Plus it is small enough to keep in your coat pocket and packed full of useful information including drug dosing, pregnancy category, routes of metabolism and relative cost.

This book is a must purchase for those already in clinical practice and for students and residents.


A Must Have for Patient Care   January 30, 2006
 9 out of 9 found this review helpful

I am a Family Nurse Practitioner and I order one of these annually. If I did not need reading glasses, the regular pocket edition would probably be okay, but I can often read this print in the deluxe edition without my glasses. This edition also has some very handy charts and I particularly use the one addressing Oral Contraceptives on a regular basis. In my opinion, this book beats the heck out of thumbing through a huge PDR and I can look things up just as quick (if not more so) than my colleagues with PDA programs.


Essential for Medical Students and Residents   December 5, 2000
 8 out of 8 found this review helpful

This is the best shirt-pocket sized drug book available. It is excellent for looking up unfamiliar drugs your patients are on, dosages and regimens for unfamiliar or seldom-used drugs, and safety profile in pregnant and breastfeeding women.

Probably the most important book you can carry with you, especially if you work in an E.R.


Standard Drug Reference   June 2, 2001
 8 out of 8 found this review helpful

Tarascon's pocket pharmacopeia covers practically all important drugs doctors frequently use. The major strength is its handy size and focussed approach. This pocket book is a must for every clinician.


Essential reference for modern medical care   February 13, 2007
 8 out of 8 found this review helpful

I've been buying these little books every year for nearly 15 years now. As a practicing physician, it is one of two essential books I use every day (the other one being the Sanford Guide to Antimicrobial Therapy). In fact, this year I ordered three copies, so I could keep the physicians I practice with from stealing my copy! Simply put, more drugs come out on the market every day, and relying on my memory to recall the correct doses for every indication...well, I'd be foolish to think I was that infallible. I have used other guides in the past, but I keep coming back to this one. Drugs are grouped by medical specialty, then by class. Each drug also includes information on metabolism and excretion, safety in pregnancy, safety in lactation, a symbol to flag if it is a DEA controlled substance, relative cost per month or per course of treatment, other names of the drug, and typical treatment regimens. I highly recommend it.