Stockley's drug interactions - Karen Baxter

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