Drug Interactions in Infectious Diseases

National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD. Practical and comprehensive, this text offers a review of potential drug interactions among anti-infectives, a strong clinical emphasis, strategies for managing and avoiding drug interactions, overview of study design, and tabular material. For healthcare professionals. DNLM: Anti-Infective Agents--pharma

This book provides both a conceptual approach and specific information about drug interactions and should constitute a useful reference for the entire health care team responsible for patient management: nurses, physician assistants, pharmacists, and physicians. For health care providers to produce desired outcomes for their patients, the approach and specific information available in this volume will prove a most valuable resource. - Foreword by Henry Masur MD, Chief, Critical Care Medicine Department, Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health provides quick and solid information regarding both pharmacodynamic and pharmacokinetic drug interactions...The text is suitable for many healthcare professional especially clinical pharmacists and physicians. The information and context within the book would be extremely useful to pharmacy students. Drug Interactions in Infectious Diseases provides not only a vast array of drug interactions, but also the mechanisms behind the interactions as well as the clinical significance of each One of the most interesting chapters is on the antiretrovirals. This chapter encompasses all types of drugs currently used to treat HIV. Techniques on avoiding drug interactions are provided throughout the book. provides the reader with basic strategies in minimizing the potential for drug interactions when selecting various agents. should be added to pharmacy school libraries. For clinical pharmacists and physicians the mechanisms of the interactions described in the text can serve as a tool in guiding treatment strategies of the patient and avoiding detrimental adverse events. We expect enhanced patient outcomes from this book. - Journal of Pharmacy Practice