#1 drug guide for physicians – 20th edition covers 5,000+ drugs, high-alert meds.
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Davis’s Drug Guide for Physicians, 20th Edition is a trusted drug reference designed for medical students, residents, and practicing physicians. It delivers essential information needed to prescribe and manage medications safely across the lifespan. The guide features well-organized monographs for hundreds of generic drugs and thousands of trade names, emphasizing clinical prescribing, monitoring, administration, and patient management.
This comprehensive resource enhances patient safety with high-alert medication markers, life-threatening side effects highlighted in red bold text, REMS icons for high-risk drugs, and detailed guidance on drug interactions. It also includes special considerations for pediatric, geriatric, pregnancy, lactation, and reproductive-age patients.
The 20th Edition provides comprehensive prescribing information physicians need to deliver optimal patient care. DrDrugs includes 700+ built-in drug dosing calculation tools, enabling users to review a drug, calculate dosage, and administer medication seamlessly within a single workflow.
Comprehensive coverage on 1,400+ drug monographs including more than:
- 5,000 trade & generic drugs as well as expanded coverage of herbal products
- 150 drug classifications, both therapeutic and pharmacologic (if available)
- 500 commonly used combination drugs, including the dosage amount of the active generic ingredient
- Most complete life-span drug dosing considerations for adult, pediatric, & geriatric patients
Coverage on vulnerable populations including:
- New indications & dosing recommendations for top 100 pediatric drugs
- Pediatric, geriatric & OB medication administration considerations
- A complete immunization schedule
- Special techniques for administering medications to children
- Oral rehydration solutions
- Drugs and breast feeding
- List of drugs associated with increased number of falls in the elderly
More High Alert Coverage and Patient Safety Information than any other drug guide including:
- Special highlights to identify High Alert Medications with high risks for patient injury & information throughout the monograph that explain what the physician can do to ensure patient safety
- “Do not confuse with" & "Do not crush, break, or chew" caution statements highlighted to support safe practice
- Information on how to prevent administration errors, detect dosing & dispensing errors & detect or prevent adverse drug reactions (ADR)s.
- Explanations on how to administer medication safely by all routes–including signs and symptoms for toxicity & overdose, safe handling tips & how to educate patients for safe medication use in the home
Plus integrated dosing calculators-700+ built in weight-based drug dosing calculation tools, simply review a drug, calculate the dose & administer all in a single step, without needing to switch to a separate drug dosing program.
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Author(s): Cynthia A. Sanoski
Publisher: F. A. Davis Company
A very useful app with thousands of trade & generic drugs, 150 drug classifications and 800 built-in dosage calculators. The coolest feature is the audio pronunciations. This app provides audio pronunciations for over 800 generic drugs. Great content overall!
Developer Response
Thank you for your kind remarks.
Includes route and dosage calcs
Rustybag
Many of the drug monographs include built in route & dosage calculators.
Developer Response
Thank you - I am sure this will help other customers.
Not pleased, difficult to manouver.
Doc QT
To difficult to find what I want. I wish I could quit this app.
Seriously??????
Alromac
Ask $49 for this app when you can find free or much, much cheaper (for few dollars) similar app. No way
Developer Response
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