Confirm drug names quickly and accurately with the Saunders Pharmaceutical Word Book 2009. This bestselling reference has been completely updated, and contains the correct spelling and capitalization of over 27,000 brand-name and generic drugs with dosages, reasons for administration, investigational drug names and codes, chemotherapy protocols, trademarked dosage forms, drug categories and classes, and almost 2,000 medicinal herbs and natural remedies. With this indispensable reference at your fingertips, you'll transcribe more efficiently and confidently than ever before!
- Information is organized specifically for and by medical transcriptionists, allowing you to quickly determine the drug being transcribed and confirm related information.
- A special icon alerts you to drugs that may sound like another drug.
- Appendices provide useful information at a glance on the most-prescribed drugs, therapeutic levels for drugs which may cause toxicity, code names, common abbreviations used in prescriptions, and nutraceuticals and herbal medicines, all custom-designed for medical transcriptionists to give you exactly the information you need in a convenient format.
- Author Ellen Drake is a nationally known speaker and expert in medical transcription.
- The latest information on newly approved drugs, discontinued drugs, investigational drugs, new indications, new dosage information, patent expirations, name changes, and schedule changes.
