Clinician's Pocket Drug Reference 2010

Clinician's Pocket Drug Reference, 2nd Revised edition--------------------------------------------------This title provides exactly what you need to know about 1000 of themost commonly used medications. This pocket guide presents a tremendousamount of information on some 1,000 medications in a compact format.3 Stars. (Doody's Review Service). Praise for the last edition: Abig plus is the herbal section, which lists the medicines patientsare most likely to try on their own, presented in the same layout asthe rest of the book...For its size, this book is a valuable resource.It takes up very little pocket room, and it is an efficient way torecall details about familiar drugs. (Yale Journal of Biology & Medicine).Proving that sometimes less text can deliver more information, thissuper-concise guide covers more than one thousand of the most commonlyused medications. Organized alphabetically by generic drug name, Clinician'sPocket Drug Reference zeros-in on must-know information such as selectionand administration, mechanisms of action, dosage, cautions, contraindications,and side effects.--------------------------------------------------Author Biography: Leonard G. Gomella, MD, is Chair of Urology at ThomasJefferson University Medical College in Philadelphia, PA. Steven Haist,MD, and Aimee G. Adams, PharmD, are affiliated with the Universityof Kentucky School of Medicine.