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

by Andrew 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

Elsevier eBook on VitalSource - Access Card

ISBN: 9780323834490

Publication Date: 12-01-2022

Page Count: 336

Imprint: Elsevier

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Key Features
- 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
New to This Edition
- 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
Contents

List of abbreviations

Introduction

The top 100 drugs listed by system

The top 100 drugs listed by indication

The top 100 drugs (alphabetical listing)

5a-reductase inhibitors

a-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

ß-blockers

ß₂-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

Index
Authors

Andrew 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, 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.