This comprehensive resource provides a detailed analysis of how to identify, prevent and manage drug-induced diseases. Edited by James E. Tisdale and Douglas A. Miller, with contributions from experts distinguished in their respective specialties, Drug-Induced Diseases is organized logically and is easy to use. Opening chapters discuss the epidemiology, public health impact and monitoring of drug-induced diseases, covering numerous diseases of every major organ system.

Each chapter covers a particular disease state and explores links to medications that can cause the disease.

This essential reference gives this vital subject - which is responsible for extensive mortality, morbidity and economic costs within the healthcare system - the comprehensive coverage it deserves.

Pharmacists, physicians, nurses, and other health care professionals are on the front lines of patient care and pharmacotherapy, and must be knowledgeable about the risk of drug-induced diseases and methods of detection, prevention, and management. Students studying the health professions must be trained regarding both the benefits and the risks of pharmacotherapy. The purpose of this book is to provide a comprehensive source of information regarding the identification, detection, prevention, and management of drug-induced diseases for current and future health care practitioners.

James E. Tisdale, Pharm.D.
School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Purdue University and School of Medicine
Indiana University
Indianapolis, IN

Douglas A. Miller, Pharm.D.
Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy
and Health Sciences
Wayne State University
Detroit, MI