Prescriber 2015 is a concise, up to date prescribing guide. It contains all the ‘must have’ information that junior doctors, nurse prescribers and medical students need at their fingertips. Key features: A–Z list of the 500 most commonly prescribed drugs with each entry containing the key prescribing information Focuses on safety issues, warnings, drug errors and adverse effects Practical guidance on drug selection, plus protocols and guidelines Advice and reference information for complicated prescriptions Concise management summaries for the common medical emergencies Includes the European Resuscitation Council algorithms Clinically useful reminders of basic pharmacology (e.g. receptor profiles)

Pocket Prescriber 2012 is a concise, up-to-date prescribing guide. It contains all the "must-have" information that junior doctors, nurse prescribers and medical students need at their fingertipsFrom reviews of the previous editions:"A pocket book that is truly pocketable, every medical student and junior doctor should carry this book...If you're u

Pocket Prescriber Psychiatry, 2E is an up-to-date prescribing guide containing all the information that psychiatrists and mental health professionals.This book provides the key essential information for all mental health professionals prescribing drugs.

Drug prescribing errors are a common cause of hospital admission, and adverse reactions can have devastating effects, some even fatal. Pocket Prescriber Emergency Medicine is a concise, up-to-date prescribing guide containing all the "must have" information on a vast range of drugs that staff from junior doctors to emergency nurses, nurse prescribe

Pocket Prescriber Psychiatry, 2E is a concise, up-to-date prescribing guide containing all the 'must-have' information that psychiatrists and mental health professionals need to know. KEY FEATURES • A–Z list of most commonly prescribed drugs with the prescribing information • Covers safety issues, warnings, drug errors and adverse effects • Practical guidance on drug selection, plus protocols and guidelines • Advice for complicated prescriptions and drug interactions • Endorsed by the British Association for Psychopharmacology UPDATED IN THIS SECOND EDITION • New sections on prescribing in neuropsychiatric, eating, and perinatal disorders • Useful advice on range of prescribing situations e.g. contraception, tapering, common physical health disorders. • Reworked emergencies chapter: relevant to the busy on-call clinician in a psychiatric hospital This book provides the key essential information for all mental health professionals prescribing drugs and is essential for psychiatrists, mental health nurses, primary care physicians, psychologists, psychotherapists and counsellors and anyone caring for people with mental health issues.

Essential Neuropharmacology: The Prescriber's Guide reviews the full range of medications used by neurologists in clinical practice. Expert knowledge is given about the best use of medications in patient care. Each drug listing contains the full range of indications, their advantages and disadvantages, and tips for dosing and avoiding adverse effects. Evidence is taken from recent clinical trials, which helps the reader relate the drug descriptions to everyday clinical practice. Where appropriate, off-label uses are also described. The detailed descriptions of each medication enable the user to make quick and informed decisions with the confidence they need to serve the clinical needs of their patients effectively. The new edition is fully updated throughout. Major new additions include neuro-oncology drugs, new multiple sclerosis agents, sleep medications and new formulations. This book is an essential, user-friendly reference suitable for neurologists at all stages of their careers.

Thanks to remarkable advances in modern health care attributable to science, engineering, and medicine, it is now possible to cure or manage illnesses that were long deemed untreatable. At the same time, however, the United States is facing the vexing challenge of a seemingly uncontrolled rise in the cost of health care. Total medical expenditures are rapidly approaching 20 percent of the gross domestic product and are crowding out other priorities of national importance. The use of increasingly expensive prescription drugs is a significant part of this problem, making the cost of biopharmaceuticals a serious national concern with broad political implications. Especially with the highly visible and very large price increases for prescription drugs that have occurred in recent years, finding a way to make prescription medicinesâ€"and health care at largeâ€"more affordable for everyone has become a socioeconomic imperative. Affordability is a complex function of factors, including not just the prices of the drugs themselves, but also the details of an individual's insurance coverage and the number of medical conditions that an individual or family confronts. Therefore, any solution to the affordability issue will require considering all of these factors together. The current high and increasing costs of prescription drugsâ€"coupled with the broader trends in overall health care costsâ€"is unsustainable to society as a whole. Making Medicines Affordable examines patient access to affordable and effective therapies, with emphasis on drug pricing, inflation in the cost of drugs, and insurance design. This report explores structural and policy factors influencing drug pricing, drug access programs, the emerging role of comparative effectiveness assessments in payment policies, changing finances of medical practice with regard to drug costs and reimbursement, and measures to prevent drug shortages and foster continued innovation in drug development. It makes recommendations for policy actions that could address drug price trends, improve patient access to affordable and effective treatments, and encourage innovations that address significant needs in health care.

Pocket Prescriber Psychiatry is a concise, up-to-date prescribing guide containing all the "must-have" information that psychiatrists and mental health professionals need to know. This book provides the key essential information for all mental health professionals prescribing drugs and is essential for psychiatrists, mental health nurses, primary care physicians, psychologists, psychotherapists, and counsellors and anyone caring for people with mental health issues.

Pharmacokinetics Made Easy 1Rpresents the complex subject of pharmacokinetics in a simple, easy-to-understand manner, lending itself to a wide audience including medical practitioners, health professionals and students of pharmacology, medicine and nursing. The physiological approach adopted in the book allows clinical issues in drug therapy to be addressed, making it directly applicable to practice situations. The chapters in this book were initially published as a series of articles inAustralian Prescriberto assist practitioners in drug dosing and therapy. In this revised edition, the book has been updated according to recent developments and a new chapter called 'How to Determine the Pharmacokinetic Parameters of a Drug' added. Each chapter also has a new feature-a list of key points summarising the content to improve accessibility and understanding.