A comprehensive, annual guide for practicing nurses and nursing students, 2009 Lippincott's Nursing Drug Guide provides quick A-to-Z access to current, vital drug information. The book has complete monographs on about 800 common drugs and summaries of key information on about 350 less commonly used drugs in the appendices. Complete monographs contain generic and trade names; pronunciations; pregnancy risk category; controlled substance schedule (if appropriate); drug classes; therapeutic actions; indications; contraindications and cautions; available forms; dosages; pharmacokinetics; IV facts (if appropriate); adverse effects; interactions; and nursing considerations, including assessment, interventions, and teaching points. The book also has a 32-page full-color photoguide to pills and capsules for easy reference and 25 appendices that summarize key clinical information. A companion Website offers 200 drug monographs and patient-teaching aids. A Canadian version of the book is endorsed by the Canadian Nursing Students' Association. The 2009 edition will be the sixth straight edition available in a Canadian version carrying this endorsement.

Updated in a new 2010 edition, this drug guide provides safe, effective, current,and accurate drug information in a quickly accessible format. Comprehensive and complete, all drugs are listed alphabetically by generic names for quick referral, with an index that includes both generic and trade names. Included are important clinical information for hundreds of drugs including adverse reactions, interactions, and side effects. This is the only handbook that consistently breaks dosages down to the level of neonate, infant, and adolescent and also includes dosage requirements for obese patients and patients undergoing dialysis. Nursing professionals and students. Any healthcare professional.

Author: Amy M Karch
Paperback:  1504 pages
Company: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins  (2009-07-01)
ISBN: 1605475548
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This well-known guide teaches pharmacists and pharmacy students how to more effectively and efficiently research, interpret, utilize, organize, and distribute drug information.

Author: Patrick Malone, Karen Kier, John Stanovich
Paperback:  768 pages
Company: McGraw-Hill Medical  (2006-04-20)
ISBN: 0071437916
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Specifically geared towards patient-care, this instant-access pocket guide provides registered nurses with essential, up-to-the-minute information on the selection and administration of 1,000 commonly used medications.This resource is revised annually to reflect approval of new drugs, changes in usage of current drugs, and withdrawal of older ones. The 2009 edition includes 30 additional herbal supplements. Organized alphabetically by drug name.

Author: Judith Barberio
Paperback:  368 pages
Company: McGraw-Hill Professional  (2008-08-18)
ISBN: 0071549706
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Designed especially for students, this portable drug handbook contains information on more than 60 drug classifications and 4,000 individual generic and trade name drugs. It includes a color atlas of drug administration along with 16 detailed illustrations showing how drugs work at the cellular level. Alerts and icons highlight key information. This edition also contains NANDA nursing diagnoses, which are useful in writing care plans. A companion website includes quarterly drug updates, including FDA alerts. A companion CD-ROM features over 250 NCLEX® examination-style questions for the drugs you're likely to administer during clinicals, a calculation tutorial, a drug card creator allowing you to print your own drug information, and 30 clinical calculators. This is a revised reprint (updated for 2010) with an addition of 21 new drugs!

Author: Linda Skidmore-Roth RN MSN NP
Paperback:  1193 pages
Company: Mosby  (2009-03-18)
ISBN: 0323069398
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Everything you need to know about prescription drugs -- based on the FDA-approved information published in the Physicians' Desk Reference®

Why was this drug prescribed to me?

What are the benefits and risks of taking this drug?

Will I experience any side effects?

What questions should I ask my doctor about this prescription?

You'll find the answers to all these questions and more in this accessible, up-to-the-minute resource. The drug profiles in this consumer handbook are based on the Physicians' Desk Reference® -- the trusted guide to safe, effective drug therapy that health-care professionals have used for more than sixty years.

THE PDR® POCKET GUIDE TO PRESCRIPTION DRUGS? is the source most highly trusted by doctors and patients alike, and includes important information on:

• Possible food and drug interactions

• Pregnancy-related warnings and safety measures

• The symptoms of overdoses

• Essential information about poison control centers

• The top 200 most prescribed drugs

• Photographs of more than 100 drugs

Author: Thompson PDR
Mass Market Paperback:  1760 pages
Company: Pocket  (2007-12-26)
ISBN: 1416552464
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The most accessible, comprehensive, and affordable A-to-Z drug reference guide.

Includes new FDA-approved drugs?more than 2.5 million copies sold.

This revised and updated edition of the bestselling classic guide provides the necessary information about all the prescription and nonprescription drugs that the public has come to rely on?from one of America?s most trusted physicians. Includes:

? Revised information on new FDA changes

? Easy-to-use chart format for quick access to data

? Guidelines to avoid dangerous interactions

? Information on dangerous side effects

? Warnings and vital data for safe use

? More than 5,000 brand names and 800 generic

names

Author: H. Winter Griffith, Stephen Moore
Paperback:  1120 pages
Company: Perigee Trade  (2008-11-04)
ISBN: 0399534636
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Mid-life and older Americans look first to AARP as a trusted source of the vital information that will improve their lives. Month to month and year to year, the association?s 37 million members read and rely upon its magazines, its newspapers, its book-publishing division, and its website (aarp.org). When AARP says something, they know you can take that information to the bank. That?s why book buyers will turn to this lavish manual for answers to their questions about life-saving and life-enhancing medications. The AARP Guide to Pills has been assembled with the same degree of care and concern for accuracy and ease of use that distinguishes every product that bears the AARP brand. That rigorous quality control will likewise distinguish the pill guide from the competition.
It?s the most outstanding and up-to-date guide to pills and medications ever published. The only one of its kind in full color, The AARP Guide to Pills addresses the needs and concerns of 50+ adults in incredible depth. To simplify the process of finding information about a certain drug, generic drugs are presented in a logical A-to-Z organization, with a comprehensive index that includes cross-references to related brand-name drugs. All information has been vetted by a board of content specialists, including an expert from the University of Southern California?s School of Gerontology, considered the finest in the United States.
Each entry also features a detailed, color-correct image of the pill or capsule for identification purposes, along with details on its generic name, brand name, and manufacturer; a listing of what a health-care provider should know about the condition of anyone taking the medication; advice on what to do if you miss a dose; warnings on interactions with other drugs; and notes on potential side effects to look out for.
In their foreword and introduction, Harvard-trained doctors Jerry Avorn and William H. Thomas provide clear and comprehensive guidance on the wise use of prescription medications; how to effectively manage your drug costs; how to prepare for and derive maximum benefit from each doctor?s visit; how to talk to your physician and pharmacist; how to avoid ?polypharmacy,? or overmedication; and why the appearance of generic pills can change from one prescription refill to the next.
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