This expanded, up-to-the-minute, fully-revised edition of the bestselling guide to prescription pills offers charts, lists, diagrams, an extensive cross-referencing index, and lifesaving information on all the latest medication available today.
As adaptive capacities decline, and disease increases, the elderly become major consumers of drugs. Because of the special needs of older patients, physicians, geriatricians, health providers, and researchers must know how the aging process changes the pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic properties of drugs prescribed to the elderly. The Second ...
Listing the 100 major medical disorders of people over 50, this handbook is based on the up-to-date computer database of U.S. Pharmacopeia, the standard-bearer for America's prescription drugs, and provides the same information available to doctors.
Gerontokinetics: Pharmacokinetics of Drugs in the Elderly is concerned with the complex processes of how the body handles drugs. After dealing with changes in the anatomy and physiology of the human body with increasing age, the pharmacokinetics of drugs in the elderly is discussed. In particular, five processes are discussed: liberation, ...
An updated consumer's guide to frequently prescribed medications offers valuable information on dangerous drugs, hundreds of safer alternative medications, the two hundred most commonly prescribed pills, and new drugs on the market. Reprint.
Offers up-to-date information on the biochemistry, pharmacology, clinical indications, dosage, toxicity and cost-effectiveness of antimicrobial agents for geriatric patients with infections.
This title helps to become better educated about medications for seniors. It's common sense that you should be educated about any drugs you use. But how knowledgeable is the average person when it comes to interactions, side effects or recommended dosages - factors that are even further complicated by age? Too often manufacturers, pharmacists, and ...
"Geriatric Pharmacotherapy: A Guide for the Helping Professional" provides practical guidelines to help physicians, pharmacists, nurses, physician assistants, and other clinicians manage drug therapy in the elderly. The text hinges on the realization that geriatric care is an individualized art and all members of the health care team have drug ...
With an understanding upbeat tone--using charts, tables, examples--and drawing on a wealth of information compiled from physicians, consumers and pharmacology experts, this is the utmost comprehensive guide to drugs and their effects on older adults.
This one-of-a-kind guide covers how to safely prescribe and administer drugs to the elderly. Readers find guidelines for nearly 800 drugs, proven strategies for improving patient compliance, and drug updates on the Internet. Contents include effects of aging on drug therapy; drug entries alphabetized by generic name; components of analgesic ...
The format of this pocket guide provides physicians and health care practitioners quick and easy access to practical and vital information regarding medication usage in the elderly. Intended for frequent use as a clinical reference, the book is divided into three major sections. The first section is a guide to the choice of drugs and treatments ...
For the majority of drugs, exact dosage guidelines for geriatric patients have not been established. This book provides the user with specific considerations when using medication in older adults. It is a source of clinical drug information for healthcare professionals caring for the elderly.
This handbook is designed to help physicians and other caregivers who treat the elderly. As the percentage of the population over the age of 65 increases throughout the Western world, so does the chance that some time will be spent by a greater number of people in nursing homes. It is therefore important that physicians have access to the ...
This book reviews the pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic changes of the elderly along with the potential adverse drug reactions to consider, providing guidelines on how these factors affect therapeutic decision making.
Providing effective treatment for pain, especially to elderly clients, can be a vexing problem for even the most knowledgeable clinician. In "Clinical Management of the Elderly Patient in Pain", some of the world's leading authorities describe the unique difficulties that arise when trying to provide pain relief to elderly patients. They examine ...
Help stop the widespread problem of medication errors among the elderly The problem of medication errors among the elderly is widespread. Improving Medication Management in Home Care: Issues and Solutions tackles this tough issue by closely examining the challenges faced in preventing medication errors in home and community care program settings ...
A practical, concise and accurate guide to the use of drug therapy in the elderly. Covering a wide array of body systems and drug types, this up-to-date volume is the only book available that provides an international perspective of the topic.
Designed for all those with a scientific interest in drug treatment and the older population, this text is divided into two main parts: general principles of drug use as they apply to the elderly; and specific contributions dealing with common clinical areas.
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