MEYLER'S Side Effects of Drugs: The International Encyclopedia of Adverse Drug Reactions and Interactions (Fifteenth Edition) in 6 Volumens

MEYLER'S Side Effects of Drugs: The International Encyclopedia of Adverse Drug Reactions and Interactions (Fifteenth Edition) in 6 Volumens

Editor:                             J.K. Aronson

Publishers:                    ELSEVIER

Format:                          Hardcover in 6 Volumens

Pages:                           4192 pages

Publication date:         2006

Edition number:          15

Product dimensions:   21.00 cm x 28.50 cm

Country Origin:              Great Britain

Key Features:

* Enhanced encyclopedic format with drug monographs now organized alphabetically

* Completely expanded coverage of each drug - thalidomide warranted three sentences in Meyler's 14th edition, but is now a 13 page extensive monograph

* Clearer, systematic organization of information for easier reading including case histories to provide perspective on each listing

* Extensive bibliography with over 40,000 references - Meyler's 15th edition incorporates all relevant citations from Meyler's 14th, but also includes relevant citations from previous editions of Meyler's and Side Effects of Drugs Annuals to give a historical perspective on the use and safety of drugs

Description:

Building on the success of the 14 previous editions, this remarkable reference has been extensively reorganized and expanded and now comprises almost 1,500 individual drug articles providing the most complete coverage of adverse reactions and interactions found anywhere. Each article contains detailed and authoritative information about the adverse effects of each drug, with comprehensive references to the primary literature making this a must have for any academic or medical library, pharmacologist, regulatory organization, hospital dispensary or pharmaceutical company.

Readership:

Academic and medical libraries, clinical pharmacologists, pharmacists in the pharmaceutical industry, regulatory organizations, and hospital dispensaries

Contents:

§  Contributors

§  Foreword

§  Contents

§  How to use this book

§  Overview of Drug Monographs

§  Preface

§  Drug Monographs

§  Index of Drug Names

§  Index of Adverse Reactions

Meet the Author

Dr Jeffrey K. Aronson is a consultant clinical pharmacologist and physician in the Department of Primary Health Care in the University of Oxford in ENGLAND and a consultant physician in the Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals Trust. He has been associated with the Meyler series since 1977 and has published many research papers on adverse drug reactions. He is also the editor of Meyler's Side Effects of Drugs and the Side Effects of Drugs Annual series. He is President of the British Pharmacological Society and serves on many committees concerned with drug therapy, including the Technology Appraisal Committee of the UK’s National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) and the Joint Formulary Committees of the British National Formulary and the British National Formulary for Children.