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Pharmacotherapy: A Pathophysiologic Approach is the gold standard in therapeutics courses in North American schools of pharmacy (and many nurse practitioner and physician assistant programs) and a trusted reference for those in practice. Pharmacotherapy is the authority for evidence-based approaches to the drug treatment of diseases. This new, seventh edition will continue to provide definitive coverage of the field, and is now in a full color format.

“Pharmacotherapy” (drug therapeutics) uses evidence-based approaches to the drug treatment of diseases. It goes beyond knowing that a given drug can be used to treat a disease and administering an appropriate dosage. It includes all of the variables that go into the initial selection (availability of clinical trials and cost to name two), administration, timing, and monitoring. It also embraces psycho-social issues that affect compliance including the patient's perception of illness and the risks and benefits of therapy. It includes issues related to a patient's ability to understand and manage complex therapy. Life-style changes that might obviate the need for drug therapy or improve the pharmacotherapeutic outcomes are considered.

Features:

• Expanded: Evidence-based recommendations are provided throughout, so that readers know they are getting the most careful assessment of the literature before initiating drug therapy
• Brand New: web-based chapters. Most of the 10 introductory chapters and 10 additional chapters will be included on the web; abstracts for each web chapter will be included within the book.
• Expanded: more coverage of the important issue of on palliative care and pain medicine
• Brand New: SI units (the International System of Units refers to a specific measurements derived and extended from the metric system).
• Brand New: chapters on Drug therapy Individualization: Patients with Hepatic Disease; Primary Pulmonary Hypertension; Management of the Developmentally Disabled; Substance Abuse; Drug Therapy of Influenza; and Psychosomatic Medicine.

Published by McGraw Hill Professionals
P8991
ISBN: 978-0-0714-7899-1
2008; approx 2,784; hardbound
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