cover image - The Top 100 Drugs - Elsevier E-Book on VitalSource (Retail Access Card), 3rd Edition
ISBN: 9780323834490
Copyright: 2023
Publication Date: 12-01-2022
Page Count: 336
Imprint: Elsevier
List Price: $19.99

The Top 100 Drugs - Elsevier E-Book on VitalSource (Retail Access Card), 3rd Edition

by Andrew W. Hitchings, BSc, MBBS, PhD, FRCP, FFICM, FHEA, FBPhS, Dagan Lonsdale, BSc(Hons) MBBS PhD MRCP FHEA FFICM, Daniel Burrage, BSc(Hons) MBBS MSc (Med Ed) MRCP FHEA and Emma Baker, MBChB PhD FRCP FBPhS

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cover image - The Top 100 Drugs - Elsevier E-Book on VitalSource (Retail Access Card), 3rd Edition
ISBN: 9780323834490
Copyright: 2023
Publication Date: 12-01-2022
Page Count: 336
Imprint: Elsevier
List Price: $19.99
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    • Compact and easy to follow – can be carried around on the wards
    • Logically ordered – offers multiple ways to find the drug you are looking for
    • A Clinical Tip for each drug, drawn from the authors’ experience
    • 100 self-assessment questions to encourage integration and revision of knowledge and understanding
    • Fully updated to include the most commonly prescribed drugs today, based on original research led by the authors of over 1 billion community prescriptions and approximately 1 million hospital prescriptions
    • All drug monographs extensively reviewed and updated
    • Dedicated section emergency drugs
    • Updated self-assessment material, now including calculation and prescription-writing questions, in addition to single-best-answer questions
  • List of abbreviations
    Introduction
    The top 100 drugs listed by system
    The top 100 drugs listed by indication
    The top 100 drugs (alphabetical listing)

    5α-reductase inhibitors
    α-blockers
    Acetylcholinesterase inhibitors
    Acetylcysteine (N-acetylcysteine)
    Activated charcoal
    Adenosine
    Adrenaline (epinephrine)
    Aldosterone antagonists
    Alginates and antacids
    Allopurinol
    Aminoglycosides
    Aminosalicylates
    Amiodarone
    Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors
    Angiotensin receptor blockers
    Antidepressants, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors
    Antidepressants, tricyclics and related drugs
    Antidepressants, venlafaxine and mirtazapine
    Antiemetics, dopamine D2-receptor antagonists
    Antiemetics, histamine H1-receptor antagonists
    Antiemetics, serotonin 5-HT3-receptor antagonists
    Antifungal drugs
    Antihistamines (H1-receptor antagonists)
    Antimotility drugs
    Antimuscarinics, bronchodilators
    Antimuscarinics, cardiovascular and gastrointestinal uses
    Antimuscarinics, genitourinary uses
    Antipsychotics, first-generation (typical)
    Antipsychotics, second-generation (atypical)
    Antiviral drugs
    Antiplatelet drugs, ADP-receptor antagonists
    Antiplatelet drugs, aspirin
    Azathioprine
    β-blockers
    β2-agonists
    Benzodiazepines
    Bisphosphonates
    Calcium and vitamin D
    Calcium channel blockers
    Carbamazepine
    Cephalosporins and carbapenems
    Chloramphenicol
    Corticosteroids (glucocorticoids), inhaled
    Corticosteroids (glucocorticoids), systemic
    Corticosteroids (glucocorticoids), topical
    Digoxin
    Dipeptidylpeptidase-4 inhibitors
    Direct oral anticoagulants
    Diuretics, loop
    Diuretics, thiazide and thiazide-like
    Dopaminergic drugs for Parkinson’s disease
    Emollients
    Fibrinolytic drugs
    Gabapentin and pregabalin
    H2-receptor antagonists
    Heparins and fondaparinux
    Insulin
    Iron
    Lamotrigine
    Laxatives, osmotic
    Laxatives, stimulant
    Leukotriene receptor antagonists
    Levetiracetam
    Lidocaine
    Macrolides
    Metformin
    Methotrexate
    Metronidazole
    Naloxone
    Nicotine replacement and related drugs
    Nitrates
    Nitrofurantoin
    Non-steroidal antiinflammatory drugs
    Ocular lubricants (artificial tears)
    Oestrogens and progestogens
    Opioids, strong
    Opioids, weak/moderate
    Oxygen
    Paracetamol
    Penicillins
    Penicillins, antipseudomonal
    Penicillins, broad-spectrum
    Penicillins, penicillinase-resistant
    Phosphodiesterase (type 5) inhibitors
    Prostaglandin analogue eye drops
    Proton pump inhibitors
    Quinine
    Quinolones
    Serotonin 5-HT1-receptor agonists
    Sex hormone antagonists for breast cancer
    Statins
    Sulphonylureas
    Tetracyclines
    Thyroid hormones
    Trimethoprim
    Valproate (valproic acid)
    Vancomycin
    Vitamins
    Warfarin
    Z-drugs

    Fluids
    Colloids (plasma substitutes)
    Compound sodium lactate (Hartmann’s solution)
    Glucose (dextrose)
    Potassium chloride
    Sodium chloride

    Self-assessment and knowledge integration
    100 single best-answer questions
    Answers and explanations

  • Andrew W. Hitchings, BSc, MBBS, PhD, FRCP, FFICM, FHEA, FBPhS, Reader in Clinical Pharmacology, St George’s, University of London, Honorary Consultant in Neurointensive Care, St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK, Dagan Lonsdale, BSc(Hons) MBBS PhD MRCP FHEA FFICM, Honorary Senior Lecturer, St George’s, University of London; Specialty Registrar in Clinical Pharmacology, General Medicine and Intensive Care Medicine, St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK, Daniel Burrage, BSc(Hons) MBBS MSc (Med Ed) MRCP FHEA, NIHR Doctoral Research Fellow, St George’s, University of London; Specialty Registrar in Clinical Pharmacology, General Medicine and Stroke Medicine, St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK and Emma Baker, MBChB PhD FRCP FBPhS, Professor of Clinical Pharmacology, St George’s University of London; Honorary Consultant Physician, St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
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