{"product_id":"the-drug-recognition-guide-isbn-9781119689805","title":"The Drug Recognition Guide","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Drug Recognition Guide\u003c\/i\u003e introduces an innovative method for recognising and categorising medications, enabling readers to easily identify the type and use of a generic drug by visually deconstructing its name. Through its creative use of colour-coded drug prefixes and suffixes, this pocket-sized guide makes generic drug names distinctive, logical, and easy to pronounce and remember. More than 700 drugs from over 200 different drug categories are catalogued and colour-highlighted—helping you understand what underlies a generic drug name.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOrganised by class and use, the book's ten chapters cover a comprehensive range of drugs, including chemotherapy and immunosuppressants, drugs that affect the cardiovascular and respiratory systems, drugs used to manage pain, treat infectious diseases, and many others. Each entry briefly summarises a particular class of drugs, describes the intended use of drugs within the class, and breaks down the “name stems” of individual drugs to reveal useful information and illustrate connections between chemically and therapeutically related medicines.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePresenting an original, easy-to-use approach to the complex subject of drug classification, this invaluable learning aid:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides a thorough yet accessible way for students and practitioners to increase their understanding of medications and their application\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHelps students to clearly read and pronounce even the most difficult generic drug names\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHighlights the letters in generic drug names to enable students to recognise drugs immediately\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplains who assigns a generic drug name and what the name represents\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes an introduction to generic and proprietary drug names and design motifs\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Drug Recognition Guide\u003c\/i\u003e is essential reading for nursing and medical students, pharmacy students and technicians, as well as nurse practitioners and trainee and junior doctors.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eForeword ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Drugs that affect the gastrointestinal system 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Drugs that affect the cardiovascular system 7\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Drugs that affect blood coagulation and lipids 21\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Drugs that affect the respiratory system 31\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Drugs that affect the central and peripheral nervous system 35\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Drugs used in the management of pain 51\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Antiemetics: drugs used in the management of nausea and vomiting 59\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Diabetes drug therapy and other medicines that affect the endocrine system 65\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Antimicrobials: drugs used to treat infectious diseases 77\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Chemotherapy and immunomodulating agents 89\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex of Drugs Groups 99\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex of Drugs 105\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMark Currivan\u003c\/b\u003e is Senior Staff Nurse, Medication Competency Assessor, and former Practice Development Leader at Wirral University Teaching Hospital, UK. He is a regular guest lecturer on medicines management at the University of Liverpool for the Bachelor of Nursing Programme, and has played an important part in advancing nursing curriculum development around safe medicine administration to meet the Nursing and Midwifery Council’s Standards of Proficiency for Registered Nurses.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Drug Recognition Guide\u003c\/i\u003e introduces an innovative method for recognising and categorising medications, enabling readers to easily identify the type and use of a generic drug by visually deconstructing its name. Through its creative use of colour-coded drug prefixes and suffixes, this pocket-sized guide makes generic drug names distinctive, logical, and easy to pronounce and remember. 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