Clinically focused, evidence-based, and comprehensive, this user-friendly reference offers you authoritative guidance on the challenging issues of drug prescribing for older patients. Detailed discussions of the current literature, on-label information, off-label indications, and the expertise of leaders in the field help you use the right amount of the right drug in the right dose, for the right reason in your patients. Plus, bonus PDA software-featuring the popular POCKETConsult technology—allows you to download the entire contents of the book onto your handheld device.
• Access expert guidance on more than 1,000 commonly prescribed drugs, including off-label uses • prescription • over the counter • US approved • and select internationally approved drugs.
• Improve your prescribing through a better understanding of the relevant chnical pharmacology • drug-drug and drug-disease interactions • toxicity • use modifications in patients with compromised renal and hepatic functions • withdrawal events • incisive editorial commentary especially on important agents • and more.
• Quickly access information on common side effects of medications in geriatric patients such as falls • central nervous system • and bowel and bladder.
• Avoid complications by consulting at-a-glance summary tables • recommendations cautions • and OBRA-regulated agents in US long-term care • FDA black box warnings.