Publisher's Synopsis
Get up-to-date with this invaluable guidebook!The four major functional disorders--chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, irritable bowel syndrome, and premenstrual syndrome--plague a sizable portion of humanity. In the past, they have been ignored, misdiagnosed, or treated with folk remedies (usually with less-than-optimum results), or inappropriate or ineffective medications.Now, The Pharmacotherapy of Common Functional Syndromes: Evidence-Based Guidelines for Primary Care Practice delivers a critical presentation of drug therapies for each of these disorders. This volume evaluates all of the best available research in this field to determine effective therapeutic approaches for these conditions.This thorough and lucid review discusses these four major functional disorders:
- chronic fatigue syndrome
- fibromyalgia
- irritable bowel syndrome
- premenstrual syndrome
