Physician's Assistant's Drug Handbook

by Blessing, J. Dennis

• ISBN13: 9780874349757
• ISBN10: 0874349753
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-03-01
• Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Summary

A comprehensive, up-to-the-minute resource for physician assistants and other prescribers that offers detailed information on drugs most often prescribed by physician assistants. Each entry is organized alphabetically for quick access of more than 1,000 generic and 2,500 brand name drugs, including 30 new FDA-approved drugs.

Table of Contents

Clinical reviewers and consultants	iv
Foreword	v
Common abbreviations	vi
How to use Physician Assistant's Drug Handbook	1	(2)
Overview of pharmacology	3	(4)
Pediatric and geriatric drug therapy	7	(5)
Effective prescribing practices	12	(3)
Generic drugs in alphabetical order	15	(1087)
Photoguide to tablets and capsules	1	(1101)
Pharmacologic classes	1102	(84)
Appendices
1. Physician assistants' prescribing authority by state	1157	(3)
2. Selected analgesic combination products	1160	(4)
3. Topical drugs	1164	(2)
4. Immunization schedule	1166	(1)
5. Creatinine clearance calculations	1167	(1)
6. Therapeutic drug monitoring guidelines	1168	(4)
7. Therapeutic management guidelines: Cancer pain	1172	(2)
8. Therapeutic management guidelines: Asthma	1174	(2)
9. Therapeutic management guidelines: Status epilepticus	1176	(2)
10. Therapeutic management guidelines: Hypertension	1178	(2)
11. Therapeutic management guidelines: Dyslipidemia without evidence of heart disease	1180	(2)
12. Therapeutic management guidelines: Dyslipidemia with evidence of heart disease	1182	(2)
13. Pharmaceutical companies and their drug information contact numbers	1184	(2)
Acknowledgments	1186	(1)
Index	1187