A concise compilation of the known interactions of the most commonly
prescribed drugs, as well as their interaction with nonprescription
compounds. The agents covered include CNS drugs, cardiovascular drugs,
antibiotics, and NSAIDs. For each class of drugs the authors review the
pharmacology, pharmacodynamics, pharmacokinetics, chemistry, metabolism,
epidemiological occurrences, adverse reactions, and significant
interactions. Environmental and social pharmacological issues are also
addressed in chapters on food and alcohol drug interactions, nicotine
and tobacco, and anabolic doping agents.
Comprehensive and easy-to-use, Handbook of Drug Interactions: A Clinical
and Forensic Guide provides physicians with all the information needed
to avoid prescribing drugs with undesirable interactions, and
toxicologists with all the data necessary to interpret possible
interactions between drugs found simultaneously in patient samples.