Physician Assistant's Drug Handbook

The revised second edition of the Physician Assistants Drug Handbook presents accurate, updated, comprehensive information on more than 1,000 commonly used prescription and OTC drugs. Organized logically in a monograph format, the book covers every category of information the PA needs to prescribe drugs with skill and confidence. New features of this edition include:: dozens of new drug entries and indications; new monograph head titled Monitoring parameters; Herb Alerts, identified by a logo, to highlight herbs that could interact dangerously with the drug in question; two new appendices:: Antibiotic selection chart, with guidelines to help reader choose appropriate drug based on microorganism susceptibility, and Top 20 Herbs chart; a revised Pharmacologic classes chapter includes comparisons of pharmacokinetics, indications, dosages, and adverse effects for drugs within each class; and drug updates/drug news available via eDrugInfo.com.