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| Lexi-Comp's Drug Information Handbook | 
 enlarge | Authors: Charles F. Lacy, Lora L. Armstrong, Morton P. Goldman, Leonard L. Lance
Publisher: Lexi-Comp
Category: Book
List Price: $59.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  26 reviews
Sales Rank: 1960
Media: Paperback
Edition: 17
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 1938
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.6
Dimensions (in): 11.5 x 6.1 x 2.3
ISBN: 1591952360
Dewey Decimal Number: 615
EAN: 9781591952367
ASIN: 1591952360
Publication Date: May 30, 2008
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...comprehensive handbook includes over 1,285 drug monographs, with up to 29 key fields of up-to-date information...covers a total of over 4,000 US & Canadian medications...plus 290 pages of appendix.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 21 more reviews...
 My peripheral brain of drug knowledge January 22, 1999
30 out of 31 found this review helpful
Pharmacists and physicians field dozens of drug information questions daily that can have life and death ramifications. Lacy's "Drug Information Handbook" is a concise, organized, reference book that will quickly become your first line source for up-to-date information on drug dosing, toxicities, pharmacokinetics (absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion) indications, drug interactions, and more. In addition, there are voluminous tables with comparison data. I highly recommend this book to healthcare professionals.
The Essential Portable Drug Reference November 14, 2005
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
I am a clinical pharmacy specialist on an internal medicine teaching service. I have found that Lexi-Comp Drug Information is by far the most user-friendly, yet comprehensive of the portable drug references. Drugs are listed alphabetically by generic name, so there is no fumbling through indexes and listings by class when information is needed quickly, e.g., on rounds with the medical team. The topic headings under each monograph are extensive and thorough, and there are a number of useful appendices in the back of the book. There is a joke in our facility that this book is surgically attached to one hand of all the clinical pharmacists. This is the book I keep by the phone at home when I am on call, and the reference I recommend to my students to bring on teaching rounds.
While initially a "pocket" reference, the DI Handbook has quite outgrown the labcoat pocket, though it is still very portable. Though there are some monographs for combination products, there are no side-by-side comparisons of combination drugs such as found in Facts and Comparisons, et al. Adverse effects sections consist of lists of reactions ranked by frequnecy and categorized by organ system. Detailed information about any specific reaction is generally lacking, but it does provide a starting point for further investigation.
Overall, this is the best combination of ease-of-use and thoroughness of information in a drug reference that I have found.
Single best reference I have August 26, 2006
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
Being a hospital pharmacist and former pharmacy resident at a very well-known tertiary care center, I have found the DI Handbook to be the single best resource I have. There are other reference books that provide more complete information or are tailored to a specific topic, but I don't think there is a better general drug reference book that is as easy to carry as the DI Handbook. I use it daily in my practice.
The Bible of Pharmacy February 28, 2001
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
This is the absolute bible of pharmacy. This is a good reference for generic/brand names, drug class, drug interactions, etc. There are also some very useful drug charts and treatment guidelines in the back of the book. However, it is a little weak on OTC drugs. Overall, this is an excellent portable medical reference.
This is the BEST drug guide that I have used April 30, 2001
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
The Drug Information Handbook by Lacy et al is the single best drug guide that I have used. I keep it handy both on my desk and in my bag when I make visits to patients in the field. I advise all of my staff of nurses and hospice physicians to obtain a copy on a regular basis as it is the most concise reference book in the field. I supervise a hospice program and in that context I am speaking with pharmacists, physicians and families on a regular basis. I buy a new copy every year. It was with relief that I disposed of my nursing drug guides a number of years ago and switched to the Lacy guide.
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