Clinician’s Pocket Drug Reference 2015

✍ Scribed by Leonard Gomella, Steven Haist, Aimee Adams

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education / Medical
• Year: 2015
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 419
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

SAFELY PRESCRIBE AND ADMINISTER MORE THAN 1,400 OF THE DRUGS MOST OFTEN USED IN CLINICAL PRACTICE WITH THIS ULTRA-CONVENIENT POCKET GUIDE!
UPDATED ANNUALLY!

Organized alphabetically by generic drug name
Common uses, mechanisms of action, dosages (adult and pediatric), warnings/precautions, form supplied, and notes/common side effects
Summaries of FDA "Black Box" precautions and contraindications
Includes a listing of the medications organized by drug classification
Covers natural and herbal agents
Updated to reflect new drugs, removal of drugs taken off the market, new formulations, and changes in approved use of existing medications

✦ Table of Contents

Cover......Page 1
Title Page......Page 3
Copyright Page......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
Editors......Page 7
Editorial Board......Page 8
Preface......Page 9
Medication Key......Page 11
Abbreviations......Page 13
Antidotes......Page 21
Antimicrobial Agents......Page 22
Antineoplastic Agents......Page 26
Cardiovascular (CV) Agents......Page 28
Central Nervous System (CNS) Agents......Page 32
Dermatologic Agents......Page 35
Endocrine System Agents......Page 37
Eye (Ophthalmic) Agents......Page 40
Gastrointestinal (GI) Agents......Page 42
Hematologic Agents......Page 44
Immune System Agents......Page 45
Musculoskeletal Agents......Page 46
OB/GYN Agents......Page 47
Pain Medications......Page 48
Respiratory Agents......Page 51
Urogenital System......Page 52
Generic and Selected Brand Drug Data......Page 57
Natural and Herbal Agents......Page 331
Tables......Page 337
Table 1: Local Anesthetic Comparison Chart for Commonly Used Injectable Agents......Page 338
Table 2: Comparison of Systemic Steroids......Page 339
Table 3: Topical Steroid Preparations......Page 340
Table 4: Comparison of Insulins......Page 342
Table 5: Oral Contraceptives......Page 345
Table 6: Oral Potassium Supplements......Page 355
Table 7: Tetanus Prophylaxis......Page 356
Table 8: Oral Anticoagulant Standards of Practice......Page 357
Table 9: Antiarrhythmics: Vaughn Williams Classification......Page 359
Table 10: Cytochrome P–450 Isoenzymes and Common Drugs They Metabolize, Inhibit, and Induce......Page 360
Table 11: SSRIs/SNRIs/Triptans and Serotonin Syndrome......Page 362
Table 12: Selected Multivitamin Supplements......Page 363
Table 13: Influenza Vaccine Strains for 2014–2015......Page 366
A......Page 367
B......Page 372
C......Page 374
D......Page 378
E......Page 381
F......Page 384
G......Page 386
H......Page 387
I......Page 388
K......Page 390
L......Page 391
M......Page 394
N......Page 397
O......Page 401
P......Page 402
R......Page 406
S......Page 407
T......Page 410
V......Page 413
W......Page 414
Z......Page 415
Adult Emergency Cardiac Care (ECC) Medications Based on 2010
AHA Guidelines......Page 417

✦ Subjects

Drug Reference Guides; Pharmaceutical Drug Guides; Pathology Clinical Chemistry