Nonprescription Product Therapeutics

When it comes to helping customers make wiser and safer choices in their use of over-the-counter treatments, the pharmacist's best source of information is Nonprescription Product Therapeutics. This text emphasizes the pharmacist's role in triage--assessing the best nonprescription products for a client and knowing when medical conditions warrant a referral to another health professional. Organized by condition rather than by drug, the text is easy to consult, and complements a disease-based approach to therapeutics. Pharmacists will find useful information on ingredients, interactions, contraindications, and other essentials for helping customers choose appropriate nonprescription products. The Second Edition contains additional charts, drawings, illustrations, and tables. The book includes decision-making algorithms, case studies, patient counseling tips, and warnings on dangerous or life-threatening ingredients, actions, or situations. Another unique feature of this text is A Pharmacist's Journal--real-life reports from the front lines by an award-winning professor and researcher with over twenty years of experience in retail community pharmacy.

This timely new resource contains selected content from the popular text Nonprescription Product Therapeutics, providing all the necessary information for patient counseling situations. Lightweight and portable in a pocket-sized format, it's the ideal resource for pharmacy students and practicing pharmacists alike. There's no other rapid reference like it currently available. Features include counseling tips that highlight information patients need to know, patient assessment algorithms that guide you through complex therapeutic decisions, alerts on dangerous or life-threatening ingredients, actions, or situations, and a color insert containing 48 photos of disorders to aid in suggesting medications.

Condition oriented and organized by body system, this quick reference is an excellent tool for point-of-care patient counseling on OTC products, offering the most current facts on conditions patients may choose to self-treat and appropriate nonprescription pharmacotherapy. Chapters include CNS, dermatologic, gastrointestinal, musculoskeletal, nutritional, ophthalmic, oral cavity, podiatric, respiratory, and women's health conditions. Coverage of each condition includes etiology, symptoms, treatment, and patient counseling. A Patient Interview section assists in determining whether nonprescription medication, nondrug therapy, or physician referral is appropriate. Patient Information boxes provide instructions on use of OTC products.

The Handbook of Nonprescription Drugs: An Interactive Approach to Self-Care contains the most authoritative information on nonprescription drug pharmacotherapy, nutritional supplements, medical foods, nondrug and preventive measures, and complementary and alternative therapies. The 16th edition shows students and practitioners how to assess and triage a patient's health complaint. And it provides FDA-approved dosing information and evidence-based research on efficacy and safety considerations of nonprescription, herbal, and homeopathic medications. --from publisher description.

Thoroughly updated and revised, the Handbook of Nonprescription Drugs: An Interactive Approach to Self-Care provides accessible information on nonprescription drug pharmacotherapy, nutritional supplements, medical foods, nondrug and preventive measures, and complementary and alternative therapies. The 17th edition helps students and practitioners develop problem-solving skills needed to assess and triage a pharmacy patients medical complaints. It provides Food and Drug Administration (FDA)approved dosing information and evidence-based research on the efficacy and safety of over-the-counter (OTC) and herbal medications. Key Features: 52 peer-reviewed chapters provide updated content on OTC medications and complementary therapies, prescription-to-OTC conversions, FDA revised or final rules, FDA safety and label warnings, therapeutic issues and controversies, treatment or prevention guidelines, OTC drug withdrawals from the market, and updated product tables and references.