Pharmacies Books

I am new to Critical Care and wanted a book to help with the new IV drugs I would see especially. This book is a great addition to a general drug book. I includes more IV information than a general drug book. A few of the dosage recommendations are different than what my facility uses which is a little confusing. But overall, I use this book most days!

I use my palm all the time.. I love Epocrates for its ease of use. But for indepth info on drugs we use day and day it..it cannot be beat!!

I really like this guide because it gives you the generic name first. then what it's indications for use are and the expected outcomes or theraputic effects. And in a different colored box it gives you the contraindications and cautions. Basically, right on the first page it gives you the most important facts first and then goes on from there.

I leave my copy in our CCU. It's the best resource we have for IV med compatibilities -- boasting nice long lists for most of our commonly used drips. Solid dosing information, some tables, etc. My favorite for IV meds (ePocrates & Infusicalc/Palm user too).

This is the most used IV drug book on our unit. The drugs are listed alphabetically, therefore easy to find when you are in a hurry. The best feature is the compatability list for each drug. Some titratable meds have easy to read tables, and there are tables of drug effect onset, peak, halflife, etc.

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This book is not very hard to understand, it is straight forward. It explain a lot of things in detail. If you want to learn pharmacology, I will recommend this book.

The book arrived in a short period of time and was brand new. I'm immensely pleased with my order. Thanks!

This is a big book. I don't really need it because my professor has an outline for us to follow. But the class is awesome!

This is a required text for my Nursing Pharmacology class. The text is pretty good. It's straightforward and easy to understand. There are also nice review chapters of different body systems before the chapters on the drugs for the different body systems. There are also continuous case studies throughout the chapter to help you apply the knowledge in the text. The only thing I'm torn about whether I like it or not is how the drugs are presented. There are small sections within the text for each drug that present Pharmcokinetics/ADR, Drug interactions, etc, but it can be difficult to go through all the drug info when you're learning about the drug for the first time. I'm not sure if the drug info would be better placed in boxes separate from the main text. Either way, that doesn't detract from the good info in the text.

The book is great for understanding the title subject. But it has too many references which distracts the reader. Also, many times, the corresponding picture of a particular topic covered is not in the same page as the topic. This requires going back and forth between pages. The problems at the end of each chapter are really good and checks the understanding of the subject thoroughly.

This book is fantastic and covers a broad range of topics that fall into the category of rational drug design. The book goes in depth into topics dealing with each important aspect of how drugs are discovered and modified to produce better drugs: from effects of chirality to electronic effects. The structure of drugs, at the molecular level are covered in detail, reflecting every major aspect of drug structure. Then, interaction between drug (ligand) and enzyme, at the molecular level are covered.

In my estimation, to benefit most from this book, the reader should have a working knowledge of organic chemistry and biochemistry (at least protein secondary and tertiary structure).

There is a new considerably expanded and updated edition available of Silverman's already classic text as of Jan/04. ISBN is 0-12-643732-7. Check it out... price is comparable to the earlier edition.

This is probably the best book of its kind in the vast and multidisciplinary field of drug design and action. Richard Silverman is an acclaimed chemistry Professor at Northwestern University, and in this book, he provides the most comprehensive and lucid exposition of the chemical basis of drug action that I have seen. No matter how complicated biological systems and their interactions are, at the basic level, it's all chemistry, and mostly organic chemistry. An organic chemist will find this book extremely illuminating in a way that would not have been made clear through his traditional education.
The book opens with a short but clear discussion of drug discovery, combinatorial chemistry, and clinical testing and trials. Then it leads the reader through a variety of enzyme catalyzed reactions, with examples of major drugs studded all the way. Silverman shows us how nature is the master organic chemist, employing the familiar reactions of chemistry in an unsurpassed way. The chapter on enzyme inhibition is long and detailed, and it's breathtaking. Which is important because almost all major drugs act by inhibiting enzymes. The examples which Silverman chooses to illustrate are both important (including many bestselling anti-cancer, anti-viral, and antibiotic drugs to name a few), as well as very interesting. The last parts of the book deal with DNA binding drugs, and with pathways of drug metabolism and excretion. Along all the way, the emphasis is on the chemical reactions that drugs undergo, which after all is what controls their properties. The lucidity of the book is such that a beginning graduate well-versed with the basic principles of general and organic chemistry can easily understand all the contents.
This book is so interesting and illuminating that it's one of the very few academic books which I have actually read from the first to the last page, with every word in between. In fact, it even makes great bedside reading! Truly a must-have book for all chemists and biologists of every kind, interested in how drugs work.

