2005 Physicians' Desk Reference [Hardcover]

Medical Economics (Author), Physicians (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1563634988 | ISBN-13: 978-1563634987 | Publication Date: October 31, 2004 | Edition: 59th

The new 2005 edition has full-product labeling for new drugs approved in the past year, including Cialis, Crestor, Levitra, Lexiva, Namenda, Raptiva, Symbiax, and more than 4,000 other drugs listed by brand and generic name.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 3440 pages
• Publisher: Thomson Healthcare; 59th edition (October 31, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1563634988
• ISBN-13: 978-1563634987
• Product Dimensions: 12.9 x 10 x 3.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,387,463 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Read the license agreement below, February 2, 2004

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Roy S. Miller (United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 2004 Physicians' Desk Reference with PDR Electronic Library on CD-Rom (Hardcover)

Why arent't we informed of this before purchasing this item?

License Agreement: (I read this when I was installing it)
2 TERM The license shall remain in effect for between fifteen and twenty four months from the release date of the Product... AN AUTOMATIC SHUTDOWN DEVICE SHALL RENDER THE PRODUCT INOPERABLE AFTER THE TERM EXPIRES.

Will this comment be posted? I am going to check back here in a week to check?

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars CD Terrible, June 10, 2004

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Jason Trindade (Palo Alto, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 2004 Physicians' Desk Reference with PDR Electronic Library on CD-Rom (Hardcover)

Without question the PDR is a mandatory reference guide for physicians. It does contain all the required prescription drug monographs mandated by the FDA and has a reasonably useful indexing system for searching by Name, Generic, or Disorder/Treatment. The pill identification section is far from comprehensive and considering the decades this has been in publication I would expect slightly more. The lack of a Macintosh installer with the different versions of the cd (you can get this from being in different medical associations, as a medical student, or personally) is ridiculous. Stedmans is included completely in the 'individual' install, it's just not accessable from the PDR interface. The expiration date is ludicrous. Why? Because you own the physical volume (I own 2 shelves of a bookcase of the physical volumes). I have often had to reference back 8 or 9 years to see what formats a current medication was available in as people seem to take it for granted that if they are still taking the same medication, it is available in the same dosage and format. Some serious mistakes can and have been made because this information isn't available in a comprehensive archival system. There is no legitimate argument for an electronic licensing agreement which prevents you from accessing the same documents (less in fact) that you have in hardcopy format. The DRM is probably the only reason this isn't completely mac/other/pda's compatible and it is completely negligent of the publisher to not produce a full non-expiring library. I hope that at some point in time the PDR electronic version is treated correctly and made available as HTML with a Java/javascript search system. This could easily have been done, but wasn't in the name of money and it's harmful to the healthcare system.

19 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Warning CD-ROM may expire after 1 year., January 13, 2004

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Iconoclast (United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: 2004 Physicians' Desk Reference with PDR Electronic Library on CD-Rom (Hardcover)

I bought the 2002 version of the PDR for $99+ at end of 2001. It was more expensive than the book version but, seemed more convenient. It was advertised by the publisher as containing the entire text of the paper version + more (PDR for non-prescription drugs etc.) I used it occasionally as I'm not a physician. It seemed fine. Early in 2003 I noticed it had NO listing for an important drug. I was able to find this drug in my old 1999 paper book version. I called & the customer service person told me that the CD-ROM version does NOT have as many drugs listed as the paper version. She said if I like I can exchange the CD-ROM for the 2002 book (right, the book cost about $25 less at the time). I declined but, thought I would stick with the paper book next time I updated. Well Just last week I went to look something up & it would not open. I called & was told that the program EXPIRED after 1 year! I paid for it & now cannot use it. I'm annoyed.
Amazon now offers the 2004 book with a coupon for a free CD-ROM. I plan to buy this soon & will only use PDR CDROMS if they are free. I'll stick with the book which they cannot repo!