This new edition is a comprehensive, yet concise text that provides current treatment protocols and practical pharmacological information for GI Disease. Each chapter addresses a specific GI disease or condition and provides a list of all agents available for that condition, including all brand and generic names, indications, contraindications, lactation and pregnancy information, doses, routes of administration, duration, and relative cost. The text is also supplemented with tables, algorithms, and key references.
Written by experts in the field, Pocket Handbook of GI Pharmacotherapeutics, Second Edition is a valuable and portable resource of use to anyone involved in the treatment of patients with GI disease.
This new edition is a comprehensive, yet concise text that provides current treatment protocols and practical pharmacological information for GI Disease. Each chapter addresses a specific GI disease or condition and provides a list of all agents available for that condition, including all brand and generic names, indications, contraindications, lactation and pregnancy information, doses, routes of administration, duration, and relative cost. The text is also supplemented with tables, algorithms, and key references.
Written by experts in the field, Pocket Handbook of GI Pharmacotherapeutics, Second Edition is a valuable and portable resource of use to anyone involved in the treatment of patients with GI disease.
Unique handbook that combines current treatment protocols and practical pharmacological information
Provides practical treatment algorithms and easy-to-reference information on treatment agents for the most prominent GI conditions
Presents all brand and generic names, indications, contraindications, lactation and pregnancy information, doses, routes of administration, side effects, drug interactions, and relative costs of GI therapies in a highly organized format, and printed in a font size that is easily legible and accessible
Fits into a coat pocket
George Y. Wu
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“This quick reference guide to the treatment of various GI diseases covers medications that every gastroenterologist should be familiar with. … The book is written for all medical professionals, ranging from medical students to physicians, and it is appropriate for this audience. … The book provides good, quick, and easy-to-read information on the medications to treat a variety of GI diseases, and it does a good job of explaining them.” (Noah Settergren, Doody's Book Reviews, March, 2016)