This up-to-date and easy-to-use handbook gives you: - Accurate, reliable facts on hundreds of drugs presented alphabetically - Concise drug entries that are organized consistently for quick reference - Vital information you need to know about each drug: - Chemical and therapeutic classes, FDA pregnancy risk category, and controlled substance schedules - Indications and dosages, route, onset, steady state, peak, half-life, and duration - Mechanism of action - Incompatibilities, contraindications, and interactions with drugs, food, and activities - Adverse reactions and overdose signs and symptoms and nursing interventions - Nursing considerations, including key patient-teaching points - Special Features - Dosage adjustments for elderly patients, patients with renal impairment, and others with special needs - Mechanism-of-action illustrations that show how drugs work at the cellular, tissue, or organ levels - Warnings of important facts you need to know before, during, or after drug administration - Additional Reference Sections - The nurse's role in all aspects of behavioral and mental health drug therapy - How behavioral and mental health drugs work - Classification of seizures - Common sources of caffeine that patients should avoid when taking a psychostimulant - Herbal remedies with psychotropic effects Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.