I enjoy this book as a quick convenient reference to carry with me on rounds. Its got quite a bit of applicable information for dosing, drug utilization and dosing adjustments for optimal therapies. It is also convenient as it is cross-referenced with trade as well as generic names and lists components of all/most similar products to assist physicans to adhere to formulary medication choices.

Forget the PDR, this text is the 'bible' of pharmacists in theUSA (I'm one of them). For home use, the paperback edition veryhandy. The accuracy and objective information is excellent. END

This is what I wrote in recommending this for a NZ polytechnic library that teaches nursing...from a US librarian serving a pharmacy school:

This would have been useful today for a midwifery who had a list of drugs for which she needed mechanism of action, side effects, and generic name. This is a book that in the US pharmacy students already know about before coming to school if they have worked in a pharmacy...and I am always amazed how often the answer shows up here ....is the only place with such good "comparisons". While it is US, the information is useful anywhere. The looseleaf version is available..you don't want this, you want the annual bound volume if you decide to purchase it.