Pharmaceutical Press

The Handbook of Pharmaceutical Excipients is internationally recognised as the world’s most authoritative source of information on pharmaceutical excipients. It is the definitive comprehensive guide to uses, properties and safety of excipients providing scientists and researchers with a one stop resource when researching an excipient.  All of the 400+ monographs are also thoroughly cross-referenced and indexed to allow their identification by chemical, non-proprietary or trade names.  Extensive content updates in the new edition include: - Over 420 fully referenced excipient monographs, many including IR, Raman, and NIR spectra - 13 new monographs including several amino acids and hydrated silicon dioxide - 250 existing monographs reviewed - New chapters providing support to the formulator, such as excipient selection for orally inhaled and also injectable formulations.   Unique Benefits - The world’s authoritative source of information on pharmaceutical excipients - International Scope: Recognized globally as the authority on the uses, properties and safety of excipients. - Written by over 170 expert pharmaceutical scientists - One stop resource when researching an excipient   Contents - Biological Effects of Pharmaceutical Excipients - The Selection of Excipients for Injectable Formulations - The Selection of Excipients for Orally Inhaled Dosage Forms - The History of Excipients - The Use of Counterions and Coformers in the Creation of Salt and Co-Crystal forms of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs) - Over 420 Monographs benefiting from a standardized, easy-to-use template including: - Pharmacopoeial information from the UK, Europe, Japan and the United States where relevant - non-proprietary names and synonyms - chemical name and structure, CAS Registry number, empirical formula, molecular weight - functional category, applications and incompatibilities - material description and typical excipient properties - safety, stability, storage and handling information - method of drug manufacture - related substances - primary references - editorial comments - author details and revision date

Meant for doctors, pharmacists & nurses, this guide deals with the safe & effective use of medicines for the management of childhood conditions. Prepared under the guidance of the Paediatric Formulary Committee, it draws from national & international resources, from reviews & clinical studies & from the manufacturers' literature.

Stockley's Drug Interactions, edited by Karen Baxter, remains the world's most comprehensive and authoritative reference book on drug interactions. * Contains detailed yet concise monographs * Covers interactions between therapeutic drugs, proprietary medicines, herbal medicines, foods, drinks, pesticides and drugs of abuse * Based on published sources and fully referenced * Provides comprehensive details of the clinical evidence for the interactions under discussion, an assessment of their clinical importance and gives clear guidance on how to manage the interaction in practice * Contains over 3,400 monographs New for the 9th edition: * Over 300 new monographs * All monographs fully revised and revalidated * Three new chapters on the interactions of Thyroid Hormones, Urological drugs, and Nutritional agents, Supplements and Vitamins * New drugs launched in the last two years added - including drugs such as fesoterodine, several monoclonal antibodies, new antidiabetics (e.g. sitagliptin) new antineoplastics (e.g. dasatinib) and new immunosuppressants (e.g. temsirolimus) * Updated information on seasonal flu vaccines and antivirals, including all available information on possible interactions with concurrent medication * Increased commentary on the involvement of newer mechanisms in drug interactions, such as drug transporter proteins, and other genetic factors that affect the ability of individuals to metabolise medicines

This is a professional level major reference work containing information, in A-Z format, on herb-drug, herb-supplement, herb -food and herb-laboratory test interactions; all of which is data referenced. Commercial herbal medicinal products are increasingly consumed on a regular basis by people in the developed world. Often such products are taken concurrently with conventional medicines, frequently without the knowledge of health care professionals. As more evidence has become available, there has been an increasing awareness of the potential and actual problems of interactions, often dangerous, between conventional medicines and herbal medicines. This proposed new major reference brings together available data on approximately 200 of the most commonly used herbal medicines in highly structured, rigorously scientific monographs. Although our texts on herbal medicines and drug interactions include the major well-known interactions, this text is able to treat the subject in considerably more detail.

Meant for doctors, pharmacists & nurses, this guide deals with the safe & effective use of medicines for the management of childhood conditions. Prepared under the guidance of the Paediatric Formulary Committee, it draws from national & international resources, from reviews & clinical studies & from the manufacturers' literature.

Pharmacovigilance is the science of collecting, monitoring, researching, assessing and evaluating information from healthcare providers and patients on the adverse effects of medications, biological products, herbalism and traditional medicines with a view to identifying new information about hazards associated with medicines and preventing harm to patients. Pharmacovigilance is particularly concerned with adverse drug reactions.The MHRA has identified a need for writing and publishing a guide to "Good Pharmacovigilance Practice". This text complements current legislation and guidance, and provides practical advice about achieving an appropriate system of pharmacovigilance.

This is a revision guide for students giving bullet points of basic information on therapeutics."FASTtrack" is a new series of indispensable revision guides created especially for undergraduate pharmacy students.The content of each title focuses on what pharmacy students really need to know in order to pass exams, providing concise, bulleted information, key points, tips and an all-important self-assessment section which includes MCQs, case studies, sample essay questions and worked examples.This specific title is a basic revision guide in Complementary and Alternative Therapies. It will complement "Complementary and Alternative Therapies for Pharmacists" by the same author."The FASTtrack" series provides the ultimate lecture notes and is a must-have for all pharmacy undergraduate students wanting to revise and test themselves for forthcoming exams.

A practical guide to the use of pharmacokinetic principles in clinical practice. Over 30 clinical cases with self-study questions and answers are presented throughout to bridge the gap between pharmacokinetic concepts and their practical application to individual patients. Pharmacokinetics is the study of the process of drug absorption, distribution, metabolism and elimination. The aim of applying pharmacokinetic principles is to individualise the dose of drug, and optimise the outcome achieved in each patient. Its application reduces the chance of under-treatment, inadvertent poisoning and dose related adverse effects.

In recent years, there has been an enormous increase in the publics' interest in, and demand for, alternative or complementary medical treatments and many community pharmacists have responded by stocking homoeopathic, herbal, and aromatherapy products. This text is a comprehensive introduction to the most commonly used complementary disciplines, and covers theory, practical aspects, and current scientific thinking. Disciplines covered include homeopathy, medical herbalism, aromatherapy, manipulating disciplines (such as chiropractice, osteopathy and reflexology) and administering disciplines (such as ayuvera).

The world’s most comprehensive reference source about drugs and medicines. The 41st edition of Martindale: The Complete Drug Reference, will be fully updated and provide practical, evidence-based, global guidance, allowing healthcare professions to quickly understand the characteristics of drugs and their clinical uses. The only source of evaluated knowledge providing quick and easy access to comprehensive, evidence-based, and in-depth information on over 6,400 drugs used worldwide, indications and ingredients of more than 125,000 proprietary products from 49 countries and regions, and almost 700 disease treatment reviews.