Lippincott's Illustrated Reviews : Pharmacology : Special Millennium Update [Paperback]

Mary J. Mycek (Author), Richard A. Harvey PhD (Author), Pamela C. Champe (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0781724139 | ISBN-13: 978-0781724135 | Publication Date: November 15, 1999 | Edition: Second, Updated Edition

Students and faculty alike have attested to the extraordinary success rate of the Lippincott's Illustrated Reviews -- the unparalleled review texts that clarify the essentials students need to know for the Boards through an easy-to-use outline format. Now, this review series offers this updated Millennium Edition of Lippincott's Illustrated Review: Pharmacology, Second Edition that includes an updated and comprehensive insert containing information on important new drugs introduced since 1996. The index has been fully revised to reflect the additional information found within the text.Designed and edited by top educators, the book helps the student tie together the visual and cognitive elements of learning for superior recognition and recall. Many updated figures and tables, carefully crafted to complement and amplify the text, are completely integrated with the text. Infolink cross-references between the Pharmacology and Biochemistry volumes of the series, enabling students to interrelate the two disciplines.

Product Details

• Paperback: 528 pages
• Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Second, Updated Edition edition (November 15, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0781724139
• ISBN-13: 978-0781724135
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.5 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #275,449 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

49 of 55 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars BEST! Pharm book around, December 17, 2001

By 

DB "Doc1" (Sacramento, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lippincott's Illustrated Reviews : Pharmacology : Special Millennium Update (Paperback)

I used this book to study for my second year pharm class, and it has to be one of the best medical texts I have used so fair. It is an excellent balance between not enough info, aka ridiculously simple, and sweet jesus Katzung! It is concise, well organized, and has helpful pictures. I can't stress enough that if you are in the market for a pharm book THIS IS THE ONE!!!!!!!!! You will thank me later as you get your H in pharm!

24 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good, but not enough to be your sole Pharm source, June 12, 2004

By 

Stavros P. Zanos (Thessaloniki, Greece) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lippincott's Illustrated Reviews : Pharmacology : Special Millennium Update (Paperback)

I used this text to prepair for the boards, having already read Katzung's Pharmacology in class. This is a concise book, uniform, with many illustrations (many of them however could easily be omitted, since they simply present drug adverse effects graphically), and does a good job in selecting the prototypical drugs from each class. It could be a lot more complete in the section on CNS pharmacology, and on drugs for heart failure and hypertension (for example, it is stated that beta-blockers are contraindicated in heart failure, whereas it is well-known that this kind of drugs is essential for reducing mortality and hospitalizations in these patients). I particularly liked the section on antimicrobial chemotherapy, another high-yield topic for the boards. I have a positive overall impression of the book, but I found myself consulting Katzung more than often; also, it does not compare to the clearly superior Lippincott title on Biochemistry (keep in mind however than biochemistry lends itself much more easily to illustrated presentations than pharmacology). It will help you, but in order to top the exams, you will need an additional resource.

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Pharmacology Review, November 17, 2000

By 

Khalid Alnaqbi (Toronto, Canada) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Lippincott's Illustrated Reviews : Pharmacology : Special Millennium Update (Paperback)

This book is really superb. I've been using it since the second medical year. One of the best features of this book is its black-and-white illustrations which make your life easy. The info are presented in an outline format for quick reading. It's concise and excellent for review (and for the first time) study! It contains some questions at the end of each chapter. Actually, this is what you need to know for examination purposes.