The Practitioner's Quick Reference to Nonprescription Drugs

Thoroughly revised and updated, The Practitioner's Quick Reference to Nonprescription Drugs, 2nd edition, contains information from the American Pharmacists Association's comprehensive Handbook of Nonprescription Drugs: An Interactive Approach to Self-Care, 17th 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 book contains 25 chapters addressing common self-treatable conditions. Each chapter begins with a self-care algorithm that presents treatment and follow-up recommendations, as well as exclusions for self-treatment. The Practitioner's Quick Reference to Nonprescription Drugs, 2nd edition, is intended as a quick reference resource for busy practitioners. Practitioners are encouraged to consult the Handbook of Nonprescription Drugs: An Interactive Approach to Self-Care, 17th edition, for more complete information about the conditions covered in this book.