Comprehensive Dermatologic Drug Therapy

Expert Consult - Online

Nonfiction, Health & Well Being, Medical, Specialties, Dermatology

• Author: Stephen E. Wolverton
• ISBN: 9781455738014
• Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences
• Publication: October 18, 2012
• Imprint: Saunders
• Language: English

Safely and effectively treat a full range of skin disorders with Comprehensive Dermatologic Drug Therapy, 3rd Edition! This trusted dermatology reference provides concise, complete, up-to-date guidance on today's full spectrum of topical, intralesional, and systemic drugs. Dr. Steven E. Wolverton and a team of leading international experts clearly explain what drugs to use, when to use them, and what to watch out for.

• Consult this title on your favorite e-reader with intuitive search tools and adjustable font sizes. Elsevier eBooks provide instant portable access to your entire library, no matter what device you’re using or where you’re located.

• Prescribe with confidence thanks to quick-access summaries of indications/contraindications, dosage guidelines, drug interactions, drug monitoring guidelines, adverse effects, and treatment protocols.

• Assess your knowledge and prepare for certification or recertification with more than 800 review questions and answers throughout.

• Contain costs and meet patient expectations with purchase information provided for major drugs.

• Quickly evaluate drug options for each disease discussed using a highly detailed, disease-specific index.

• Discover the best uses for new biologic therapeutics such as ustekinumab and rituximab, as well as newly improved TNF inhibitors.

• Offer your patients the very latest in cosmetic procedures, including chemical peels, intradermal fillers, and botulinum toxin.

• Use the safest and most effective drugs possible with new chapters on irritants and allergens in topical therapeutic agents, plus a new, separate chapter on mycophenolate mofetil.

• Review drugs recently taken off the market by the FDA, and use that knowledge to improve your current dermatologic drug therapy.

• Access the complete contents online at www.expertconsult.com and perform rapid searches for drug indications, interactions, monitoring guidelines, and much more.