Medicines for Women

Book Overview

Part 1 Prescribing medicines for women: general principles and consideration of special sub-populations. - 1 Medicines for women: medicines for half the world. - 2 Effects of sex differences in the pharmacokinetics of drugs and their impact on the safety of medicines in women. - 3 Prescribing Medicines to Adolescent Women. - 4 Medication Use in Pregnancy; Treating the Mother - Protecting the Unborn. - Part 2 Specific medicinal products for women: benefits and risks. - 5 Oral Contraceptives: Benefits and risks. - 6 Oral Contraceptives and the Risk of Venous Thromboembolism. - 7 Emergency Contraception. - 8 Contraceptive devices for women: implants, intrauterine devices and other products. - 9 HPV vaccines. - 10 Medical treatment of chronic pelvic pain. - 11 Menopausal hormone therapy: a safety perspective. - 12 Bisphosphonates for Osteoporosis. - 13 Herbal and Complementary Medicines used for Women's Health. - Part 3 International perspectives on medicines for women and risk communication. - 14 A Primary Care Perspective on Prescribing for Women. - 15 A Medicines Regulatory Perspective on Women's Medicines. - 16 Political and religious perspectives on managing the risks and benefits of women's medicines. - 17 Perspectives on women's health and medicines in developing countries. - 18 Perspectives on risk communication and gender issues. - 19 Risk communication and specific medicines for women.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319350153
• ISBN13: 9783319350158
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: Adis
• Length: 627 Pages
• Weight: 1.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 9.2"