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| The Pill Book |  | Author: Harold Silverman
Publisher: Bantam Books
Category: Book
List Price: $4.50
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Avg. Customer Rating:  39 reviews
Media: Mass Market Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
ISBN: 0553249177
EAN: 9780553249170
ASIN: 0553249177
Publication Date: October 1982
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Condition: Excellent Copy! Paperback; light wear; binding tight; text clean; no signs of ownership; #L
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Book Description
The new seventh edition of The Pill Book is bigger than ever and contains more profiles of commonly prescribed drugs than any other consumer reference. Compiled by a team of eminent pharmacologists, it is based on official, FDA-approved information usually available only to doctors and pharmacists, plus the latest information gathered from computer databases and professional on-line resources. It synthesizes the most important facts about each drug into a concise, readable, easy-to-understand entry.Here are complete profiles of more than 1,500 of the most commonly prescribed drugs, including: - Generic and brand names
- What the drug is for and how it works
- Usual dosages, and what to do if a dose is skipped
- Side effects and possible adverse reactions, highlighted for quick reference
- Interactions with other drugs and foods
- Overdose and addiction potential
- Alcohol-free and sugar-free medications
- Information for seniors, pregnant and breast-feeding women, and others with special needs
- Cautions and warnings, and when to call your doctor
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 Much needed update August 17, 2008
Anyone that has bought a previous edition, will want to update as this edition has many newer drugs that were not previously available. Only complaint is that it would be good to have pictures of the generics as so many people can no longer afford the brand name, and the generic pill can look very different.
 handy quick reference July 31, 2008
handy guide for people who work in the nursing, mental health field or if you're just intersted in knowing about diffenet types of medications.
One that I highly recommend is Worst Pills Best Pills, which comes out with a new edition every few years. Excellent!
The Pill Book (13th Edition) July 28, 2008
It is so important for those of us who take meds to have a copy of a book telling us the side effects of those meds, and listing the various meds which fall into the same family, mostly, but not limited to being able to watch and guard against being mistakenly prescribed something to which we are allergic, even when our doctors and pharmacies know to what we are allergic. We are that last line of defense against such things happening. Then last, but certainly not the least, to know the possible side effects of such meds, and other information such as warnings for each med. I like this particular book finding it more informative than others I've bought, and buy an updated copy at least every couple of years, but more preferably every year.
It's good. July 24, 2008
It is has a very extensive picture guide but appears to be incomplete. I found pills the other day that couldn't be identified with the book.
 Great Book--must have June 20, 2008
Excellent information to keep up on the latest prescription drugs. We had an older edition and purchased a more up to date edition. We refer to it often for ouselves, family and friends. We have been alerted to drug side effects even before the physician could recognize or diagnose. We are not one's to be taking a lot of prescription drugs, but it is almost innevitable in this pill crazy world we live in. This book is a must have.
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