Quick Look Drug Book 2006 [Paperback]

Leonard L. Lance (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0781762529 | ISBN-13: 978-0781762526 | Publication Date: January 13, 2006 | Edition: Revised

Quick Look Drug Book 2006 includes the most current information on thousands of commonly used drugs, plus a 32-page color insert showing the 200 most commonly prescribed medications. Medical transcriptionists and other healthcare professionals rely on this comprehensive resource for brand and generic drug names, pronunciations, therapeutic categories, and dosing information. Exclusive to Quick Look Drug Book is the Indication Therapeutic Index that lists conditions/diseases alphabetically with the drugs used to treat each indication. Updates include New Drugs Introduced or Approved by the FDA in 2005; Cancer Chemotherapy Acronyms and Regimens; AIDS Related Complex Medications and Tests; Sound-Alike Comparison Lists; and Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Distributors. Numerous appendices are included.

The CD-ROM version has search functions that allow super-fast reference. See CD-ROM listing for details on Quick Look Electronic Drug Reference 2006.

Product Details

• Paperback: 1200 pages
• Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Revised edition (January 13, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0781762529
• ISBN-13: 978-0781762526
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 5.8 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,180,188 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Incredibly tedious for those who need a fast reference., February 8, 2007

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Michelle L. Gilbert (Cleveland Heights, OH) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Quick Look Drug Book 2006 (Paperback)

I hate this book!!!

I'm a medical transcriptionist of 12 years. I've tried this book OVER and OVER and OVER again through the years at the urgings of other MTs. Sorry, I just can't stand it. I really have tried to make friends with it.

For use as a transcriptionist, it's cumbersome at best. Don't bother looking up a brand name drug; it takes a cross reference and fumbling through flimsy, thin pages to get you to the proper generic name. (unless, of course, my education and decade of experience is so lacking and I'm actually expected to have the knowledge of a pharmacy tech so I can use my reference book!) Then you have to weed through paragraphs, or sometimes a page, of information to get to what an MT needs: (1) Confirm this drug that you barely understood a sloppy doctor dictate actually IS for the condition he's talking about. (2) Confirm the dosage you just heard mumbled by said mushmouth. (3) Confirm any funky capitalization that big pharm has decided they need to use to pep up the name of the newest pill on the market.

And, frankly, I worry about an MT who has to rely on a book like this. You should know the common meds and their common dosages already. Yes, even a newbie. That's what training is for.

The only reason I even gave it two stars is for snazzy appendices, including a Therapeutic Category Index, which is lacking in the book I prefer (see below).

Sorry, but I'm quite busy enough with transcribing; I don't need to slow myself down any further by wading through a book which is as inefficient as the Yellow Pages.

I tried AGAIN (!) with the 2007 copy. Forget it. I'd send it back if I hadn't spilled something on it. If you are an MT and you think this will speed up your day, do yourself a favor and order it on trial from the manufacturer; you can send it back that way after 30 days. (sorry Amazon!)

Or... do what I'm about to do right now. Buy the Saunders Pharmaceutical Word Book. But, you say, it's missing a drug already for 2007? Google it and write it in the margins. You're STILL saving yourself time.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Quick Look Drug Book review, March 9, 2006

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Julie Ruhanga "Juliesbizz" (Eugene, OR USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Quick Look Drug Book 2006 (Paperback)

This is the best Quick Look Drug Book yet. I use it constantly. I definitely recommend the book if you are in the medical field (especially a transcriptionist).

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Quick Look Drug Book, March 10, 2007

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Norma G. Burchette - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Quick Look Drug Book 2006 (Paperback)

This book is very helpful in my work as a medical transcriptionist. The Therapeutic Category Index is especially helpful.