Book Description

Physician's Drug Handbook features alphabetically organized monographs on over 900 generic and 2,000 trade name drugs. Each entry includes generic name, U.S. and Canadian trade names, pharmacologic and therapeutic classes, pregnancy risk category, controlled substance schedule, drug forms and strengths, indications, dosages, pharmacodynamics, pharmacokinetics, contraindications and cautions, interactions, adverse reactions, prescriber and patient information, and subsections for pregnant, breast-feeding, pediatric, and geriatric patients. The Eleventh Edition has added more than 50 new drugs, dozens of new indications, herb-drug interactions, Alerts to highlight important information, off-label indications, dosage adjustments, and drug effects on laboratory tests. Readers receive drug updates by e-mail on eDrugInfo.com.