Drug Information Handbook: Pocket, 2000-2001 (Paperback)

by Charles F. Lacy (Author), Lora L. Armstrong (Author), Morton P. Goldman (Author)

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Product Description
The Drug Information Handbook, Pocket contains up to 20 fields of information for over 1,280 drug monographs. The handbook is alphabetically organized by both trade and generic drug name and is fully cross-referenced by page number.

The Appendix information includes extracted information from the full handbook version and includes comparative drug charts, therapy recommendations and other important information on a variety of clinical topics.

From the Publisher
Lexi-Comp's Drug Information Handbook, Pocket is an abridged version of the Drug Information Handbook (8th Edition) and is designed specifically for healthcare professionals who require a more portable drug information resource.

The authors have carefully extracted information from the 8th edition to provide a complete portable reference.

Product Details

• Paperback: 1213 pages
• Publisher: Lexi-Comp, Inc.; 5th edition (June 15, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1930598254
• ISBN-13: 978-1930598256
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 4.5 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (32 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,923,385 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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31 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars My peripheral brain of drug knowledge, January 21, 1999

By	[e-mail] (northern California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Drug Information Handbook (Paperback)

Pharmacists and physicians field dozens of drug information questions daily that can have life and death ramifications. Lacy's "Drug Information Handbook" is a concise, organized, reference book that will quickly become your first line source for up-to-date information on drug dosing, toxicities, pharmacokinetics (absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion) indications, drug interactions, and more. In addition, there are voluminous tables with comparison data. I highly recommend this book to healthcare professionals.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Single best reference I have, August 26, 2006

By	L. Chad Riggs (NC, United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Lexi Comp's Drug Information Handbook (Paperback)

Being a hospital pharmacist and former pharmacy resident at a very well-known tertiary care center, I have found the DI Handbook to be the single best resource I have. There are other reference books that provide more complete information or are tailored to a specific topic, but I don't think there is a better general drug reference book that is as easy to carry as the DI Handbook. I use it daily in my practice.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Essential Portable Drug Reference, November 14, 2005

By	Dr. Dan (Birmingham, Alabama United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lexi Comp's Drug Information Handbook (Paperback)

I am a clinical pharmacy specialist on an internal medicine teaching service. I have found that Lexi-Comp Drug Information is by far the most user-friendly, yet comprehensive of the portable drug references. Drugs are listed alphabetically by generic name, so there is no fumbling through indexes and listings by class when information is needed quickly, e.g., on rounds with the medical team. The topic headings under each monograph are extensive and thorough, and there are a number of useful appendices in the back of the book. There is a joke in our facility that this book is surgically attached to one hand of all the clinical pharmacists. This is the book I keep by the phone at home when I am on call, and the reference I recommend to my students to bring on teaching rounds.

While initially a "pocket" reference, the DI Handbook has quite outgrown the labcoat pocket, though it is still very portable. Though there are some monographs for combination products, there are no side-by-side comparisons of combination drugs such as found in Facts and Comparisons, et al. Adverse effects sections consist of lists of reactions ranked by frequnecy and categorized by organ system. Detailed information about any specific reaction is generally lacking, but it does provide a starting point for further investigation.

Overall, this is the best combination of ease-of-use and thoroughness of information in a drug reference that I have found.