This book is very good introduction in the major aspects of the chemistry of the drugs. It explains with good schemes the reactions of drugs and others important mechanisms. The book is scientifically well written and enjouyable to read. The graphic images of molecules integrate well with the written aspects of book. Book covers major areas of pharmaceutical drug research, integrates the chemical and pharmacological aspects of drugs, and discusses the essentials of drug activity and mechanisms.

Overall, this is a really good book. There are some typos, as others have said, but I didn't have any trouble understanding what they were trying to get across (typos are much more dangerous when math is involved, which is why I'm recommending another book entirely for that). I worked as a retail pharm. tech for three months, moved to another state, and have had to study for certification since the new state requires it. Even with three months experience, this book taught me a LOT about being a pharmacy tech that probably would have taken me several more months to learn on the job. The chapters are detailed, but not so much that it's information overload. All the material is very "learnable" on one's own.

If you buy this book, I would highly recommend the Workbook & Certification Review, as well as APhA's Complete Math Review for the Pharmacy Technician (I fared much better using this book for math study than I did with the textbook). Math is a HUGE part of the PTCE; reading the text and learning some drugs is only half the battle. You really need to drill math to do well and the textbook (The Pharmacy Technician) doesn't emphasize it as much as perhaps it should. A book called Basic Pharmacology is also good to have around, but the first three are all you really need to pass (maybe even ace) the PTCE if you're willing to put in the time.

This new text for Pharmacy Technicians is a totally new type of book you must see and own. The approach used is the use of a visual format that makes it easier for students to identify what he/she is learning. This book is destined to be the number one classroom book in any type of teaching setting. You as a technician will easily comprehend the material presented. For Pharmacy Technician Educators, your wait is over! Try this text and watch your students excel. There is also a companion book, "Pharmacy Technician Workbook & Certification Review" offered here. Both texts are offered at an outstanding price. Get yours today!

This wonderful book combines text and visuals to provide the most complete Pharmacy Technician book ever written. The authors of this book have done an outstanding job in bringing us an easy to read, easy to understand book on this subject. Take it from me a Pharmacy Technician student if you buy only one book BUY THIS ONE !!

If you have never worked in a pharmacy before and want to pass the pharmacy technnician certification exam, then you need more than just a certification review book. You will also need a textbook that explains comprehensively pharmacy laws and the operating procedures of a typical pharmacy. Because it isn't a certification review, be aware that it doesn't have enough practice problems. Overall, it is an excellent textbook to use with a workbook.

