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Drug pocket is a compact reference work that furnishes physicians with pharmacological and dosing data critical in determining appropriate treatment.

• 2008 edition, completely updated.
• Contains more than 1,200 US drugs with brand names, forms, strengths and dosages.
• New: Chapter for the 2008 edition: Oncology
• New: Improved index cross-references brand names with generic names
• Plus: Listing of "New Drugs 2007"
• Details on elimination half-lives, pregnancy risk categories and use during lactation.
• Dosage instructions now include equations for precise calculation of dose adjustments in renal failure.
• Prescription requirements and prescribing information for each individual drug.

For students, residents, nurses and all other healthcare professionals.

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Professional Reviews:
Doody Review Services:   
Description: This is the fifth edition of a pocket drug reference that contains an impressive amount of information in relatively limited space. Drugs are grouped by logical categories or organ systems. Information presented includes active agents, trade names, dosing information, side effects, and contraindications.
Purpose: The book is designed for rapid reference for drug prescription. It aims to include a lot of information that is desirable for daily practice.
Audience: It is targeted at physicians in practice.
Features: The book is ambitious in covering a great amount of information on each drug. In doing so in limited space, it can seem too busy. A welcome addition is the notation regarding dose adjustment in renal failure.
Assessment: This is an annually updated current compendium of commonly prescribed medications. It is rich with pertinent data. It is also available as software for PDAs.
   - Doody Review Services, Sally Ling, M.D., FACP (University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine)

Customer Reviews:
This book outshines the Tarascon Pocket book in quite a few ways. It details the mechanism of action of all the drugs and provides a succinct snapshot of the adverse efects also. It is also WAY better in terms of readability and layout. I appreciated the index markings on the page ends for quick navigation and the extensive list of agents discussed. The layout is columned and logical. Pharmacologic and brand names are nicely separated in rows. All in all using the book is a pleasure, finding the right drug fast and prescribing competently is easy. For a pocket book, Drug pocket is reliable and offers a ton!
   - Anonymous User, Amazon.Com, 4-2-2004

I initially received my first Drug Pocket from a pharmaceutical representative and have been hooked ever since. It is a concise and straightforward reference book. I use it daily in my practice. The entries are easy to understand and dosing is specific. Several colleagues have also purchased the guide after using mine just once. Would highly recommend to anyone in need of a compact and concise drug guide.
   - Kimberly A. Petko

I previousely ordered a pharmaceutical reference that fit into the breast pocket of my white coat called 'Drug pocket Clinical Reference Guide' by Borm Bruckmeier Publishing. While doing my H&P's last semester, I got pimped by a 3rd year house officer asking the contraindication of some arcane drug I never heard of. I whup'd out my Drug pocket and in a heartbeat, found the answer. Suffice it to say, it saved my butt! Highly recommended!
   - Tevis Verret

This is a much better pocket drug book than the Tarascon pharmacopoeia, a truly great new drug pocketbook on the market. Once you use this pocketbook you will never use any other. What I liked about this book is that under each drug class there is a short explanation of the drug's mechanism, side effects and contraindications. Information is very easy to find unlike Tarascon which is hard to navigate and whose info is too condensed. I'am not bashing the pharmacopoeia, I used quite a bit until I got hold of this book. The Drug Pocket is solidly made and has rounded corners which prevent the corners from falling appart when repeatedly taken in and out of my coat. I would say the book is mainly for residents and physicians, but other clinicans such as therapists or nurses will probably also find it useful. STRONGLY recommended!
   - Anonymous medicine intern

Forget about Tarascon's pocket pharmacopoeia. This book is much better, much easier to read, and much sturdier. The reviever from Doody claims it does not fit in the coat pocket but I haven't had that problem. All drugs are described with indication, side effects, dosage, and include a short overview of each drug class, something that I found very nice since I often forget the class mechanisms. You cannot loose with this book!
   - 2nd year pediatrics resident

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