Physician Assistant's Drug Handbook

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• ISBN13: 9781582550787
• ISBN10: 1582550786
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-03-01
• Publisher: Spring House

Summary

The revised second edition of the Physician Assistant's Drug Handbook presents accurate, updated, comprehensive information on more than 1,000 commonly used prescription and OTC drugs. Organised logically in a monograph format the book covers every category of information the PA needs to prescribe drugs with skill and confidence. New features of this edition include: dozens of new drug entries and indications; new monograph head titled "Monitoring parameters ; Herb Alerts, identified by a logo, to highlight herbs that could interact dangerously with the drug in question; two new appendices: Antibiotic selection chart, with guidelines to help reader choose appropriate drug based on microorganism susceptibility, and a "Top 20 Herbs chart. A revised "Pharmacologic classes chapter includes comparisons of pharmacokinetics, indications, dosages, and adverse effects for drugs within each class; and drug updates/drug news available via eDrugInfo.com.

Table of Contents

Contributors and consultants	iv
Foreword	v
Guide to abbreviations	vii
How to use Physician Assistant's Drug Handbook	1	(2)
Overview of pharmacology	3	(5)
Drug therapy in children and elderly patients	8	(6)
Effective prescribing practices	14	(3)
Generic drugs in alphabetical order	17	(1118)
Pharmacologic classes	1135	(105)
Appendices
Physician assistant's prescribing authority by state	1211	(3)
Guidelines for use of selected antimicrobials	1214	(3)
Selected analgesic combination products	1217	(3)
Topical drugs	1220	(2)
Immunization schedule	1222	(2)
Therapeutic drug monitoring guidelines	1224	(6)
Antidotes to poisoning or overdose	1230	(3)
Creatinine clearance calculations	1233	(1)
Herbal medicines	1234	(4)
Contact numbers and Web sites for pharmaceutical companies, agencies, and organizations	1238	(2)
Photoguide to tablets and capsules	1240	(3)
Acknowledgments	1241	(2)
Index	1243