American Hospital Formulary Service Drug Information

American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, ASHP (Ed.) 

Nearing its 50th year, AHFS Drug Information for 2007 once again will be updated by over 60% to include thousands of point-by-point revisions and critical updates to help you provide the most accurate recommendations for your patients’ drug therapy.

AHFS is the only leading drug reference that covers the vaccination and treatment for the Avian Influenza, the looming pandemic that is making front-page headlines around the world. In fact, users of AHFS DI have remained well informed of on this global health crisis since 1998 when it was first noted in the AHFS antiviral and vaccination monographs.

AHFS DI contains information from medical literature and expert advice from over 500 medical scientists, physicians, pharmacists, pharmacologists, and other professionally qualified individuals that goes beyond FDA-approved labeling.

Inside find:

• Expert advice and peer reviewed by over 500 medical scientists, physicians, pharmacists, pharmacologists, and other professionally qualified individuals
• Over 40,000 represented medicines and over 100,000 drug products
• Off-label and labeled uses
• Over 70,000 uniquely sited references
• Only well-established, referenced laboratory and test inferences
• monthly updates

Monographs include: drug interactions; adverse reactions; cautions and toxicity; therapeutic perspective; specific dosage and administration information; preparations, chemistry, and stability; pharmacology and pharmacokinetics; contraindications; and more.

• monthly updates