Author Description

Celebrating 106 years of service, Red Book remains the pharmacy's most reliable source for accurate product information and prices on prescription drugs, OTC items and reimbursable medical supplies. With valuable clinical and pharmaceutical reference information, Red Book is the essential resource healthcare professionals reach for every day. The new 2002 Red Book contains extensive updates and additions and provides the latest pricing and product information on over 100,000 Rx and OTC items but also includes the broad spectrum of healthcare information in one volume, to cope with pharmacy's changing role in the medical, pharmaceutical and retail marketplace. Sections include: Nationally recognized Average Wholesale Prices (AWPs), Direct Prices, and Federal Upper Limit prices for prescription drugs; Suggested Retail prices for OTC products; NDC numbers for all FDA-approved drugs; Complete package information including dosage form, route of administration, strength and size; "Orange Book" codes-FDA's Approved Drug Products with Therapeutic Equivalent Evaluations; Vitamin Comparison Table: Amounts of vitamins and minerals in over 50 popular multivitamin products; Common Laboratory Values: Answers to the most common patient questions about urine sugar level, cholesterol, blood pressure and more; Guide to Leading Alternative Medicines; Pharmacy Buying Groups- Group Purchasing Organizations in the pharmaceutical marketplace; NCPDP Billing Standards; Controlled Substance Inventory Sheet. Full color photos.