The Saunders Pharmaceutical Word Book is a reference that contains the correct spelling and capitalization of over 25,000 brands and generic name drugs with dosage forms, investigational drug names and codes, chemotherapy protocols, trademarked dosage forms, and drug categories/classes. Although it is NOT a prescribing reference, it also contains the indications (reasons for administration) of approved drugs and standard dosages. Features: * The Pharmaceutical information is organized specifically for the medical transcriptionist. The book quickly allows them to determine the drug being transcribed and confirm correlating information. * Useful Appendices: most prescribed drugs; therapeutic levels for Drugs which may cause toxicity; code names; common abbreviations used in prescriptions; Nutraceuticals & Herbals medicine. New to this edition: * Add drug information updated and current through September 1999: all information is updated, new drugs added, obsolete drugs removed and appropriate changes made.
Ellen Drake, CMT, is coauthor of the Saunders Pharmaceutical Word Book and author of the Sloane Medical Word Book. She is a development editor for Health Professions Institute (HPI) in Modesto, CA, where she helped develop the two most highly acclaimed medical transcription training programs: The SUM Program for Medical Transcription Training and Medical Transcription Fundamentals and Practice. She has contributed to several textbooks and written dozens of articles for Perspectives on the Medical Transcription Profession. Ellen is also an editorial consultant and contributor to the Dorland's Medical Speller and Taber's Medical Dictionary. She has given dozens of presentations to audiences of medical transcription (MT) practitioners and educators in many venues. Ellen worked as an MT in diverse settings, owned an MT service, and taught medical transcription at a community college and online. She also has a degree in Education (English) and taught high school English for 5 years.
Ellen enjoys writing (of course!), being with her large family and many friends, spoiling her three cats-Aristotle, Nefertiti, and Chat Noire-(don't worry, their names are not used as passwords!), and working in her yard and garden. In 2008, Ellen went on 9000-mile cross-country road trip alone and lived to tell about it.