The information presented is fairly easy to understand, interesting, and seems to be thorough. So what's the problem? I have to say, I would absolutely love the textbook and its corresponding workbook if it wasn't for one truely frustrating aspect - there are way too many errors. It's incredible! Here's an example - a question regarding roman numeral conversions (pg 38 wkbk)- what is 14 in roman numerals? well, anybody who's gone through grade school could tell you it's XIV - the answer key tells you it's CIV (104!!). How about this one (pg 85 txt) - convert 1mg to g: ok, i'm thinking - DUH - .001g - correct answer, according to the answer key is .011g -- Now, this is not quite a big deal when it's very easy to tell the book is wrong (yet, again) - but then, when you get into more difficult calculations and you can't trust the answer key, it becomes very frustrating. When you take into account the fact that you've spent over $60 for the text and workbook and you can't count on the information to be correct it becomes enraging. There are also a plethora of idiotic typos to furthur insult you for sending these people your money. Example (pg 108 txt) convert 120 mcg to mg - answer according to the key: 120 mcg = 0.12 mcg - that's 0.12 MCG not MG. Or, how about his - convert 50% to a decimal. Answer according to the key: 50/100. Now, the last time I checked that was something called a fraction - a decimal looked more like this: .50 - This isn't even the tip of the iceberg. I just have one question for Morton Publishing Co...Do you guys happen to employ anyone there called an EDITOR? I just hope to God you all don't have anything to do with the answer keys the PTCB is holding in their possession. If you do, I quit now.

Becoming familiar with the drug names, the different classes, and general functions was my biggest challenge. Reading and re-reading Lippincott's and trying to remember the various charts in other review books did not help.

The pictures and associations in this book make it so easy to recall. You do have to learn some associations, but it really does not take much effort since they are so common and they are used repeatedly.

I found this book late in the class, and I wish I had found it sooner. I just took the pharm shelf exam, and 95% of the info. could be found in Phunny Pharm even though it is a little outdated. With a little updating of your own in the margins, you should have the info. you need to do well on the boards. This book will surely help anyone who has trouble memorizing lists of words.

This is indeed an amazing book.

Never have I seen anything like this in literature.

My friend sent it to me from Florida since this book is

not available in India.

The cartoons and the mnemonics are truly fabulous.

If you want to really understand as well as remember

Pharmacology or even teach this subject, then this is the book.

Dr. Wiqar Shaikh
Hon. Asstt. Professor of Medicine
Grant Medical College, Bombay, India

My friends studied for weeks, while I studied for days, learning the way my brain likes to learn - using images and stories which connect the drugs to their actions. I would not be passing this class without this book!
Here's an example: Two bears named Nick and Nicky (both are NICotinic receptors) live in the Phunny Pharm Phorest. The forest is a metaphor for the Autonomic Nervous System. Nicky has three musketeer cubs (MUSCarinic receptors) to whom she must feed various kinds of fish (eg piloCARPine). The actions of the bears are responses of the PNS (eg, miosis).
If you need all five receptors 'cuz you're an overacheiver, you can imagine 2 more cubs. I did just fine with the three in the book. If you have more drugs on your list to memorize, you can imagine new kinds of fish.
This book removes a lot of the pain of rote memorization, and is actually fun to read. Imagine that! A FUN Pharm book!
Although a few drugs are not included in the Phunny Pharm, the presentation is such that you can easily connect anything new to the scenarios given.
Do not hesitate to buy this book if your learning style demands interconnections and the use of a thought process. It's not a stand-alone resource. Katzung's a nice resource book if you need more info.

The Phunny Pharm provides an alternative to the rote pharmacologic memorization that medical students face. By introducing you to a world where penicillins are in a baseball game, and cardiac phys is a train ride, you have a "story" to help keep the hundreds of drugs straight in your mind. Some of the tales require a real stretch of the imagination, perhaps more than it's worth. Overall, several of my classmates found it worthwhile, especially for the antibiotics. Some of the bizarre little stories are just weird enough to remember in the 4th hour of your pharm final...

This review book was excellent in that it used a lot of clever pneumonics and pictures to help memorize a subject that's all about rote memorization...With this book I rocked my boards on pharm!!! 2nd year med student.

This excellent book (1980 edition) was my introduction to this topic. I have it in my bookshelf and I keep referring back to it. Without planning it, I've become the resident PK expert in my department thanks to this reference! Thank you Drs. Rowland and Tozer.

