AHFS Drug Information® 2000 - Subscription

Our 42nd year in print!
AHFS Drug Information 2000

No other source comes close to giving you the drug information you need.
Exhaustive coverage including unlabeled uses.

Find out why AHFS monographs are so much more substantial than those of other drug information references. We bring you therapy of choice, patient monitoring considerations, response indicators and anticipated outcomes, and much more. You get:

• objective evaluations of the medical literature and FDA-approved labeling information on almost every drug marketed in the U.S. including OTC and ophthalmic drugs, and even nutritional products
• incisive and timely commentary on a wide array of uses, including off-label indications
• drug interactions, adverse reactions, toxicity, and other cautionary guidance
• specific dosage and administration information
• availability of investigational drugs for treatment use (treatment INDs) or through parallel track protocols
• preparations, chemistry, and stability
• pharmacology and pharmacokinetics

Therapeutic perspective you won't find elsewhere.

With AHFS Drug Information, you benefit from the careful review and analysis of tens of thousands of published studies, and the expertise and clinical insight of numerous medical scientists, clinicians, pharmacists, and pharmacologists. Our editors and expert reviewers have no ties to pharmaceutical manufacturers. Our reviewers receive no honorariums or complimentary subscriptions. So you know you're getting objective information.

And, unlike most other drug references, we publish recommendations from leading health authorities like the National Institutes of Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, American Heart Association, American Academy of Pediatrics, and many others.

Easy to navigate.

Monographs in AHFS Drug Information are grouped by therapeutic use, so you can quickly and easily locate and compare information on an entire class of drugs. The index cross references brand and generic names, as well as common synonyms and classes of drugs.

A one-year subscription includes the master volume, published in January, updates on newly-approved uses, new drugs, and other timely information, plus AHFSfirstFAX. Those who reside outside the U.S./Canada, add $89 for air delivery charge to the price listed below.2000; ISSN: 8756-6028; ISBN: 1-58528-004-6; Library of Congress Card Catalog #59-7620; approx. 3,500 pages; softbound
$163.00 / USA; Publisher's Price for Foreign Countries: $253.00

Handbook on Injectable Drugs
Lawrence A. Trissel

The undisputed authority on injectable drug products, the latest edition contains 303 drugs, including 18 new drugs and 12 investigational drugs. Over 2,000 published references are listed.

Arranged in alphabetical order, the monographs provide important information on drug products' composition, manufacturer, administration, stability, and compatibility. Monographs for older drugs have been updated. The following new drugs are included:

The Handbook is divided into the following major sections: Commercial Drug Monographs, Drugs Available Outside the United States, Investigational Drugs, Parenteral Nutrition Solution Formulas, and Index. Make quick, accurate assessments of the compatibility of various solutions and additives with a given drug by consulting the HandbookOs extensive compatibility tables. These tables are grouped by four key mechanisms of drug administration: (1) infusion solutions, (3) syringes, and (2) intravenous solutions, (4) y-sites.

ISBN: 1-879907-82-8 1998; 1,344 pages; hardbound
$157.50 / USA; Publisher's Price for Foreign Countries: $244.00
Note: Price includes the Supplement to the Handbook on Injectable Drugs.

Complete Drug Information Series
Complete 3 vol. set: $189.00 / USA; Publisher's Price for Foreign Countries: $293.00

Module 1 - Analyzing and Recording a Drug Information Request
By Kimberly A. Galt

This module walks you through the first steps needed to provide accurate and reliable drug information. Includes a Patient-Specific Drug Information Worksheet.

Learn how to

• Discriminate between the requester's statement of need and the actual drug information need
• Use a systematic process to record a drug information request
• Formulate a strategy for accessing patient-specific information required to respond to a drug information request
• Appraise reliable drug information sources

Earn four hours (0.4 CEU) of CE credit. ACPE program #204-000-97-056-H01.
ISBN: 1-879907-44-5 1994; 98 pages; looseleaf binder
$66.00 / USA; Publisher's Price for Foreign Countries: $99.00

Module 2 - Evaluating Drug Literature 
By Gary H. Smith, Linda L. Norton, and Mary J. Ferrill

This module provides a "how to" approach for evaluating all types of medical literature and using the literature to make clinical decisions.

