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Tarascon Pocket Pharmacopoeia, 2007 Classic Shirt-Pocket Edition

The Tarascon Pocket Pharmacopoeia continues to be the most popular and most trusted portable drug dosing reference available, and is a "must-have" book (Doody's book reviews)! Newly updated for 2007, the Tarascon Pocket Pharmacopoeia continues the high-quality tradition of a convenient, organized, and concise pocket manual packed with vital drug information meticulously peer-reviewed by experts and clinicians of multiple specialties.

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It details typical drug dosing (both FDA approved and off-label uses), available trade and generic formulations, metabolism, safety in pregnancy and lactation, relative drug pricing information, Canadian trade names, and an Herbal & Alternative Therapies section.

Multiple invaluable tables supplement the drug content, including opioid equivalency, emergency drug infusions, cardiac dysrhythmia protocols, pediatric drug dosing, and much more..

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Author: Steven M. Green

Publisher: Tarascon Publishing

Date: Oct. 25, 2006

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