Description

• Considerations boxes call attention to the unique issues of drug therapy in children, pregnant and nursing women, and older adults.
• A Disorders Index (separate from the General Index) refers you to information about medications used for specific disorders.
• Each chapter ends with Clinical Implications, Critical Thinking Questions, and Review Questions - all designed to help you check your mastery of the content and apply it to realistic clinical situations and issues.
• Free resources on the student Evolve website: an audio glossary, with definitions and pronunciations for all key terms; hundreds of bonus review questions; open-book quizzes; web activities; and more

• Updated drug information keeps you current with the most recent FDA drug approvals and withdrawals, as well as changes in indications, therapeutic uses and warnings.
• NEW Drug Therapy in Children chapter discusses drug therapy for ADHD, immunizations, and allergies.
• NEW Interactions chapter covers drug-drug, drug-herb, drug-food, and drug-condition interactions, along with drug toxicity.
• Expanded content on drug therapy in women addresses chronic fatigue syndrome, postpartum depression, drug safety during pregnancy and lactation, migraine preventative therapy, menstrual abnormalities, and menopause.