Pharmacy Technician's Pocket Drug Reference, (The) 8th Edition

Small and light enough to carry comfortably in a lab coat pocket, The Pharmacy Technician’s Pocket Drug Reference contains the five main pieces of drug information that a pharmacy technician seeks. For each of about 1,300 of the most commonly prescribed drugs—including more than 100 drugs new to the market since the seventh edition—the book provides generic name (with pronunciation), trade name(s), therapeutic class, general FDA approved therapeutic use(s), and commercially available dosage forms/strengths.

Key Features:

· Five pieces of information on each of about 1,300 drug products: Generic Name (with pronunciation), Trade Name(s), Therapeutic Class, General Use(s), and Dosage Forms/Strengths

· The top 200 oral and topical products by retail sales, most oral and topical products approved by the FDA since 1997, plus more than 250 of the top parenteral products

· Trade name index

· A top-200 drugs table and brief appendices showing the controlled substance schedules, common abbreviations used in prescriptions, and common conversions

Table of Contents:

Preface

Prescription Drugs A–Z

Appendix A: Top 200 Drugs

Appendix B: Controlled Substance Schedules

Appendix C: Common Abbreviations Used in Prescriptions and Medication Orders

Appendix D: Conversions, Weights, and Measures

Trade Name Index