PDR

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PDR

• Physicians Desk Reference

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PDR

• Provides essential information about drugs and
  medications currently in use
• Both Rx and OTC (over the counter)
• Published yearly to provide up-to-date
  information on drugs

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Manufactures Index

• Initial white section of book
• Major drug manufacturers in US are listed in
  Alphabetical order
• Manufacturers addresses, telephone and names of
  key contact people and partial list of products

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Brand and Generic Name Index

• Second main section usually in pink
• Products are listed alphabetically by both brand
  name and generic name
• An underline denotes a generic name

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Brand/Generic Name Cont.

• Under each generic name , you will find a list of
  brand that contain it
• Manufacturer name will be list in ( )
• Bold page numbers indicate complete prescribing
  information

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Product Category Index

• Third main section and normally blue in color
• Provides a quick reference section for drugs
  available for various conditions

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Product Category Cont.

• Index list products by prescribing categories-
  identifies all agents with a given therapeutic
  use
• May have sub-groups to aid in search

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Category and Sub-category

• Example-Category
  Anti-infective agent
• Sub-category
  Antihelmintics
  Antibiotics
  Antifungal

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Product Indentification Section

• Fourth Section of PDR
• Provides colored actual size pictures of a
  variety of drugs

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Product Information

• Largest section of book and white in color
• Contains detailed list of drugs and discussion on
  the chemical nature, indication for use,
  contraindications, warnings, routes and
  administration

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Information Cont.

• Contraindications- should not be given the drug
• Warnings- weigh the advantages and disadvantages
• Adverse reaction- side-effects seen by a few
  patients

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Utilization of PDR

• Important to check information in PDR regarding
  actions, dosage, side effects, and other vital
  facts on medication
• Section used depends on information desired

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PDR

• The PDR can be found on the internet
• Also many Physicians use a hand held type
  computer version of the PDR
• These version can be updated easily