PHYSICIANS

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PHYSICIANS DESK REFERENCE

• Information Literacy Session
• By
• Theresa Mastrodonato

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How Is It Organized?

• Section 1 Manufacturers Index
• Lists all pharmaceutical manufacturers included
  in the PDR including their address, what products
  they manufacture and what page you can find
  additional information about the product.
• Section 2 Brand and Generic Name Index
• Provides the page number for each product by
  brand and generic name.

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How Is It Organized?

• Section 3 Product Category Index
• This section lists the products by prescribing
  category.
• Section 4 Product Identification Guide
• This section has full-color photos of the
  products arranged alphabetically by manufacturer.

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How Is It Organized?

• Section 5 Product Information
• This section is the main section of the book and
  contains information on over 3000 pharmaceutical
  products arranged alphabetically by manufacturer.
• Section 6 Diagnostic Product Information
• This section provides information on diagnostic
  guidelines, again arranged alphabetically by
  manufacturer.

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How Do You Use It?

• If you want information about Pfizer Drug
  Company, we can look in Section 1 (Manufacturers
  Index) to find
• Address
• 235 East 42nd Street
• New York, New York 10017
• Phone number
• 800-438-1985
• Products Manufactured by Pfizer
• Aricept Celebrex Lipitor
• Norvasc Viagra Zithromax

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Lets Look At Aricept

• Under Section 1, we found Pfizer and the product
  Aricept that it produces. Section 1 provides 2
  page listings for us on Aricept, pages 331 and
  2570.
• Page 331 shows us a full color photo of the 2
  doses available for Aricept (Section 4 Product
  Identification Guide).
• Page 2570 provides us with the actual product
  information for Aricept (Section 5 Product
  Information).

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What Information Is Available For Aricept?

• Chemical name donepezil hydrochloride
• Clinical Pharmacology
• Drug Interactions
• Adverse Reactions
• Dosage and Administration
• Clinical Trial Data

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How Else Can The PDR Be Searched?

• What if you didnt know who made Aricept?
• You can look in Section 2 (Brand and Generic Name
  Index) to find Aricept listed alphabetically.
• You would then be able to see that two companies
  are listed for Aricept Eisai and Pfizer.
• You can then go to Section 5 Product Information
  and look up each manufacturer and see their
  information on Aricept.

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What Other Information Does The PDR Contain?

• FDA Use-In-Pregnancy ratings list
• Dosing Instructions in Spanish
• Key to Controlled Substances Categories
• Key to FDA Use-In-Pregnancy Ratings
• Poison Control Centers
• Drug Information Centers
• U.S. Food and Drug Administration Telephone
  Directory
• DEA Office Telephone Directory
• State AIDS Drug Assistance Programs
• Adverse Event Report Forms

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Who Is The Target Audience?

• Doctors
• Physician Assistants
• Nurse Practitioners
• Medical Students/Residents

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Should You Use The PDR?

• Advantages
• Contains full-color photos of drugs.
• Provides information about
• Dosing,
• Clinical Trials
• Adverse Reactions
• Drug Interactions
• Provides information about Poison Control Centers
  around the U.S.

• Disadvantages
• Difficult to read and understand unless you are a
  doctor.
• Here is an example from the product Aricept
• Current theories on the pathogenesis of the
  cognitive signs and symptoms of Alzheimers
  Disease attribute some of them to a deficiency of
  cholinergic neurotransmission (pg 2570).

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Where Can I Find It?

• UB Library
• Science/Engineering Undergraduate Library
  Reference section call number RS75 .P5 (59th
  edition)
• Located in the Law Library Reference section
  call number RS75 .P5 (58th and 59th editions)
• Health Sciences Library History of Medicine
  (non-circulating) Call number QV 772 P578 (28th
  - 48th, 53rd - 54th, and 58th editions)
• Monroe County Library System at the following
  locations Central Library, Brighton Library,
  Chili Library, Webster Library, and the Henrietta
  Library.
• You can also purchase the 59th (2005) edition
  through http//www.amazon.com for 79 and it
  includes a CD-ROM and online access to
  http//www.pdr.net

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Is It Available On The Web?

• It is available at http//www.pdr.net
• However, it is available for FREE ONLY to
  U.S.-based MDs, DOs, NPs and PAs in full-time
  practice and to U.S. medical students and
  residents.
• There is a free patient education site that
  everyone else can access at http//www.pdrhealth.c
  om

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Other Resources From PDR

• In addition to the Physicians Desk Reference,
  these publications are also available
• PDR Companion Guide
• PDR Pharmacopeia Pocket Dosing Guide
• PDR for Nutritional Supplements
• PDR for Non-Prescription Drugs and Dietary
  Supplements
• PDR for Herbal Medicines
• PDR for Ophthalmic Medicines
• PDR Medical Dictionary
• PDR Drug Guide for Mental Health Professionals
• PDR Month Prescribing Guide

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References

• Physicians Desk Reference 58th Edition (2004).
  Montvale, NJ Thomson PDR.