Drugs Handbook 2012-2013

ISBN-13: 9780230356016 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 264 str.

Glyn Volans

Opis

The Drugs Handbook 2012-2013 is a reader-friendly text perfect for nursing, health and prescribing courses. Fully updated, it is a concise guide to the mechanism of action, therapeutic indications and chief unwanted effects of medicines available in the United Kingdom, including registered herbal medicines.

Spis treści

Introduction Non-prescription Medicines Innovations in Drug Development Cost-effectiveness Interactions Drugs and Medicines Names of Drugs Drug Safety Monitoring Drugs in Pregnancy Drug Combinations Other Reference Sources Abbreviations Definitions of Drug Group Names and Medical Terms PART I: APPROVED NAMES PART II: TRADE NAMES Part III: HERBAL MEDICINES Appendix: Common Slang Names for Misused Drugs.

O autorze

GLYN VOLANS, MD, BSc, FRCP, is Consultant Clinical Pharmacologist at King's College London School of Medicine, UK.
HEATHER WISEMAN, BSc, MSc, is an information scientist with a long-standing interest in drug safety.

Blurb

Any professional involved in a patient's healthcare needs quick access
to information on the various medicines prescribed or bought over the
counter. This easy-to-navigate book ensures that you always have that
information at your fingertips.

It is a concise guide to the medicines available in the United Kingdom.
This 2012–2013 edition includes entries on new medicines and registered
herbal remedies, while existing entries have been updated in line with
the latest changes. All entries are clearly arranged in alphabetical order
within the following user-friendly structure:

? Part I lists the drugs under their approved names, giving therapeutic
indications, chief unwanted effects and precautions, and a brief
indication of their mechanism of action.
? Part II lists the drugs under their trade or brand names, with crossreferences
to the appropriate approved names.
? Part III lists registered herbal medicines under their common names
and trade names.

This practical text is a valuable reference guide for students and
practitioners of nursing, midwifery, physiotherapy and related healthcare
professions.