Essential Drugs for Primary Health Care (Paperback)

Paperback. This illustrated manual is designed to help community health workers learn how to use simple drugs to treat common illnesses. Specific to health conditions in South-East Asian countries, the book uses simple explanatory texts and illustrations to communicate instructions for treating illnesses and knowing when a patient must be referred to a doctor. First issed in 1988 and revised in 1992, the book has been further expanded and updated in line with the new knowledge and the considerable experience of the previous editions. The manual has two parts. The first provides instructions for the correct and appropriate use of 34 essential drugs, ranging from aspirin and paracetamol, through to chloroquine and oral rehydration salts, to penicillin, tetracycline eye ointment and several vitamins. Each is described according to a common framework that explains how the drug helps, when it should be used, how it is supplied and given to patients, side effects that my occur and special precautions to follow. Where appropriate, information on dosage and prescribing schedule, by age and weight, is set out in tabular form. Part two provides advice for the management or referral of 22 common medical problems, moving from anaemia, cough, diarrhoea and ear and eye problems, through to HIV/AIDS, leprosy, malaria and tuberculosis, to poisoning, snakebits, woulds, burns and shock. Advice on pain relief and on the management of skin and tooth problems is also provided. Helps community health workers learn how to use simple drugs to treat common illnesses. Specific to health conditions in South-East Asian countries, the book communicates instructions for treating illnesses and knowing when a patient must be referred to a doctor. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…