Helo, I JUST WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU IF THE LAST EDITION OF THIS BOOK IS AVAILABLE FOR READING FROM YOUR WEB SITE? I THANK YOU IN ADVANCE. ANNICK

This book is a very finely crafted comprehensive introduction to pharmacokinetics, with enough pharmacodynamics to give one context. If you are new to PK/PD and need to understand and work with the subject matter this is an EXCELLENT starting point and a fine reference. The prose is clear, the organization thoughtful, and the figures and diagrams are masterful - best in class. The authors are both renowned academics with extensive industrial experience. That background shines through in the thoughtful way that topics are motivated and explained. I found the questions useful and thought-provoking. Isn't it the case that the more iron one pumps in the gym, the stronger one is on the playing field?

One thing that I would add to this book (and most other PK books I've seen) would be a comprehensive listing of the different math models (one or two compartment, IV, or zero or first order input, etc), highlighting different uses (closed form solutions are easiest to use for parameter estimations, ODE formulations for repeat dosing, etc.) and their different parameterizations. This book contains some of this information (e.g. Table 19-1), but an appendix with this info would be useful. An additional improvement with great teaching utility might be an elementary modeling/estimation program for MS-Excel.

For those needing an overview of PK (e.g. a pharma executive responsible for a development program) without a lot of the details necessary for practitioners, a less-comprehensive book that is also very good is Peter Welling's "Pharmacokinetics". Gabriellson's and Weiner's book "PK and PD Data Analysis" has a more spotty overview of the basic subject matter, but does have descriptions of many techniques not found elsewhere. The latter book is "WinNonLin-centric" (WinNonLin is a program written by one of the authors) which may be what is wanted.

My favorite intro book and basic referencer for PK is definitely Rowland and Tozer. Bravo!

Clinical pharmacokinetics is a good book for students and researchers interested in learning the basics of pharmacokinetics. It has some positive points like the "definition of symbols" at the begining of the book, which help a lot when you forget what's the meaning of them. It also has good figures and tables (although some of them need corrections)and the text is most of the time easy to understand (but not always...). On the other hand, the exercises are not very helpful and some of them require a lot of thinking (more than you usually need to solve most pharmacokinetics problems encountered in real life situation). They also extrapolate the information teached in each chapter and this can make you feel really bad after having so much work to read the chapter. Anyway, I do recommend this book for interested students and researchers, always keeping in mind the limitations of its exercises.

I liked this book, and allowed me to find new concepts, especialy numenclature of drugs and their categories

This textbook is very easy to read, the quizzes at the end of each chapter really help to summerize the information learned. The patient education sections are helpful for learning what the patient will need to know. Very well written and easy to follow.

The only downside is that I am in Canada using this for a course and the book is written in the USA with USA legislation and rules in mind.

Love the book but the CD ROM is worthless. Don't use the CD and I hope no professor out there makes their class use it. It does not work. I had all the right answers and it still told me i was wrong but when it gave the answer, it was the same one I gave. My instructor even tried to use it and his cd was missing stuff.

As a single parent and full time student I find it difficult to keep up. My pharmacology class is packing this book into 10 weeks. The normal length of semesters is 16 weeks. Some weeks consist of 4 tests. This book has been a definite asset to my education. It is thourough, but consice educational tool. The text consists of an overall introduction of medicines and then it breaks down the medicines by body system with sub-categories of classification. The worksheets are cumbersome, but a good learning tool. I only wish I would have known I could buy this book here as it is less expensive than the college bookstore!

If you could only have one book on clinical research, this should be the one. It is comprehensive, and presents much of the material in tabular format that greatly facilitates learning. I have been in the drug development business for over 30 years and still refer to this text on a regular basis.

This is a decent book, but packed with padding. You have to read 50 pages to get 1 page worth of useful information. Spilker is adequately familiar with clinical trials, but his writing style tends to meander a lot.

