Reviewer: Eric Savering, PharmD (Temple University School of Pharmacy) Description: This reference text lays out pharmacotherapy principles, in the form of chapters, relevant to particular disease states. Relevant disease states concerning the same organ systems are placed next to each other. Particularly useful elements of this text consist of the following elements: highlighted most pertinent information, diagnostic and treatment algorithms, dosing of medications based on commercial availability where appropriate, side effect profiles and pharmacological differences between agents, and clinical cases one can examine while going through a chapter. The prior fifth edition was published in 2009. I do not have that text to compare to prior editions.Purpose: The use of this book is limited to higher level medical professionals who are familiar with terminology and have an advanced understanding of diagnosis and management of disease states. The purpose is primarily for pharmacists to be able to better evaluate drug treatment therapy to assist other healthcare providers and provide better care for patients. The comprehensiveness of this text allows it to be a hardcover reference to easily gather pertinent information regarding medication therapy management and evaluate patient care. The book exceeded my expectations. Audience: This book is useful for practicing pharmacists, residents, and students alike. Due to its references to diagnosis and various settings, including hospital care, it is mostly applicable to pharmacists practicing in a healthcare or hospital setting. In my opinion, the book is a complete and thorough resource as a reference guide and a significant starting point to evaluate patient care. The contributors and editors are all pharmacists who write through this lens. The references are credible and numerous.Features: The book provides an overview of various common disease states that should be known by practicing pharmacists. It lays out special considerations, off-label considerations, and guideline flow charts for diagnosis and treatment, which are useful for a pharmacist to be able to access in the case of changing therapies, which is common in a healthcare environment. The book itself reads easily and precisely, albeit somewhat heavy in abbreviations. The glossary is easily accessible in the back for those who need a refresher. Each pharmaceutical agent used is broken down in simple clinical pearl charts, indicating important points to be aware of such as dosage adjustments for renal/hepatic impairments among other common drug interactions to consider. In my personal use, if I had something I was unsure about, I would flip to the relevant chapter and quickly find the information. The sources used to create the text are plentiful and the editors and authors are well-trained, practicing pharmacists. The only shortcoming is that perhaps there should be a discussion of pharmacokinetics and dynamics - maybe just a chapter or so of relevant, commonly seen issues to consider when making clinical decisions.Assessment: The intention of the book is to serve as a reference text of integrated utility and accuracy for practicing healthcare pharmacists, which it has achieved. As a sixth edition, the book deserves respect as a reference text to pharmacological treatment of common diseases. Although it is a reference text, it doesn't read as particularly easy as a quick or general reference guide that could also be used by those without a high level of medical literacy. Replacing the previous edition is probably necessary as treatment guidelines undergo revisions on a regular basis and new treatment information and studies are procured constantly.
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PHPR - 4690 DOSAGE FORM DESIGN [3 hours] The utilization of pharmaceutical principles and practices for the design and manufacture of modern commercial dosage forms such as tablets, aerosols, emulsions, suspensions and solutions emphasizing biopharmaceutically efficacious products. Prerequisite: PHPR 3070, 3080, 3010
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