AEGiS-BKREV: Mosby's GenRx: The Complete Reference for Generic and Brand Drugs, 9th edition. 1999.

Mosby's GenRx: The Complete Reference for Generic and Brand Drugs, 9th edition. 1999.

Mosby, Inc., 11830 Westline Industrial Drive, St. Louis, MO 63146. 1v., various paging. ISBN 0-323-00625-6. $71.95.

Mosby's GenRx has become the most complete listing of prescription pharmaceuticals available today. It is an easy to use compilation that provides everything that one would want to know about a prescribed pharmaceutical. For each entry the following is given: categories; USPDI, vol. II off-label uses; FDA drug class; brand names; cost of therapy; prescribing information; how supplied; and supplier profiles. The prescribing information provides the following: description, clinical pharmacology, clinical studies, indications and usage, contraindications, adverse reactions, warnings, precautions, drug interactions, drug abuse and dependence, overdosage, dosage and administration, animal pharmacology, references, Centers for Disease Control dosage information, and patient information.

Other important information that is provided includes FDA pregnancy categories; DEA schedules of controlled substances; Poison Control Centers in the United States and Canada; Directory of AIDS Drug Assistance Programs; Key addresses and phone numbers; Oral solid dosage forms that should not be crushed; discontinued products; manufacturers listed by NDC number; drug names that look alike and sound alike; drug ID imprint guide; and comparative tables.

This is a highly recommended reference source that should be available in all public, academic and medical libraries. Pharmacies should consider this as a major source of information as should all hospitals.

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