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Good drug reference book? - workingmt

Posted: Feb 23, 2011

I am a newly hired MT and do not have a drug reference book yet. I am looking for suggestions for a good drug reference book. Also, looking for any other suggestions that may help me improve my knowledge and speed. Thanks!

dont buy book... google or drugs.com - save your money

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and if you google drugs - sm

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You can type, for instance, Ativan * mg and it will give you the dosage, or if you only hear dosage, you could type that ( * 75 mg) and it will give you any drugs with that dosage.

Drugs.com also has a Medical Transcription search feature that if you only hear beginning or ending of drug, you can type it in and get suggestions.

Thjanks for this tip...I didn't know that...(no message) - MT 44

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Saunders Pharm Word Book - sm

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I know there are LOTS of MTs who prefer google or some other electronic search for drugs -- and I use Google all day long for other things. Drug book is the only book on my desk, in fact. For some reason, however, with drugs I prefer the book at my elbow. Habit? Maybe, but it works for me -- is quicker and easier to find exactly what I am looking for. I like Saunders because it give me all the info I need - brand name, generic name, common uses/diseases related to the drug, and dosages. Even though drugs change every day, I only replace my book every 2 years, and that works for me. Very rarely do I come across a drug not in my book. If I do come across a new drug - I just write it in. Just got my 2011 edition - $45 with shipping. So, for roughly $2 a month, I have my favorite reference -- not all that expensive for a reference book, IMO.

Saunders Pharmaceutical Word Book - Sherry

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I too prefer Saunders Pharmaceutical Word Book by Drake & Drake. You see what the drug is used for and the different dosages - also generic versus namebrand.

If I get stumped by a drug, then I will go to the Internet.

I personally use Drugs@FDA. You can put - sm

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in a combination of letters that are in teh drug and it will pop them up. I also use rxlist.com. Here is the link for Drugs@FDA. http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cder/drugsatfda/

At rxlist.com will also give the dosages drug also.

Thank y'all...You've made my day of work a lot easier...(No message) - MT44

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Thanks for the FDA site. I haven't been using - that one. NM

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I like the Saunders drug book - because it has all the dosages

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which you have to dig a lot deeper for on drugs.com and others. Actually, I use the book when I'm not sure I'm hearing a dosage right, and I use drugs.com if I'm not sure of the drug name in the first place. So I use both.

Anyone remember the bad old days when all we had was a 3 year outdated PDR to work with?

Good drug reference book - threedogs

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I get all my drugs from drugs.com and drugstore.com. Also there are some other good sites. When I get a new drug, I write it down and the next day before I start work I put them in my speller and make macros for the brand, generic, dose, and use. It really speeds things up you see a difference after the first week.

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