Tarascon Pocket Pharmacopoeia Deluxe PDA 12 month subscription on CD for Palm OS or Pocket PC (CD-ROM)

by Tarascon (Author)

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Product Description
The personal digital assistant (PDA) version of the Pocket Pharmacopoeia is installed via a desktop computer using a CD-ROM. Users can then effortlessly obtain continuously-updated drug information each time they synchronize their PDA while internet-connected. Accordingly, these CDs are not marked with edition years and are instead packaged as 12-month or 3-month subscriptions. Existing subscribers can purchase a new CD and use it to charge up their subscription account.

The PDA edition includes the expanded drug information from the print Deluxe edition. It also features a fully integrated tool for checking multiple drug interactions, with interactions data from the experts at The Medical Letter®. The PDA Pocket Pharmacopoeia can be conveniently loaded onto most extended memory cards to preserve core memory.

Product Details

• CD-ROM
• Publisher: Tarascon; 1 edition (November 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1882742273
• ISBN-13: 978-1882742271
• Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 4.9 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (72 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,350,441 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An MD Must, May 16, 2003

By	destiny morna "destiny21" (louisiana) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tarascon Pocket Pharmacopoeia 2003 Classic Shirt Pocket Edition (Paperback)

This is a handy pocket sized drug reference book that i was introduced to first as a 3rd year medical student and I still use today (3 years into private practice). I refer to it often and it is updated yearly with the latest drugs and a new section on herbal products.

Plus it is small enough to keep in your coat pocket and packed full of useful information including drug dosing, pregnancy category, routes of metabolism and relative cost.

This book is a must purchase for those already in clinical practice and for students and residents.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Must Have for Patient Care, January 30, 2006

By	K. G. Smith "Rural FNPC" (Hayesville, NC) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Tarascon Pocket Pharmacopoeia, 2006 Deluxe Lab-Coat Pocket Edition (Paperback)

I am a Family Nurse Practitioner and I order one of these annually. If I did not need reading glasses, the regular pocket edition would probably be okay, but I can often read this print in the deluxe edition without my glasses. This edition also has some very handy charts and I particularly use the one addressing Oral Contraceptives on a regular basis. In my opinion, this book beats the heck out of thumbing through a huge PDR and I can look things up just as quick (if not more so) than my colleagues with PDA programs.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Essential reference for modern medical care, February 12, 2007

By	Michael J. Wood "Flight Surgeon" (Tucson, AZ) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tarascon Pocket Pharmacopoeia, 2007 Classic Shirt-Pocket Edition (Paperback)

I've been buying these little books every year for nearly 15 years now. As a practicing physician, it is one of two essential books I use every day (the other one being the Sanford Guide to Antimicrobial Therapy). In fact, this year I ordered three copies, so I could keep the physicians I practice with from stealing my copy! Simply put, more drugs come out on the market every day, and relying on my memory to recall the correct doses for every indication...well, I'd be foolish to think I was that infallible. I have used other guides in the past, but I keep coming back to this one. Drugs are grouped by medical specialty, then by class. Each drug also includes information on metabolism and excretion, safety in pregnancy, safety in lactation, a symbol to flag if it is a DEA controlled substance, relative cost per month or per course of treatment, other names of the drug, and typical treatment regimens. I highly recommend it.