Main description:

Endorsed by the American Pharmacists Association (APhA), the Drug Information Handbook is chosen daily by healthcare professionals as their resource to help improve medication safety and enhance patient care. This handbook follows a dictionary-like format, with drug products organized alphabetically and cross-referenced by U.S. and Canadian brand names and index terms. Clinicians have access to more than 1600 drug monographs, each offering up to 45 fields of information specific to a particular medication. Supplementing the drug information is an extensive Appendix, offering helpful treatment guidelines and therapy recommendations, and a Pharmacologic Category Index.

Contents:

Includes: 1658 Drug Monographs; Up to 45 Fields of Information per Monograph; More than 60 Pages of Appendix Information; Updates to this Edition: New Monograph Field; Hazardous Drugs Handling Considerations; Updated Appendix Topics; Peritoneal Dialysis Solutions; Immunizations Administration; Recommendations; Immunization Schedules; Hypertension.