Drugs During Pregnancy and Lactation: Treatment Options and Risk Assessment (Schaefer, Drugs During Pregnancy and Lactation) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0124080782 ISBN 13: 9780124080782

Publisher: Academic Press, 2014

Synopsis

Drugs During Pregnancy and Lactation, 3rd Edition is a quick and reliable reference for all those working in disciplines related to fertility, pregnancy, lactation, child health and human genetics who prescribe or deliver medicinal products, and to those who evaluate health and safety risks. Each chapter contains twofold information regarding drugs that are appropriate for prescription during pregnancy and an assessment of the risk of a drug when exposure during pregnancy has already occurred. Thoroughly updated with current regulations, references to the latest pharmacological data, and new medicinal products, this edition is a comprehensive resource covering latest knowledge and findings related to drugs during lactation and pregnancy.

• Provides evidence-based recommendations to help clinicians make appropriate recommendations
• Uniquely organized and structured according to drug class and treatment indications to offer authoritative clinical content on potential adverse effects 
• Highlights new research developments from primary source about working mechanism of substances that cause developmental disorders

About this title

Review:

"Geared to an international audience, this desk reference for medications and how they affect pregnancy and lactation does a solid job of highlighting the pertinent information while covering worthwhile medications. Score: 70 - 3 Stars" --Doody's

"A welcome edition to an already thorough reference...succinct texts such as this are invaluable and worthy of a spot on a bookshelf of any health care practitioner who advises pregnant or lactating women." --Myla Moretti, Motherisk Program, Toronto, Ontario, in Canadian Journal of Hospital Pharmacy

About this edition

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0124080782
• ISBN 13: 9780124080782
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 918
• Editor: Schaefer Christof, Peters Paul W.J., Miller Richard K