Physician Assistant's Drug Handbook
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Springhouse Publishing, PUBLISHER: Springhouse Corporation, This complete guide gives full prescribing data for more than generic and 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; pharmacodynamics; pharmacokinetics; contraindications and precautions; interactions; effects on diagnostic tests; adverse reactions; overdose and treatment; and special considerations, including patient education and specific instructions for pediatric, geriatric, and breast-feeding patients. Contents include clinical reviewers and consultants, foreword, how to use this book, pharmacology overview, pediatric and geriatric drug therapy, effective prescribing practices, generic drug entries in alphabetical order, a full-color photoguide to more than 320 pills, pharmacologic classes, prescribing authority by state, selected analgesic combination products, topical drugs, immunization schedule, therapeutic drug monitoring guidelines, therapeutic management guidelines, creatinine clearance calculations, pharmaceutical companies listing (drug information contact numbers and Web sites).