Clinician's Pocket Drug Reference 2009

✍ Scribed by Leonard Gomella, Steven Haist, Aimee Adams

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Medical
• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 339
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Must-know information about 1000 of the most commonly used medictions -- at your fingertips and ready to use! Praise for a previous edition: "This is a very useful and up-to-date pocket reference for commonly used medications. 5 Stars!"--Doody's Review Service Why spend time plowing through information you don't need when what you really need to know is right here in one concise guide? Small enough to fit in a lab coat or shirt pocket, Clinician's Pocket Drug Reference is just what you need to practice safer and faster medicine. Organized alphabetically by generic drug name Common uses, mechanisms of action, dosages (adult and pediatric), precautions/contraindications, form supplied, and notes/common side effects Includes a list of the medications organized by drug classification Summaries of the FDA “black box” precautions and contraindications Updated to include coverage of more than 24 new drugs and the removal of drugs taken off the market

✦ Table of Contents

Contents......Page 5
Editors......Page 7
Associate Editors......Page 8
Consulting Editors......Page 9
Contributors......Page 11
Preface......Page 13
Medication Key......Page 15
Abbreviations......Page 19
Antimicrobial Agents......Page 25
Antineoplastic Agents......Page 29
Cardiovascular (CV) Agents......Page 31
Central Nervous System Agents......Page 34
Dermatologic Agents......Page 36
Dietary Supplements......Page 37
Endocrine System Agents......Page 38
Eye (Ophthalmic) Agents......Page 40
Gastrointestinal Agents......Page 41
Hematologic Agents......Page 43
Immune System Agents......Page 44
Musculoskeletal Agents......Page 45
OB/GYN Agents......Page 46
Pain Medications......Page 47
Respiratory Agents......Page 49
Urinary/Genitourinary Agents......Page 51
Natural and Herbal Agents......Page 52
Generic and Selected Brand Drug Data......Page 53
Natural and Herbal Agents......Page 265
Tables......Page 271
Table 1 Tylenol Product Line Quick Dosing......Page 272
Table 2 Local Anesthetics......Page 274
Table 3 Comparison of Systemic Steroids......Page 275
Table 4 Topical Steroid Preparations......Page 276
Table 5 Comparison of Insulins......Page 279
Table 6 Commonly Used Oral Contraceptives......Page 280
Table 7 Some Common Oral Potassium Supplements......Page 285
Table 8 Tetanus Prophylaxis......Page 286
Table 9 Oral Anticoagulants Standards of Care......Page 287
Table 10 Antiarrhythmics: Vaughn Williams Classification......Page 288
Table 11 Cytochrome P-450 Isoenzymes and Common Drugs: Substrates, Inhibitors, Inducers......Page 289
Table 12 Serotonin Syndrome......Page 291
Table 13 Multivitamins, Oral OTC......Page 292
A......Page 297
B......Page 301
C......Page 303
D......Page 306
E......Page 309
F......Page 311
G......Page 312
H......Page 313
I......Page 314
L......Page 316
M......Page 318
N......Page 321
O......Page 323
P......Page 324
R......Page 327
S......Page 329
T......Page 330
V......Page 333
Z......Page 335
Inside Front Cover......Page 2
Back Page and Inside Back Cover......Page 339