Pitfalls in prescribing: and how to avoid them

✍ Scribed by McGavock, Hugh

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Year: 2016
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 142
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

"Five percent of all accident and emergency admissions are caused by prescribed medicines. This figure rises to an alarming twelve percent in elderly patients. This may be through inappropriate use or dosage, side effects, drug:drug interactions, failing metabolism in the liver and reduced excretion by the kidneys. Also, erratic compliance with drug taking by a large proportion of patients complicates and sometimes worsens iatrogenic harm. This practical guide details the most common errors made in prescribing and is ideal for day-to-day use. The clear, accessible language used throughout makes for quick and easy reference. It clarifies complex scientific issues and presents them in a practical format, indispensable for professional life. It is highly recommended for all prescribers, clinical pharmacists, medical students and Foundation Year doctors. It is also a vital resource in the medication review now required for the Quality and Outcomes Framework for General Practitioners in England."--Provided by publisher.  Read more...

Abstract: "Five percent of all accident and emergency admissions are caused by prescribed medicines. This figure rises to an alarming twelve percent in elderly patients. This may be through inappropriate use or dosage, side effects, drug:drug interactions, failing metabolism in the liver and reduced excretion by the kidneys. Also, erratic compliance with drug taking by a large proportion of patients complicates and sometimes worsens iatrogenic harm. This practical guide details the most common errors made in prescribing and is ideal for day-to-day use. The clear, accessible language used throughout makes for quick and easy reference. It clarifies complex scientific issues and presents them in a practical format, indispensable for professional life. It is highly recommended for all prescribers, clinical pharmacists, medical students and Foundation Year doctors. It is also a vital resource in the medication review now required for the Quality and Outcomes Framework for General Practitioners in England."--Provided by publisher

✦ Table of Contents

Content: Chapter Introduction / Hugh Mcgavock --
chapter 1 Treatment failure due to antacids / Hugh Mcgavock --
chapter 2 Grapefruit juice can cause drug toxicity / Hugh Mcgavock --
chapter 3 Introduction to Chapters 3, 4 and 5: Three Effective and Dangerous Drugs / Hugh Mcgavock --
chapter 3 Warfarin / Hugh Mcgavock --
chapter 4 Amiodarone: a candidate for the title ‘riskiest drug’ / Hugh Mcgavock --
chapter 5 The non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), including the ‘COXIB’ NSAIDs / Hugh Mcgavock --
chapter 6 Drugs that disrupt the fine equilibrium of renal function / Hugh Mcgavock --
chapter 7 Sudden cardiac collapse due to often-prescribed drugs causing QTc prolongation / Hugh Mcgavock --
chapter 8 Introduction to Chapters 8 and 9: Drug Interactions / Hugh Mcgavock --
chapter 8 Some important interactions between drugs at shared sites of action and/or therapeutic effect / Hugh Mcgavock --
chapter 9 Major prescribing pitfalls due to drug–drug interactions in the liver / Hugh Mcgavock --
chapter 10 Two serious prescribing pitfalls caused by alcohol use (and abuse) / Hugh Mcgavock --
chapter 11 Monitoring the effects of drug treatment to avoid pitfalls. Which drugs? Which tests? How often? / Hugh Mcgavock --
chapter 12 Serious lung diseases caused by prescribed drugs / Hugh Mcgavock --
chapter 13 Preventable prescription-related illness caused by patient non-compliance / Hugh Mcgavock --
chapter 14 The scientific basis of prescribing for the elderly / Hugh Mcgavock --
chapter 15 Clinical quizzes: practical examples from Chapters 1–13 / Hugh Mcgavock --
chapter 16 Answers to clinical quizzes / Hugh Mcgavock.

✦ Subjects

Drugs -- Prescribing.;Medication errors.;Drug interactions.