News Briefs: Many revisions in drug information compendium
Many revisions in drug information compendium
The 2007 edition of the AHFS Drug Information compendium published by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists contains 28 new monographs and thousands of revisions, including updates of major cautionary information from FDA's MedWatch and important new clinical guidelines. Among the new guidelines are recommendations for routine vaccination of pre-adolescent girls against human papillomavirus infection to help prevent cervical cancer, an updated comprehensive review of the risk of cardiovascular events associated with using NSAIDs, and recommendations for universal immunization against rotavirus in infants and young children beginning at two months of age. ASHP says a wholly independent staff of drug information pharmacists and other professional editorial and analytical staff thoroughly research content for the compendium. Each monograph goes through a rigorous evaluation process, backed by more than 70,000 uniquely cited references and 500,000 references to primary literature, including research findings, therapeutic guidelines, and FDA-approved labeling.
The 2007 edition of the AHFS Drug Information compendium published by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists contains 28 new monographs and thousands of revisions, including updates of major cautionary information from FDA's MedWatch and important new clinical guidelines.Subscribe Now for Access
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