DRUG-INDUCED DISEASES. PREVENTION, DETECTION, AND MANAGEMENT, 2ND EDITION

A drug-induced disease is the unintended effect of a drug, which results in mortality or morbidity with symptoms sufficient to prompt a patient to seek medical attention and/or require hospitalization. Since the first edition of this book was published in 2005, numerous drugs have been withdrawn from the market in the United States as a result of morbidity and/or mortality associated with drug-induced diseases. Despite best efforts to assure that all drugs are safe and effective, millions of patients each year develop drug-induced diseases. Every time a patient presents with a new disease or an exacerbation of an existing condition, the clinician should ask, “Could this be drug-related?”

Now in its second edition, this essential and comprehensive resource provides a detailed analysis of how to identify, prevent, and manage drug-induced diseases. Edited by James E. Tisdale and Douglas A. Miller, with contributions from experts distinguished in their respective specialties, Drug-Induced Diseases is organized logically and is easy to use for pharmacists, physicians, nurses, and pharmacy students alike.

Inside you’ll find:

- Chapters dedicated to over 50 disease states.
- In-depth tables, including coverage of drugs implicated in drug-induced diseases, epidemiology, mechanisms, signs and symptoms, risk factors, prevention, and management are included in each chapter.
- A new chapter on Drug Safety and Drug-Induced Diseases: The Legal, Regulatory, and Practice Environment
- A new chapter on “Evaluating Patients for Drug-Induced Disease”
- The inclusion of the Levels of Evidence classification for identifying the “strength of evidence” that links a listed drug to a specific drug-induced disease.
- And much more.

Drug-Induced Diseases: Prevention, Detection, and Management, Second Edition will help pharmacists, physicians, nurses, and other health care professional on the front lines of patient care and pharmacotherapy to expect the unexpected and to be more knowledgeable about the risk of drug-induced diseases.