Physician Assistant's Drug Handbook

Author: Springhouse
Edition: Second
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 1582550786

Physician Assistant's Drug Handbook

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. Organized 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 "Top 20 Herbs" char The revised second edition of the Physician Assistant's Drug Handbook presents accurate, updated, comprehensive information on more than 1000 commonly used prescription and OTC drugs. Organized 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 "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. Read medical textbooks online like Physician Assistant's Drug Handbook here

Physician Assistant's Drug Handbook, 9781582550787

Physician Assistant's Drug Handbook, ISBN-13: 9781582550787, ISBN-10: 1582550786

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

This complete guide gives full prescribing data for more than 1000 generic and 2000 brand name drugs. Includes unlabeled drug uses, highlighted dosage adjustment information, italicized interacting agents, adverse reactions categorized five ways for safety, and a four-way index for quick look-up -- by generic name, trade name, drug class, or disease. Alphabetically organized drug monographs cover generic and trade names; pharmocologic and therapeutic classifications; controlled substance schedule (where appropriate); pregnancy risk category; dosage form; indications, route, and dosage; pharmac

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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 "Top 20 Herbs" char