Type of bind: Hardcover
EAN num: 9780932686961
ISBN number: 0932686966
Label: Facts and Comparisons
Manufacturer: Facts and Comparisons
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 3541
Printing Date: 1996-01
Publishing house: Facts and Comparisons
Sale Popularity Level: 4102418
Studio: Facts and Comparisons
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Product Description:
Drug Facts and Comparisons contains information on over 16,000 drug products available in the USA, including more than 6,000 OTC items. The hardbound and electronic version contain a colour product identification section. It answers most of the questions asked about drugs: Actions, indications and contraindications; warnings and precautions; interactions between drugs; adverse reactions; administration, dosage, and overdosage; patient information. Comparisons are provided: Of drug to drug; of different dosage forms; name brands are compared to name brands and to generics; costs are related to costs. Facts and comparisons are also given on Centers for Disease Control biologicals and antiparasitic drugs; IV solutions; therapeutic and diagnostic ophthalmic preparations; diagnostic aids and radiographic contrast media and products; NCI investigational chemotherapeutic drugs; combination cancer chemotherapy regimens. Organized by therapeutic use, with a single comprehensive index.
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I enjoy this book as a quick convenient reference to carry with me on rounds. Its got quite a bit of applicable information for dosing, drug utilization and dosing adjustments for optimal therapies. It is also convenient as it is cross-referenced with trade as well as generic names and lists components of all/most similar products to assist physicans to adhere to formulary medication choices.
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Forget the PDR, this text is the 'bible' of pharmacists in theUSA (I'm one of them). For home use, the paperback edition veryhandy. The accuracy and objective information is excellent. END
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This is what I wrote in recommending this for a NZ polytechnic library that teaches nursing...from a US librarian serving a pharmacy school:
This would have been useful yesterday for a midwifery who had a list of drugs for which she needed mechanism of action, side effects, and generic name. This is a book that in the US pharmacy students already know about before coming to school if they have worked in a pharmacy...and I am always amazed how often the answer shows up here ....is the only place with such good "comparisons". While it is US, the information is useful anywhere. The looseleaf version is available..you don't want this, you want the annual bound volume if you decide to purchase it.
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I bought already 2 versions ,1996 and 1997 and they are very helpful in reviewing drug informations... i need the newest one for 1999
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This volume of over 4,000 pages lists drugs by classification, explains the mechanisim of action (including, in many cases, the basic pathophysiology and philosophy of treatment)of drugs and drug groups. It addresses the pharmacology and pharmacokinetics of drug classes, provides a colour locator (like the PDR), and also provides sections listing investigational drugs and in vitro lab testing modalities. Drugs are listed by generic and brand names and are designated as to whether they are confined to prescription or OTC. Naturally, dosage and overdosage issues are included as well as drug interactions, favorable and unfavorable. This is an excellent book for anyone involved with the health care profession and the prescribing of drugs. I most highly recommend it.
Reviewed by an M.D.
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