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You may also come across other prescribing guides (in electronic and paper format) such as ‘Prescribing Drug Therapy’. This guide is written for Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) students and practitioners in the US who prescribe drugs for acute, episodic and chronic health problems. This guide provides details on treatment details for more than 600 diagnoses for healthcare providers in all primary care settings. Drug information is presented in a condensed and summary format for ease of use. The print format includes an eBook with digital updates to assure immediate access to essential information.

The guide is simple to use with diagnoses listed alphabetically. For each diagnosis there is a list of:

 medicinal treatment recommendations;

 drug choices listed by generic name;

 Food and Drug Administration (FDA) pregnancy category;

 generic and over‐the‐counter availability;

 adult and paediatric dosing regimens;

 brand names, forms of dosage and additives;

 other clinically useful information, such as laboratory values to be monitored, patient teaching points and safety information.

Prescribing Drug Therapy also has an alphabetical cross‐reference index of drugs by generic and brand name, with FDA pregnancy category and controlled drug schedule.