Non-Prescription Medicines

by Alan Nathan

This new edition of Non-prescription Medicines has been revised and updated to reflect amendments in legal category status of several products from prescription-only (POM) to pharmacy sale (P) status. Over-the-counter (OTC) medicines currently available in the UK are reviewed in alphabetically arranged chapters on the conditions that they are licensed to treat. 44 common conditions are covered and new chapters on Chlamydia, Obesity and Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia have been added. Each chapter an introduction to the condition; detailed description of the available products, including mode of action, side-effects, cautions and contraindications, interactions and dosage; product selection points; product recommendations. Non-prescription Medicines is the only publication in the UK that deals with available OTC medicines comprehensively and in depth. This vital resource will enable pharmacists, GPs, nurses and other healthcare professionals to make well-informed recommendations and to give sound advice to their patients. Updates are available online in January and June at www.pharmpress.com

320 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2002

Reviews

[Ahmed Sayed · Rating 4 out of 5]

The book contains a lot of topics concerning cases face you in community pharmacy. I recommend this book for pharmacy college students and graduate students. Some chapters considered drugs by trade names; I have some concerns toward this due to difference between centuries and allowed drugs in each country.