Consumer Drug Reference 2002

by Micromedex Thomson Healthcare; United States Pharmacopeia

• ISBN13: 9780890439616
• ISBN10: 0890439613
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-12-01
• Publisher: Consumer Reports Books

Summary

Unlike similar books, the "Complete Drug Reference" relies solely on medical experts for its facts, not on drug companies' package inserts. In clear and easy-to-understand language, the volume explains everything one needs to know about each drug's indications, interactions with food and other drugs and side effects. 24-page color chart.

Table of Contents

Foreword to the Consumer Reports Edition	iv
To the Reader
How to Use This Book	v
About USP and Micromedex	vi
Index	1	(1)
The Medicine Chart	i
General Information
General Information About Use of Medicines	1	(2)
Avoiding Medicine Mishaps	3	(3)
Getting the Most Out of Your Medicines	6	(6)
About the Medicines You Are Taking	12
Drug Entries	1	(1610)
Glossary	1611	(28)
Appendixes
I. Additional Products and Uses	1629	(2)
II. Poison Control Center Listing	1631	(4)
III. USP People 2000-2005
Officers and Board of Trustees	1635	(1)
General Committee of Revision	1635	(1)
Council of Experts	1635	(1)
Council of Experts Executive Committee	1635	(1)
Complex Actives Division Executive Committee	1635	(1)
General Policies and Requirements Executive Committee	1635	(1)
Information Division Executive Committee	1635	(1)
Noncomplex Actives and Excipients Division Executive	1635	(1)
Nomenclature and Labeling Expert Committee	1636	(1)
2000-2005 Information Expert Committees	1637	(2)
Information Division Additional Contributors	1639	(1)
Members of the United States Pharmacopeial Convention as of June 18, 2001	1639