Product Review

Thoroughly revised and updated, The Practitioner’s Quick Reference to Nonprescription Drugs, 2nd edition, contains information from the American Pharmacists Association’s comprehensive Handbook of Nonprescription Drugs: An Interactive Approach to Self-Care, 17th edition. The information has been edited and formatted to include only the content that practitioners are most likely to need during self-care consultations with patients. The book contains 25 chapters addressing common self-treatable conditions. Each chapter begins with a self-care algorithm that presents treatment and follow-up recommendations, as well as exclusions for self-treatment. The Practitioner’s Quick Reference to Nonprescription Drugs, 2nd edition, is intended as a quick reference resource for busy practitioners. Practitioners are encouraged to consult the Handbook of Nonprescription Drugs: An Interactive Approach to Self-Care, 17th edition, for more complete information about the conditions covered in this book.