The Practitioner's Quick Reference to Nonprescription Drugs contains information from the American Pharmacists Association's comprehensive Handbook of Nonprescription Drugs: An Interactive Approach to Self-Care, 16th edition. The information has been edited and formatted to include only the content that practitioners are most likely to need during self-care consultations with patients. The title covers 25 common self-treatable conditions including acne, common cold, cough, fever and headache. The Practitioner's Quick Reference to Nonprescription Drugs is a must-have resource for busy health practitioners.

Key Features:

• Each chapter begins with an algorithm that presents treatment
and follow-up recommendations as well as exclusions for self-treatment
• The accompanying text expands on the algorithm's recommendations and includes essential additional information (e.g., cautions and contraindications, drug interactions) plus limited background information on the condition
• Valuable appendices cover administration guidelines for nasal and ophthalmic dosage formulations, FDA pregnancy risk categories and recommended intakes for vitamins and minerals
• Tables, bulleted key points and detailed index make quick lookups easy

Cynthia Knapp Dlugosz, BPharm