Customer Reviews

Quick Look Drug Book 2006

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4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(2)
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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.

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).

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

I would certainly recommend this item because of its 2006 updated information; however, if you are accustomed to the prior versions of QuickLook, be prepared for it to be a lot different. There is a delay before the program opens. When you search for a medication name, the result shows at the very bottom of the search result field instead of at the top where prior versions show and where it would be most logical, and the appendix tab is 'hidden' in the filter dropdown which overall makes this a more time-consuming process. It does have the same great features, but it's different and more cumbersome to use.

This is a great reference for medical transcriptionists and anyone in the medical field. It quickly informs me of the drugs I need reference to in my field.

I was told that Saunders was the better book, but love the layout of Dorlans the most. I find it easy to use.