The Sanford Guide to Antimicrobial Therapy, 2008
by David N. Gilbert
from Antimicrobial Therapy
Lippincott's Illustrated Reviews: Pharmacology, 4th Edition (Lippincott's Illustrated Reviews Series)
from Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Basic & Clinical Pharmacology (Basic and Clinical Pharmacology)
by Bertram G. Katzung
from McGraw-Hill Medical
The current science of pharmacology-and its clinical applications-at your fingertips
Now in its 25th year of publication, Basic and Clinical Pharmacology is the most up-to-date and complete pharmacology textbook available. Through nine previous editions it has set the standard for concise and easy-to-read, yet comprehensive coverage of pharmacology. The text's integration of basic with clinical science makes it well suited for an integrated organ-system-based curricula as well as the more traditional curricula.
Features
Lexi-Comp's Drug Information Handbook
by Charles F. Lacy
from Lexi-Comp
...comprehensive handbook includes over 1,285 drug monographs, with up to 29 key fields of up-to-date information...covers a total of over 4,000 US & Canadian medications...plus 290 pages of appendix.
Goodman & Gilman's The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics (Goodman and Gilman's the Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics)
by Laurence Brunton
from McGraw-Hill Professional
The undisputed leader in medical pharmacology, without equal. Updated to reflect all critical new developments in drug action and drug-disease interaction. This is the “desert island” book of all medical pharmacology—if you can own just one pharmacology book, this is it.
Pharmacotherapy Casebook: A Patient-Focused Approach (PHARMACOTHERAPY CASEBOOK ( SCHWINGHAMMER))
by Terry L. Schwinghammer
from McGraw-Hill Medical
Learn How to Apply the Principles of Pharmacotherapy to Real-World Clinical Practice!
Pharmacotherapy Casebook sharpens the problem-solving and clinical decision-making skills you need to identify and resolve commonly encountered drug problems. This new edition is packed with over 140 patient cases - all of them new or revised - and makes the perfect study companion to the seventh edition of DiPiro's Pharmacotherapy: A Pathophysiologic Approach.
Everything you need to develop expertise in pharmacotherapy decision making:
- Realistic patient presentations include medical history, physical examination, and laboratory data, followed by a series of questions using a systematic, problem-solving approach
- Compelling range of cases-from the uncomplicated (a single disease state) to the complex (multiple disease states and drug-related problems)
- Diverse authorship, with cases provided by 183 clinicians from 82 different schools of pharmacy, health-care systems, and other institutions in the United States and Canada
- Casebook sections conveniently categorized by body organ system to correspond with the Pharmacotherapy textbook
- Coverage that integrates the biomedical and pharmaceutical sciences with therapeutics to teach the importance of a sound scientific foundation for pharmacy practice
- Appendix containing valuable information on pharmacy abbreviations, laboratory texts, mathematical conversion factors, and anthropometrics
Tarascon Pocket Pharmacopoeia 2008: Classic Shirt-Pocket Edition, 22nd Edition (Twenty-Second)
by Jones & Bartlett Publishers
from Jones & Bartlett Publishers
Recently updated for 2008, the Tarascon Pocket Pharmacopoeia continues the high-quality tradition of a convenient, organized, and concise pocket manual packed with vital drug information meticulously peer-reviewed by experts and clinicians of multiple specialties. It details typical drug dosing (both FDA approved and off-label uses), available trade and generic formulations, metabolism, safety in pregnancy and lactation, relative drug pricing information, Canadian trade names, and an Herbal & Alternative Therapies section. Multiple invaluable tables supplement the drug content, including opioid equivalency, emergency drug infusions, cardiac dysrhythmia protocols, pediatric drug dosing, and much more!
Physicians Desk Reference 2008: Hospital/Library Version (Physicians' Desk Reference (Pdr))
from Physician's Desk Reference
Physicians have turned to PDR for the latest word on prescription drugs for over 62 years! Today, PDR is considered the standard prescription drug reference and can be found in virtually every medical facility and pharmacy in the United States. The 62nd edition contains more that 3,000 pages-our most comprehensive edition ever! Among the new drugs featured in this edition are: Brovana; Coreg CR; Fentora; Glumetza; Januvia; Travatan Z; Vectubix; Zolinza You will find information on more that 4,000 drugs by brand and generic name, manufacturer, adn product category. Your 2008 PDR provides usage information and warnings, drug interactions, plus more that 2,000 full-size, full-color photos cross-referenced to the drug. You will also find: * Phonetic spelling * A key to controlled substances * Dosages * Clinical pharmacology * Other FDA-required information * Adverse Reactions * Contraindications * Pediatric use * FDA use-in-pregnancy ratings
Foye's Principles of Medicinal Chemistry (Lemke, Foye's Principles of Medicinal Chemistry)
from Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Stahl's Essential Psychopharmacology: Neuroscientific Basis and Practical Applications (Essential Psychopharmacology Series)
by Stephen M. Stahl
from Cambridge University Press
Essential. Trusted. Indispensable. Stahl's Essential Psychopharmacology has established itself as the preeminent source of education and information in its field. This much-expanded third edition relies on advances in neurobiology and recent clinical developments to explain the concepts underlying drug treatment of psychiatric disorders. In addition to redrawn art, an improved and more readable layout, and 30% more illustrations, the Third Edition has four all-new chapters on Psychiatric Genetics, Chronic Pain and Functional Somatic Syndromes, Disorders of Sleep, and Disorders of Cognition. Covered within are new neurotransmitter systems; theories on schizophrenia; clinical advances in antipsychotic and antidepressant therapy; coverage of attention deficit disorder and drug abuse; and new coverage of sleep disorders, chronic pain, and disorders of impulse control. This volume is indispensable for all students and professionals in mental health, enabling them to master the complexities of psychopharmacology.
This expanded and fully revised edition explains and illustrates the neurobiological concepts underlying the drug treatment of psychiatric disorders. For the student it provides an easily readable and highly illustrated introduction to the subject. For the physician or scientist it offers a quick review of psychopharmacology and the drug treatment of mental illness.
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