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Pharmacotherapy : A Pathophysiologic Approach
Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 615.58
EAN: 9780071363617
Edition: 5
ISBN: 0071363610
Label: McGraw-Hill/Appleton & Lange
Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill/Appleton & Lange
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 2668
Publication Date: April 18, 2002
Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Appleton & Lange
Studio: McGraw-Hill/Appleton & Lange
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Editorial Review:* Comprehensive: acclaimed in a prior edition as “the best pharmacotherapy textbook available,”* it offers you the most detailed pathophysiologic approach to selecting and using pharmaceutical agents in disease management and pharmaceutical care
* Current: the 5th Edition presents the latest information on new drugs and new approaches to treatment and disease management in all therapy sections
* New Chapters: now covers evidence-based medicine, pharmacogenetics, benign prostatic hyperplasia, endometriosis, erectile dysfunction, urinary incontinence, and much more
* Disease Management Focus: meets the needs of pharmacy curriculum and establishes a strong pathophysiologic basis for treatment
* Student-Friendly: provides clear explanations on how a particular organ system and related drug therapy is evaluated; includes dozens of treatment algorithms, figures and tables for quick readability; also offers the necessary background to understand topics including pharmacoeconomics and the used of evidence-based decision-making in practice
*Annals of Pharmacotherapy on the 4th Edition
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - Brand new book in a fast amount of time
The book was brand new and at a great price. It arrived promptly in perfect packaging.
Rating:  - eBook restricted use disappointing
Each copy of the book comes with a eBook download code that allows the book owner to download an electronic copy of the book. The eBook version of the book is a special pdf file that can only be viewed on the computer that downloaded the eBook. The pdf file may be copied to another computer but the file will not be viewable on the other computer due to digital rights management features built into the file. Also, there is a 10 page/day print limit on the file. So if you want to avoid carrying ... Read More
Rating: - Good read for those in therapeutics
Helps make material taught in class solid. Also has nutrtitional information, and OTC drug information in interacting diseases.
Rating: - Comments
One of the most useful and logical texts on pharmacotherapy available. Explaining the disease process then introducing the drugs gives the reader a structure with which to approach the details of drug therapy and allows extension into structurally-similar drugs that may not be covered.
Rating: - Handy reference
I didn't have this book during my P3 (3rd year of PharmD school) year; we used the text by Kradjan that had a patient-based format. DePiro's more traditional format makes it easier to find info quickly. The downloadable format of this text (which comes with the book) makes it even faster to find info. A downside would be books like these are out-of-date as soon as they're published, but I've been using the DePiro just fine for my P4 clerkships and plan to use Kradjan's as a doorstop. (I'm not really ... Read More
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