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Overview"Thoroughly updated and revised, the """"Handbook of Nonprescription Drugs: An Interactive Approach to Self-Care"""" provides accessible information on nonprescription drug pharmacotherapy, nutritional supplements, medical foods, nondrug and preventive measures, and complementary and alternative therapies. The 17th edition helps students and practitioners develop or improve problem-solving and critical-thinking skills needed to assess and triage a pharmacy patient's medical complaints. It provides FDA-approved dosing information and evidence-based research on the efficacy and safety of over-the-counter and herbal medications. It includes 52 peer-reviewed chapters providing updated content on OTC medications and complementary therapies, Rx to OTC conversions, FDA revised or final rules, FDA safety and label warnings, therapeutic issues and controversies, treatment or prevention guidelines, OTC drug withdrawals from the market, updated product tables with examples of specific nonprescription products, and references.Disease-oriented chapters contain new and revised case studies, treatment algorithms that outline triage and treatment, comparisons of self-treatment options, patient education boxes, product selection guidelines, and dosage and administration guidelines. A new chapter, """"Self-Care Components of Selected Chronic Diseases"""", addresses the self-care needs of patients with asthma, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, heart failure, dyslipidemia, and osteopenia/osteoporosis. Key Points section at end of each chapter summarizes critical information." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Daniel L. Krinsky , Rosemary R. Berardi , Stefanie P. Ferreri , Anne Lamont HumePublisher: American Pharmacists Association Imprint: American Pharmacists Association Edition: 17th Revised edition Dimensions: Width: 27.90cm , Height: 5.30cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 2.223kg ISBN: 9781582121604ISBN 10: 1582121605 Pages: 101 Publication Date: 30 April 2012 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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