The Pill Book, Eleventh Edition Mass Market Paperback – April 27, 2004

Covers most everything

Informative.

Exactly what I expected and needed.Good Deal Lucel.

Great for elderly people who take a lot of medications.Gave this to my grandmother for Christmas, and she loves it.

good

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[Review written June 2005]If you, or anyone you love and/or live with, receives medication (either short or long term) with any degree of regularity, this book is a must-have resource. It's chock full of important information on things like generic names, possible side effects and interactions, and important cautions and warnings. It also gives information on pharmacological alternatives that might not have been mentioned by your medical professional ... reading up on such things can be very helpful when planning a course of treatment.This book is omnipresent in pharmacies, here in the USA, and is constantly being re-released in newer editions, on a biannual basis, in order to stay current with the latest information. I just wish there were a companion guide that covered drops, sprays, and topical ointments.Highly recommended. It's already helped me several times to identify 'issues' with certains meds I've had, or am taking ... and helped to identify the cause behind a very dangeous interaction that almost claimed the life of a close relative.

Despite the two previous reviewers' irrelevant obsessing about caffeine, this is a useful medical resource, admittedly less comprehensive than the PDR but also more accessible. The problem is the price, which seems to have gotten out of hand. In the single digits, this reference work is well worth picking up every other year. In fact, you may as well plan on tossing the 10th edition (2002), which is already too old to contain references to popular medications like Lexapro, Stratterra, Zelnorm, Cymbalta or buprenorphine. But even at Amazon's discounted price, this one is too rich for a mere two years' of use. For an equally useful but more educational and durable medical reference work, pick up the Merck Manual. For info on current medications, chemistry, dosages, side-effects, check out [...]