Product Description

The Adult Drug Information Handbook, the flagship publication from Lexicomp, has been the preferred drug information resource for 32 years, trusted by a wide variety of healthcare professional to deliver timely, clinically relevant pharmacotherapy knowledge. It is focused exclusively on dosing for adult patients.

BENEFITS:
Endorsed by the American Pharmacists Association (APhA), the Adult Drug Information Handbook is used daily by healthcare professionals as their resource to help improve medication safety and enhance patient care.

This handbook follows a dictionary-like format, with drug products for adults organized alphabetically and cross-referenced by U.S. brand names and index terms. Healthcare professionals have access to more than 1,400 drug monographs, each offering up to 32 fields of information specific to a particular medication. Supplementing the drug information is an extensive Appendix, offering helpful treatment guidelines and therapy recommendations, and a Pharmacologic Category Index.

Includes:

• 1,444 Drug Monographs
• Up to 32 Fields of Information per Monograph
• 45 Pages of Appendix Information

UPDATES TO THIS EDITION

• 34 New Drug Monographs

• Updated Appendix Topics:
  • Opioid Conversion Table and Morphine Equivalent Dose Table
  • Oral Antiplatelet Comparison Chart
  • Inhibitors and Inducers of Cytochrome P450 Enzymes
  • Immunization Schedules