You will learn to

• Determine the relevance of drug literature
• Determine the potential for bias in the drug literature
• Appraise the adequacy of a published study's methodology
• Determine whether the conclusions are supported by study results or report information

Earn ten hours (1 CEU) of CE credit. ACPE program #204-000-98-057-H01.
ISBN: 1-879907-52-6 1995; 202 pages; looseleaf binder
$92.50 / USA; Publisher's Price for Foreign Countries: $144.00

Module 3 - Preparing a Drug Information Response
By Kimberly A. Galt, Karim Anton Calis, and Nannette M. Turcasso

This module teaches pharmacists a focused strategy for preparing, communicating, and documenting the exact information needed to respond to a drug information request in an acceptable and timely matter.

Learn how to

• Determine the appropriate depth, scope, and time frame for an information search related to a patient-specific drug information response
• Use a systematic search strategy for retrieving drug information for a drug information response
• Appraise selected drug literature for its quality and applicability to patient-specific drug information requests
• Make recommendations from the selected information
• Determine the best method for conveying a response to a drug information request

Earn six hours (0.6 CEU) of CE credit. ACPE program #204-000-98-058-H01.

ISBN: 1-879907-55-0 1995; 176 pages; looseleaf binder
$66.00 / USA; Publisher's Price for Foreign Countries: $99.00

Complete Pharmacotherapy Series

Complete Set of 5 vols.: $288.00 / USA; Publisher's Price for Foreign Countries: $447.00

Module 2 - Building a Pharmacist's Patient Data Base
By Nancy Mason and Leslie A. Shimp

Module 2 supplies you with a systematic approach to building a pharmacist's patient data base. The module includes a sample Patient Data Base Form.

With this module, you'll learn how to

• Identify types of information needed for a patient data base and reliable sources of that information
• Interview patients, caregivers, and health-care professionals
• Use the patient chart, interview data, and other sources to generate a patient-specific data base for the purpose of making drug therapy decisions

Earn five hours (0.5 CEU) of continuing education credit by successfully completing the self-study exam that accompanies the module. ACPE program #204-000-97-055-H01.

ISBN: 1-879907-32-1 1993; 92 pages; looseleaf binder
$76.50 / USA; Publisher's Price for Foreign Countries: $119.00

Module 3 - Constructing a Patient's Drug Therapy Problem List
By Leslie A. Shimp and Nancy Mason

Module 3 teaches you how to evaluate and assess a patient's current drug therapy to determine if medication-related problems exist, and record drug therapy problems in a format easily communicated to other health-care professionals. A Drug Therapy Assessment Worksheet and a Drug Therapy Problem List are included as sample forms.

Earn five hours (0.5 CEU) of continuing education credit by successfully completing the self-study exam that accompanies the module. ACPE program #204-000-96-056-H01.

ISBN: 1-879907-36-4 1993; 128 pages; looseleaf binder
$66.00 / USA; Publisher's Price for Foreign Countries: $99.00

Module 4 - Designing and Recommending a Pharmacists Care Plan
By William N. Jones and Suzanne Campbell

Module 4 includes a sample Pharmacist's Care Plan Form.

This module teaches you how to

• Determine a patient's health-care needs
• Specify pharmacotherapeutic goals
• Design a drug therapy regimen to achieve the desired pharmacotherapeutic goals
• Design a monitoring plan to achieve the desired pharmacotherapeutic endpoints
• Recommend a pharmacist's care plan to the prescriber
• Document recommendations in the patient's medical chart

You'll earn five hours (0.5 CEU) of continuing education credit by successfully completing the self-study exam that accompanies the module. ACPE program #204-000-97-057-H01.