If you're a complete novice, it may be of use, but you will outgrow it after a few months. And unfortunately, the book is somewhat outdated--clinical trials are much more sophisticated now. I'm not sure what the person below is talking about--using it after 30 years in the industry!?! Anyone who's been in the industry for more than couple of years should know everything there is in this book.

A basic handbook for management of clinical trials. This is a "must" reading for anyone who deals with clinical trials. It covers areas of protocol development, regulatory issues in human clinical trials. There is a detailed section on data collection, handling data and statistical issues.Also an introduction to project management.The book contains a large amount of tables easy to read and with great "tips".

Working in a small biotech start-up company, I think this book is a great reference especially if you have limited resources and interested in conducting drug development the "right" way. This text covers all areas of drug development and useful for people in regulatory affairs, project management, clinical affairs, and data management.

This book was really, really helpful in preparing me for the NAPLEX because it has plenty of questions to work on. Every question has an explanation in the back that you can look at and the authors even cite where the answer came from. The CD was also very helpful too. The book and the CD arrived in pristine condition about 3 days after I ordered it.

THIS IS A GOOD BOOK FOR REVISION JUST BEFORE WRITING THE ACTUAL EXAM.HOWEVER,ONE SHOULD GO THROUGH THE BOOK ONLY AFTER INDEPTH READING OF ALL TEXT BOOKS AND OTHER REVISION BOOKS.

This is an amazing question & answer book...really, it's helpful
But I advise any pharmacist to study a full material first, by that the book will be more powerful.
Good chance for all..

This is among the best books that I have read so far. I really liked different sections of topics covered for Naplex with format similar to Naplex. Best thing about this book is the CDROM that came with the book and has many questions in real Naplex like format with full explanations, why the answer is right or wrong. I have heard good things from many of my friends who have cleared Naplex and are working as Pharmacists. I would highly recommend this book to everyone serious about Naplex.

This little book is a goldmine for nurses and others who work in the health professions. It is compact, full of information, up to date and has the added bonus of a CD-ROM which enables practitioners to print out patient information specific to a particular person's prescription. Highly recommended as a personal or organisational reference!!

This book is good only if you are already thoroughly familiar with pharmacology, and you only need the highlights in order to understand thoroughly. However, if you really want to know exactly how drugs work in the human body, don't buy this book--you will be frustrated by its vague descriptions. I would recommend the PDR for that (you'll remember it longer if you have a clearer picture). Also the organization is a bit awckward. It's great for comparing drugs within a category which is great to do in your liesure time, or if you are prescribing drugs, but as a quick reference, it's not the best. For instance, if you come across an unfamiliar drug and want answers quickly, the PDR Nurse's Drug Handbook's alphabetical list is much faster; with this book you have to go to the index first for practically every drug. Also, PDR's N.D.H. explains the how's and why's better (especially about pharmockinetics). One good thing about it, though, the adverse reaction listings distinguish the common and life threatening ones with italics and bold, which makes it quick and easy to focus on what is important. I have not seen this feature in any other book. But PDR's NDH and especially the PDR helps you make the mental connection between mode of desired action and unintended adverse reactions. But this book simply lists them as seemingly unrelated facts, which makes them difficult to remember. This book did impress me with how much information it provided on herbals--they really keep up with all the brand new information.

I can grab this thing and find out what I need to know in a big hurry. It has all the essentials. The 2001 edition continues the fine tradition of its predecessors, with meds grouped by function, an index that covers both generic and brand names, and drug descritions that tell you what you really want to know right now for treating someone. How good is this book? With the PDR available to me for free, I am paying money to get this one.

IN addition to the ... book Info and other reveiwers, I'd like to say how thankful I am with this drug handbook. I actually carry this one with me in my nursing pocket during duty, It's light and not bulky. Pictures of meds in all colors and sizes, generic and brand names. It even have varieties of forms/colors from different companies for the same medications. Adverse reaction is also mentioned in this handbook. You have a question about a drug? Open this handbook and get answers in a flash. Surely a must for all nurses.