Overview

Now in its Third Edition, this succinct, easy-to-use, current, and very functional handbook goes through the steps of receiving the prescription, preparing it, and completing the compound. The book provides a source for contemporary practice previously found spread out over journal articles, legal documents, standards of practice, specialty books, and textbooks. Highlights of this edition include a more comprehensive section on sterile dosage forms and their preparation; expanded discussion of medication errors; processing tools for improving compounded preparations and reducing errors; a new chapter on systems of measurement and basic pharmaceutical calculations; and a new section on veterinary pharmacy practice. Patient cases with the sample compounded prescription orders and parenteral preparation medication orders show typical situations and problem-solving to meet special therapy and patient needs. A back-of-book CD-ROM complements the text with study guides, interactive self-assessment, and multimedia demonstrations of compounding procedures for key chapters. http://thepoint.lww.com/product/isbn/9780781783965

Full Product Details

Author:   Judith E. Thompson ,  Lawrence W. Davidow
Publisher:   Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
Imprint:   Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
Edition:   3rd edition
Dimensions:   Width: 21.30cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 27.60cm
Weight:   1.474kg
ISBN:  

9780781783965

ISBN 10:   0781783968
Pages:   760
Publication Date:   24 January 2009
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Replaced By:   9781496321299
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

PART 1: PROCESSING THE PRESCRIPTION CHAPTER 1: Prescription and Medication Drug Orders CHAPTER 2: Labeling Prescriptions and Medications CHAPTER 3: Controlled Substances CHAPTER 4: Expiration and Beyond-Use Dating CHAPTER 5: Drug Utilization Review and Medication-Use Evaluation CHAPTER 6: Patient Counseling PART 2: CALCULATIONS CHAPTER 7: Systems of Measurement and Introduction to Pharmaceutical Calculations CHAPTER 8: Quantity and Concentration Expressions and Calculations CHAPTER 9: Evaluating Dosage Regimens CHAPTER 10: Aliquot Calculations CHAPTER 11: Isotonicity Calculations PART 3: COMPOUNDING DRUG PREPARATIONS CHAPTER 12: General Guidelines for Preparing Compounded Drug Preparations CHAPTER 13: Selection, Storage, and Handling of Compounding Equipment and Ingredients CHAPTER 14: Selection and Use of Weighing and Measuring Equipment PART 4: PHARMACEUTICAL EXCIPIENTS CHAPTER 15: Pharmaceutical Solvents and Solubilizing Agents CHAPTER 16: Antimicrobial Preservatives CHAPTER 17: Antioxidants CHAPTER 18: Buffers and pH Adjusting Agents CHAPTER 19: Viscosity-Inducing Agents CHAPTER 20: Surfactants and Emulsifying Agents CHAPTER 21: Colors, Flavors, Sweeteners, and Scents CHAPTER 22: Vehicles for Liquid Preparations CHAPTER 23: Ointment Bases CHAPTER 24: Suppository Bases PART 5: NONSTERILE DOSAGE FORMS AND THEIR PREPARATION CHAPTER 25: Powders CHAPTER 26: Capsules, Lozenges, and Other Solid Oral Dosage Forms CHAPTER 27: Solutions CHAPTER 28: Suspensions CHAPTER 29: Liquid Emulsions CHAPTER 30: Semisolids: Ointments, Creams, Gels, Pastes, and Collodions CHAPTER 31: Suppositories PART 6: STERILE DOSAGE FORMS AND THEIR PREPARATION CHAPTER 32: General Principles of Sterile Dosage Form Preparation CHAPTER 33: Ophthalmic, Nasal, Inhalation, and Irrigation Solutions CHAPTER 34: Parenteral Preparations CHAPTER 35: Total Parenteral Nutrition PART 7: VETERINARY PHARMACY CHAPTER 36: Veterinary Pharmacy Practice PART 8: COMPATIBILITY AND STABILITY CHAPTER 37: Compatibility and Stability of Drug Products and Preparations APPENDICES APPENDIX A: Abbreviations Commonly Used in Prescriptions and Medication Orders APPENDIX B: Nomograms for Determination of Body Surface Area from Height and Weight APPENDIX C: National Center for Health Statistics Growth Charts APPENDIX D: Isotonicity Values INDEX

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