Physician's Drug Handbook features alphabetically organized monographs on over 900 generic and 2,000 trade name drugs.
Each entry includes:
- generic name
- U.S. and Canadian trade names
- pharmacologic class
- therapeutic class
- pregnancy risk category
- controlled substance schedule (as needed)
- available forms
- indications and dosages
- pharmacodynamics
- pharmacokinetics
- route-onset-peak-duration tables
- contraindications and cautions
- interactions
- adverse reactions
- effects on lab test results
- overdose and treatment
- special considerations
- patient education
The Twelfth Edition includes dozens of new drugs and new indications, and highlights rapid- and delayed-onset interactions that may be severe.
Quick-reference appendices cover therapeutic drug monitoring guidelines, cytochrome P-450 enzymes and common drugs, herbal medicines, and more.
Contents
Pharmacologic Classes
Generic Drugs in Alphabetical Order
Appendices
- Pregnancy risk categories
- Controlled substance schedules
- Creatinine clearance calculations
- Dialyzable drugs
- Cytochrome P-450 enzymes and common drug interactions
- Therapeutic drug monitoring guidelines
- Herb-drug interactions
Index
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