ISBN: 1-879907-47-7 1994; 112 pages; looseleaf binder
$66.00 / USA; Publisher's Price for Foreign Countries: $99.00

Module 5 - Monitoring the Pharmacists Care Plan
By Carla B. Frye

Module 5 includes a sample Pharmacist's Care Plan Monitoring Worksheet.

This module teaches you how to

• Determine the completeness of the monitoring data collected
• Assess the validity and reliability of monitoring data collected
• Assess the data to determine if the desired end-point for each monitoring parameter has been attained
• Determine if the monitoring data results require a change in pharmacotherapeutic goals, drug therapy regimen, or monitoring plan
• Use a systematic procedure to document recommendations for changes in the patient medical chart

You'll earn five hours (0.5 CEU) of CE credit by successfully completing the self-study exam that accompanies the module. ACPE program #204-000-97-058-H01.

ISBN: 1-879907-49-6 1994; 152 pages; looseleaf binder
$66.00 / USA; Publisher's Price for Foreign Countries: $99.00

Handbook of Clinical Drug Data
Ninth Edition
By Philip O. Anderson and James E. Knoben

Updated, expanded, and completely revised to be even more user-friendly, this classic guide is an excellent resource for concise answers to clinical problems and quick comparisons of similar drug agents B over 1,000 in all. Part 1, Drug Monographs, covers ten major drug categories, subdivided into common therapeutic groups. Pertinent information about each drug is presented in monographs and comparison charts. Part II, Clinical Drug Data, has everything busy health-care professionals need to compare and select the most appropriate drug therapy for patients, including chapters on drug-induced diseases, interactions and interferences, drug use in special populations, medical emergencies, and nutrition support.

Special features include

• New material on cultural and ethnic considerations in pharmacotherapy
• New appendix on pharmacokinetic equations as well as useful appendices on conversion factors, anthropometrics, and laboratory indices
• Comprehensive comparison charts of drugs within each class for easier decision-making
• Cross-referenced index with generic/trade names and Canadian/British generic drug names
• Tabbing guide for easy location of drug categories
• Acronyms and abbreviations reference on front/back inside covers

Published by Appleton & Lange.

ISBN: 0-8385-3563-1

1999; 1,104 pages; softbound $63.00 / USA; Publisher's Price for Foreign Countries: $99.00


Medication Teaching Manual
The Guide to Patient Drug Information, 7th Edition

Give patients easy-to-use written instructions on their drug therapy with the most effective patient counseling tool you'll find anywhere! The seventh edition complies with guidelines for content and format of "useful" written information as proposed in the Action Plan for the Provision of Useful Prescription Medicine Information, approved by the U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary in 1997. All drug monographs have been updated, written, and reviewed by pharmacists. Question-and-answer format provides concise information on uses, side effects, storage, precautions, dietary instructions, and missed doses.

Here's what you get with the seventh edition:

• Over 700 monographs - including the top 200 most prescribed medications
• Easy-to-follow format - the use of bullets and short phrases draws attention to important statements
• Comprehensive home infusion section - 83 home infusion medication monographs
• Comprehensive cancer chemotherapy section (60 cancer medication monographs) - with helpful suggestions for cancer patients in a separate appendix
• Consumer-friendly text - written at a reading level appropriate for the general public, and reviewed by consumer groups for style and readability
• Helpful appendices - Medication Administration Directions and Bilingual Directory of Prescription Orders
• Incorporates federally-approved guidelines for written patient information

ISBN: 1-879907-81-X 1998; 1,262 pages; spiral bound $85.00 / USA; Publisher's Price for Foreign Countries: $127.50

Manual de Enseñanza de Medicamentos en Español
(Spanish Medication Teaching Manual)

A Spanish translation of the Medication Teaching Manual, 6th edition, this book contains more than 500 concise monographs (in Spanish), including chemotherapy and home care monographs detailing use, side effects, storage, administration, precautions, and special instructions.

This guide is especially important in helping you fulfill patients' right-to-be-informed in their own language.
$79.00 / USA; Publisher's Price for Foreign Countries: $123.00