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Stockley’s drug interactions. 8th edition; Stockley’s drug interactions

2008 pocket companion

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Stockley’s drug An interactive CD-ROM of

interactions. 8th this eighth edition and a per-

sonal digital assistant version of

edition; Stockley’s the pocket companion are avail-

able. MedicinesComplete pro-
drug interactions vides on-line access to Stockley’s
Drug Interactions and Stockley’s
2008 pocket Interaction Alerts (http://

companion
medicinescomplete.com/mc).
Lexi-Comp provides a
Canadianized a l t e r n a t i v e t o
EDITOR  Karen Baxter Stockley’s on-line resources. It
PUBLISHER  Pharmaceutical Press, analyzes potential interactions
1 Lambeth High St, London, UK SE1 7JN among a patient’s list of drugs
TELEPHONE  44 (0)20 7735 9141 (regardless of mixing trade
FAX  44 (0)20 7572 2509 names with generic names) to
WEBSITE  www.pharmpress.com generate similar information
PUBLISHED  2007/1472 pp/$257.50; about the mechanism, nature
2007/576 pp/$46.50 and frequency, and seriousness
of the drug interaction, and includes suggestions for
OVERALL RATING  Good how to accommodate those interactions using alter-
native, safer drug choices.
STRENGTHS  Thoroughly researched, evidence-
—Dale W. Quest PhD
based, and fully referenced; rationally organized,
well-established products Dr Quest is a pharmacologist and Associate Professor at
WEAKNESSES  Not Canadianized; the utility the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon.
and shelf-life of hard-copy drug interaction
references quickly lose their value in the face
of constantly updated electronic resources
AUDIENCE  Health professionals who prescribe
and evaluate pharmacotherapy The active female.
Health issues
T throughout the lifespan
he goal of these reference books is to pro-
vide practitioners with ready access to clini-
cally relevant, evidence-based information on
proprietary drug interactions, as well as interac- EDITORS  Jacalyn J. Robert-McComb,
tions between drugs and herbal products, dietary Reid Norman, Mimi Zumwalt
constituents, or environmental agents. The full-text PUBLISHER  Humana Press, 999 Riverview Drive,
eighth edition provides more than 3100 detailed, Suite 208, Totowa, NJ 07512 USA
evidence-based, and clinically relevant monographs TELEPHONE  800 777-4643
about drug interactions. The pocket companion is FAX  973 256-8341
a conveniently sized quick reference, pared down WEBSITE  www.springer.com/humana+press
to about 1500 monographs by omitting interactions PUBLISHED  2007/462 pp/$105.95
involving anesthetics, specialist use of multidrug
antivirals, and antineoplastic regimens. Chapter 1 of
the full-text version provides a very good introduc- OVERALL RATING  Poor
tory review on the general topic of drug interactions. STRENGTHS  Several teaching aids are included
Eight editions have been printed since the book was
WEAKNESSES  Serious flaws in content and
first published in 1981; these print resources clearly
style; too simple for a physician audience
have a limited shelf-life, likely due to competitively
priced subscriptions to more integrated and regu- AUDIENCE  Ranges from undergraduate univer-
larly updated reference materials and other elec- sity students to sports or medical professionals
tronic pocket devices.

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