Customer Reviews

The PDR Pocket Guide to Prescription Drugs: 7th Edition (Physicians' Desk Reference Pocket Guide to Prescription Drugs)

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I teach a Medical Assistant program and found the language and information in this book extremely helpful for my students. I buy these books regularly and give them as graduation presents when my students complete. The feedback from students is that they have found it invaluable during externship and employment.

I work in a general Ophthalmology practice and use this guide almost daily. It gives enough information without being overwhelming. It also has a condition index so when a patient says their blood pressure med starts with a "L" it is easy to find. I just bought the 7th edition, and still have the 6th at the office also.

Very simple to use. Very easy to tote around! Great resource of information!

For the Patient who wants to know about prescription drugs efficacy, side effects and cautions "The Pill Book" is a modestly priced and handy reference which puts the Patient on the same level with a Physicians drug reference manual, when it comes to uderstanding the consumption of precribed medications. If we want to know about what food we put into our mouths, why not know what pills we consume ?

I bought this product for my mother and she just loved it. She says it is a great resource for her prescriptions.

It's a good reference book. However, the pages rip off on the colored picture pages in the middle of the book too easily.

If all you want is the patient information often handed out by drug stores, this is the book for you -- it covers almost all the prescription drugs on the market.

If, however, you want the pharmacology, etc., or even the name and address of the drug maker, you need the full PDR.

IRECIEVED THE BOOK IN A VERY TIMELY MANNER IN EXCELLENT CONDITION AND WAS VERY PLEASD WITH MY PURCHASE AND THE SELLER.

The info is valuable but this is advertized as a "pocket guide" - not in my pocket! I'm a CRNA and wanted a small reference convenient to pick up and look up medications while in the hospital. I leave this book home - I use it there.

If you or someone you love takes medication...over the counter or script...you need up to date access to a PDR. Of course with the internet, you can look things up that way, but I can tell you that it's much easier to pick up this book and thumb to the page in need than it is to start the computer, navigate the net and get your info.