by Gale
Overview
Gale Encyclopedia Of Prescription Drugs, a two-volume set of 300 entries, is a comprehensive consumer resource on the most commonly prescribed drugs describing potential side effects, drug and food interactions, recommended dosages, and warnings/precautions. Entries follow the standardized, balanced format of the health/medicine Gale Encyclopedia of … line of titles. The addition of Key Terms sidebars enhances the main body. All entries have a bibliography and color image of the drug. The front matter includes an introduction and foreword by one of the advisors and the back matter has a subject index, glossary, list of organizations, and Questions to Ask Your Pharmacist.
Features and Benefits
- Questions to Ask Your Pharmacist — list of questions for patients to ask their pharmacist or healthcare provider when obtaining a new prescription.
- Entries provide information on drug interactions with other drugs, herbs, vitamins, supplements, food, and other substances.
- Foreword helps users understand the difference between prescription drugs vs. over-the-counter drugs and also provides other useful information.
- Narrative sidebars offer users personal examples of drug interactions or adverse side effects to help readers recognize warning signs.
- Key Terms sidebars explain more complicated medical terms.
- Drug images include in each entry.
- Resources sections at the end of each entry include sources referenced in the text as well as resources for further reading.
- Organizations appendix provides contact information for related organizations.
- Front matter includes two lists of entries: one arranged alphabetically and one grouped by drug class.
- Drugs can be located by either their generic or brand name.
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781573027427 | |
| Publisher: | Gale Group | |
| Publication date: | 09/11/2015 | |
| Series: | Gale Encyclopedia of Prescription Drugs |
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