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Complete guide to prescription & nonprescription drugs / by H. Winter Griffith, M.D. ; revised and updated by Stephen W. Moore, M.D.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, New York : Perigee, an imprint of Penguin Random House, LLC, 2015Edition: 2016-2017 Perigee trade paperback editionDescription: xl, 1080 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780399175732
  • 0399175733
Other title:
  • Complete guide to prescription & nonprescription drugs 2016, 2017 [Cover title]
  • Complete guide to prescription and nonprescription drugs
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 615.1 23
Contents:
Drugs and you -- Guide to drug charts -- Checklist for safer drug use -- Compliance with Doctors' instructions -- Cough and cold medicines -- Pregnancy risk category information for drugs -- Pregnancy and taking drugs -- Buying prescription drugs online -- Guidelines for disposing of drugs -- Getting help from your pharmacist -- Cutting medicine costs -- Aging and taking medicines -- Information about substances of abuse -- Medical conditions and their commonly used drugs -- Drug charts (Alphabetized by drug generic name or drug class name) -- Generic and brand name directory -- Additional drug interactions -- Glossary -- Index (Generic names, brand names, and class names) -- Emergency guide for overdose victims -- Emergency guide for anaphylaxis victims.
Summary: Revised and updated, this classic bestseller provides the necessary information about all the prescription and nonprescription drugs that the public has come to rely on. This reference covers 5,000 brand-name drugs and 700 generic drugs.
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Item type Current library Home library Shelving location Call number Vol info Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Book Book La Retama Central Library La Retama Central Library Nonfiction 615.1 GRI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 2016-2017 Available 43185001059649
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Includes index.

"A Perigee book."

"More than 6000 brand names and 1000 generic names."--cover.

Drugs and you -- Guide to drug charts -- Checklist for safer drug use -- Compliance with Doctors' instructions -- Cough and cold medicines -- Pregnancy risk category information for drugs -- Pregnancy and taking drugs -- Buying prescription drugs online -- Guidelines for disposing of drugs -- Getting help from your pharmacist -- Cutting medicine costs -- Aging and taking medicines -- Information about substances of abuse -- Medical conditions and their commonly used drugs -- Drug charts (Alphabetized by drug generic name or drug class name) -- Generic and brand name directory -- Additional drug interactions -- Glossary -- Index (Generic names, brand names, and class names) -- Emergency guide for overdose victims -- Emergency guide for anaphylaxis victims.

Revised and updated, this classic bestseller provides the necessary information about all the prescription and nonprescription drugs that the public has come to rely on. This reference covers 5,000 brand-name drugs and 700 generic drugs.

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