pharmacognosy Department 
Faculty of Pharmacy, Mansoura University, 
Mansoura,  
Egypt

Section 1
In Vivo Imaging – New Diagnostic
and Therapeutic Approach