Books published by PHARMACEUTICAL PRESS

MCQs in Pharmaceutical Calculations aims to help pre-registration trainees and pharmacy students with their revision enabling them to perform calculations accurately and with confidence.

A guide to the important information for safe and effective administration of injectable drugs. It includes information on: final concentration of reconstituted solutions; stability; periodicity of monitoring; and, unusual electrolyte, glucose and excipients content.

Using a scientific approach, this title outlines a thorough process for conducting pharmaceutical practice and policy research and presents a theoretical and practical framework for research methods, supported by applications and examples.

Pharmacovigilance is the science of collecting, monitoring, researching, assessing and evaluating information from healthcare providers and patients on the adverse effects of medications, biological products, herbalism and traditional medicines. This text provides practical advice about achieving an appropriate system of pharmacovigilance.

Helps students to take an integral approach to pharmacy via a series of pharmacy cases. This book tests knowledge gained within the individual areas of law and ethics, pharmaceutics, pharmacology and pathology by examples, bringing together various areas taught on the degree course.

Designed to guide student pharmacists or pharmacy technicians through the main stages involved in pharmaceutical dispensing, this title provides students with a core reference text to accompany the compulsory dispensing course found in undergraduate programmes, explaining the key concepts behind the processes involved in pharmaceutical dispensing.

Presents an overview of non-medical prescribing by health professions other than doctors and covers the ethics, legal and patient safety framework. This book includes background information on history, competencies needed (includes RPSGB guidelines) and the moral aspects of prescribing.

A comprehensive study/revision guide which summarises the basic principles in pharmacy practice. It covers essential information in the following five sections: introduction to pharmacy; clinical pharmacy and pharmacotherapeutics; responding to symptoms in community pharmacy; pharmacy information and research; and pharmacy systems.

Countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America use traditional medicine to help meet some of their primary health care needs. In industrialized countries, adaptations of traditional medicine are termed 'Complementary' or 'Alternative' (CAM). This book describes various traditional medicines used throughout the world.

Suitable for practicing pharmacists, this book helps in understanding, management and treatment of Obesity. It focuses on the prevention of obesity including prevention on government level, psychological intervention and exercise and nutrition.

Considers the importance of pharmaceutics and pharmaceutical dosage form design by considering the clinical use of modern drugs. This book also considers the use and behaviour of dosage forms in different age groups and patient groups along with developments such as personalised therapies and genomics.

A revision aid for those preparing for multiple choice questions in clinical pharmacy. This textbook contains questions that are practice-oriented to assess students' knowledge of clinical issues, evaluative and analytical skills, and ability to apply their knowledge in clinical practice.

Gives an introductory overview to pharmacy practice. This book is suitable for first year undergraduate students, providing a starting point for further study and is facilitated by regular signposting and referencing to specific texts. It also includes an easily navigated glossary of reference terms.

This book provides an overview to the novice medical writer by explaining how to get published, how to write for a particular audience or in a particular media, what the publishing processes are and what the financial rewards might be.

A self-contained introduction to Statistics, presented in the context of clinical trials and pharmaceutical drug development. This title focuses on the statistical analyses most commonly used in drug development. It emphasises the importance of descriptive statistics as well as inferential statistics.

Offers information for healthcare professionals involved in the prescribing, dispensing, monitoring and administration of medicines to children. This book encourages the safe, effective and appropriate use of medicines in the management of childhood conditions.

A textbook for undergraduate pharmacists which takes an integrated approach to the pathophysiological and pharmacotherapeutic principles underlying the treatment of disease. It reflects advances in therapeutic practice and in the understanding of many disease states.

An introduction to economic evaluation specific to healthcare, for those with little or no knowledge of economics. Covers cost effectiveness, cost utility and cost benefit analysis.

This is a companion self-study aid to Introduction to Pharmaceutical Calculations for practising calculations similar to those that may be presented in pharmacy examinations and in practice.

Covering areas of drug toxicity which address the major issues including registration requirements of new drugs and pharmacovigilance, this book provides an overview of the methodology and requirements of pre-clinical safety assessment of new medicines. It discusses mechanisms by which drugs cause toxic effects in living organisms.

Written specifically for pharmacy students, this book explains basic statistics. It contains chapters on basic concepts such as types of data, graphical representation of data, distribution and standard deviation. More advanced statistical techniques, such as ANOVA, are also discussed.