Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 615 EAN: 9780071496254 ISBN: 0071496254 Label: McGraw-Hill Medical Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill Medical Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 312 Publication Date: February 11, 2008 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Medical Sales Rank: 34608 Studio: McGraw-Hill Medical
Proving that sometimes less is more, this super-concise guide. includes more than 1000 commonly used medications. along with essential data on their selection and administration.. Organized alphabetically by generic drug name, CPDR covers. common use, mechanisms of action, dosage, cautions, contraindications,. dosing information, and side effects.
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Customer Reviews
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Rating: - Okay for a quick reference
I bought this for just that, a quick reference, I didn't know it was a petite little book but that was an okay surprise (I should have looked at the dimensions I guess). It's not Mosbys but it will do in a pinch. Its easy to read but doesn't have as much detail as you might want sometimes.
Rating: - Drug Reference
Always handy in my office. We refer to this book at least once a day. It's the best up to date reference and you don't have to reach for a 5 lb Physician's Desk Reference when you can find it right here!
Rating: - good reference
This is a good small compact reference book. I do traveling coding and am always looking for reference material in a condensed format.
Rating: - Outstanding pocket guide
Scut monkey drug reference is way more useful and helpful than tarascon pocket pharm. It includes method of action, SE's, and more. Imagine that, a pocket pharm guide with side effects! Who would ever need that information?
(tarascon doesn't include side effects....or method of action.)
I carry it in my white coat pocket even though I have PDA software because, inevitably, before the PDA is even turned on I have the answer from this book. I reserve the PDA for obscure, ... Read More
Rating: - Pretty good guide
I think this book is a very useful buy, if you prefer a printed drug guide for the medications you are using, instead of a PDA or PC. The fact is that this book includes mechanism of action, indications and major side effects for all drugs, something that makes it more useful than its equivalent Taracson's Pocket Pharmacopoieia. If the only thing that you need from a drug guide, though, is the matching of a medication with it's generic name, then pharmacopoeia is much better, because it is smaller. This ... Read More
- Okay for a quick reference
- Drug Reference
