Complete guide to prescription & nonprescription drugs
By: by H. Winter Griffith ; revised and updated by Stephen W. Moore ; technical consultants: Kevin Boesen, Cindy Boesen
Contributors: Moore, Stephen W.; Boesen, Kevin; Boesen, Cindy
Edition: 2012 Perigee trade pbk. ed.
Publisher: Penguin Group
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1090
ISBN-13: 9780399536991
Subjects: Drugs; Pharmaceutical Preparations; Popular Works; Nonprescription Drugs
Other titles: Complete guide to prescription and nonprescription drugs; Drugs
Description: Revised and updated, this classic bestseller provides the necessary information about all the prescription and nonprescription drugs that the public has come to rely on. This reference covers 5,000 brand-name drugs and 700 generic drugs.
Notes: "A Perigee book."

"Over 6000 brand names. Over 1000 generic names."

"Includes revised information on new FDA changes, easy-to-use chart format for quick access to data, information on dangerous interactions and side effects, warnings and vital data for safe use, comprehensive coverage of lifestyle drugs--skin aging, obesity, sexual dysfunction, and more, more than 6,000 brand names and 1,000 generic names"--Cover.

Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Drugs and you; title: Guide to drug charts; title: Checklist for safer drug use; title: Cough and cold medicines; title: Pregnancy risk category information; title: Buying prescription drugs online; title: Information about substances of abuse; title: Medical conditions and their commonly used drugs; title: Drug charts; title: Generic Brand name directory; title: Additional drug interactions.