Complete Drug Reference

by United States Pharmacopeia

• ISBN13: 9780890439074
• ISBN10: 0890439079
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-11-01
• Publisher: Consumer Reports Books

Summary

Complete Drug Reference, compiled independently of any manufacturer influence, is the most unbiased objective guide to virtually every medicine used in the United States. Prepared by the United States Pharmacopoeia, this guide is based on thorough reviews and the consensus of hundreds of medical authorities. It provides valuable, even life-saving information and guidance in clear direct language written not for physicians or pharmacists but for the person taking or administering the drug. This up-to-date edition includes: -- Guidelines on drug usage, interactions with food or other drugs, and side effects -- Complete coverage of side effects of food and drug interactions -- Proper ways to store drugs -- Expanded 32 page full color medicine chart illustrating over 1,600 prescription medicines -- More than 1,700 pages Complete Drug Reference has all the helpful and healthful information needed to take medicines safely and effectively.

Table of Contents

Foreword to the Consumer Reports Edition	iv
To the Reader
How to Use This Book	v	(1)
About USP	vi
Index	1	(78)
The Medicine Chart	79	(44)
General Information	123	(14)
General Information About Use of Medicines	123	(2)
Avoiding Medicine Mishaps	125	(3)
Getting the Most Out of Your Medicines	128	(6)
About the Medicines You Are Taking	134	(3)
Drug Entries	137	(1566)
Glossary	1703	(18)
Appendixes	1721
I. Additional Products	1721	(12)
II. Poison Control Center Listing	1733	(4)
III. USP People 1995-2000	1737
Officers and Board of Trustees	1737	(1)
General Committee of Revision	1737	(1)
Executive Committee of Revision	1738	(1)
Division of Information Development Executive Committee	1738	(1)
Division of Standards Development Executive Committee	1738	(1)
Drug Nomenclature Committee	1738	(1)
Division of Information Development Advisory Panels	1739	(5)
Division of Information Development Additional Contributors	1744	(3)
Headquarters Staff	1747	(1)
Members of the United States Pharmacopeial Convention	1748