| Phys. Description |
viii, 627 pages : illustrations : 24cm |
| Bibliog. |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
I Prescribing medicines for women: general principles and consideration of special sub-populations -- Medicines for women: medicines for half the world/Mira Harrison-Woolrych -- Effects of sex differences in the pharmacokinetics of drugs and their impact on the safety of medicines in women/Emmanuel O. Fadiran and Lei Zhang -- Prescribing medicines to adolescent women/Sue Bagshaw -- Medication use in pregnancy; treating the mother: protecting the unborn/Yifat Gadot and Gideon Koren -- II Specific medicinal products for women: benefits and risks -- Oral contraceptives: Benefits and risks/Julie Craik and Louise Melvin -- Oral contraceptives and the risk of venous thromboembolism/Susan Jick -- Emergency contraception/Katarina Ilic -- Contraceptive devices for women: implants, intrauterine devices and other products/Julie Craik and Sam Rowlands -- Human papilloma virus vaccines/Margaret Stanley -- Medical treatment of chronic pelvic pain/Wayne R. Gillen and David Jones -- Menopausal hormone therapy: a safety perspective/Emily Banks -- Bisphosphonates for osteoporosis/Stuart Ralston -- Herbal and complementary medicines used for women's health/Sheila M. Wicks and Gail B. Mahady -- III International perspectives on medicines for women and risk communication -- A primary care perspective on prescribing for women/Dee Mangin -- A medicines regulatory perspective on women's medicines/June M. Raine and Janet M. Nooney -- Political and religious perspectives on managing the risks and benefits of women's medicines/Brian Edwards and Veronika Valdova -- Perspectives on women's health and medicines in developing countries/Nighat M. Khan -- Perspectives on risk communication and gender issues/Bruce Hugman -- Risk communication and specific medicines for women/Bruce Hugman. |
| Subject |
Women's Health.
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Nonprescription Drugs.
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Pharmaceutical Preparations.
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| Genre |
Handbook.
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Formularies.
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| Alt Author |
Harrison-Woolrych, Mira, editor.
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| ISBN |
9783319124056 |
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