The Pill Book (12th Edition) (Pill Book (Mass Market Paper)) [Mass Market Paperback]

Harold M. Silverman (Author)

Book Description

Series: Pill Book (Mass Market Paper) | Publication Date: April 25, 2006

For more than two decades, millions of consumers have trusted The Pill Book to provide official FDA-approved drug information plus guidelines from leading pharmacists. Each drug is profiled in a concise readable, and easy-to-understand entry, making The Pill Book the perfect reference when you have questions about the medications your doctor prescribes.

The most up-to-date information about the more than 1,800
most commonly prescribed drugs in the United States:

• Generic and brand-name listings that can help you save money
• What the drug is for, and how it works
• Usual dosages, and what to do if a dose is skipped
• Side effects and possible adverse reactions,
highlighted for quick reference
• Interactions with other drugs and food
• Overdose and addiction potential
• Alcohol-free and sugar-free medications
• The most popular self-injected medications and their safe handling
• Information for seniors, pregnant and breast-feeding
women, children, and others with special needs
• Cautions and warnings, and when to call your doctor
• 32 pages of actual-size color photographs of prescription pills

Editorial Reviews

From the Inside Flap

The new seventh edition of The Pill  Book is bigger than ever and contains more  profiles of commonly prescribed drugs than any  other consumer reference. Compiled by a team of  eminent pharmacologists, it is based on official,  FDA-approved information usually available only to  doctors and pharmacists, plus the latest  information gathered from computer databases and  professional on-line resources. It synthesizes the most  important facts about each drug into a concise,  readable, easy-to-understand  entry.



Here are complete profiles of more than 1,500 of  the most commonly prescribed drugs,  including:



  Generic and  brand names



What the  drug is for and how it  works



Usual dosages, and what to do if a dose is  skipped



Side effects and  possible adverse reactions, highlighted for quick  reference



Interactions  with other drugs and  foods



Overdose and addiction potential



Alcohol-free and sugar-free  medications



Information for seniors, pregnant  and breast-feeding women, and others with special  needs



Cautions and  warnings, and when to call your  doctor



This completely revised and updated  seventh edition contains dozens of new brand names and  more than 25 important new drugs approved by the  FDA in late 1995, that will go on sale for the  first time in 1996. A 32-page insert provides  actual-size full-color photographs of the  most-prescribed pills. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

HAROLD SILVERMAN, Pharm. D., has been practicing health-care public affairs and communications for over fifteen years. He is the co-author of Bantam's The Vitamin Book, and author of the chapter on generic drugs in The Merck Manual: Home Edition.

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Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 1248 pages
• Publisher: Bantam; 12 edition (April 25, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0553588923
• ISBN-13: 978-0553588927
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.2 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (52 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #819,963 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Many books have been called "must have" or "indispensable", May 3, 2000

By 

Allen Smalling "Constant Reader," (Chicago, IL United States) - See all my reviews
(VINE VOICE)    (TOP 500 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)   

This review is from: The Pill Book (Mass Market Paperback)

and this one truly is. Any family that gets more than one prescription filled a year can benefit from THE PILL BOOK. This book does its best to describe, thoroughly and patiently, the ins and outs of every prescription drug in America, what the drug is meant to do, the side effects, interactions, who should not be taking it, whether generics are available, what to do if abused, if you miss a dose, and so on. There are even color plates of the most widely prescribed drugs. Pharmacy handouts are useful, but what's in THE PILL BOOK is VITAL. It might even save your life; it certainly has saved me money and time. Get yourself the latest edition!

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Must Have Medicine Book!, February 13, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: The Pill Book (Mass Market Paperback)

You can look up medications online, but why tie up your phone line, and take a while searching the sites to find information on medication, when you can just open the book up in a minute and find what you want(FAST!) This book has alot of info on medicines that the pharmacies didn't even tell me about. This is a Great book to lay in bed with and search up all the medicines that you have taken in the past, or are currently taking. It has All the information about all the dangers of taking it with other medications, What the side effects are, Descriptions, and EVERYTHING you would ever Want to know about the medicine. It's a smaller book thats easy to carry and take with you, anywhere. This book has it all, Pictures, brand names, generic names and side effects of the medication, Etc, etc, etc..This book is a MUST HAVE book! It's worth every cent! I give this book an "A"

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The most useful of all the books that tell you about pills., July 23, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: The Pill Book : The Illustrated Guide to the Most-Prescribed Drugs in the United States (8th Ed) (Paperback)

I was able to find out more about the drugs I take from this book than from any doctor or pharmacist I have ever talked to. It tells you about drugs you shouldn't mix with each other, foods to avoid and lots of other important facts.