Symptoms in the Pharmacy: A Guide to the Management of Common Illness, Fourth Edition - Softcover

Blenkinsopp, Alison; Paxton, Paul

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0632059060 ISBN 13: 9780632059065

Publisher: Wiley–Blackwell, 2001

Synopsis

This guide to clinical management for the practising pharmacist and pre–registration trainee has been thoroughly revised in its third edition to reflect the availability of new OTC drugs and changes in indication. The commentary from the pharmacist and GP perspective for each clinical problem continues to provide an interesting and refreshing approach.

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Review

Treatment management information includes example of medication linked to each symptom and this information could be particularly useful for young pharmacists wishing to build up suitable formulary when dealing with requests for advice.; The book is an extremely valuable tool for practising community pharmacists and should sit comfortably beside the standard textbook in any community pharmacy.
Elizabeth Roddick in The Pharmaceutical Journal (on the 2nd edition);

Regular readers of the journals continuing education section will be acquainted with the articles by Alison Blenkinsopp and other contributors on response to symptoms and will know the sound information they contain and the clarity of their presentation. This book co–written with Paul Paxton, a General Practitioner, brings together similar material but augments it and consequently improves even on their high standards. Responding to symptoms is contributing increasingly to the community pharmacists role and income, and this book is a valuable aid to performing the task competently and well.
Alan Nathan in The Pharmaceutical Journal (on the 1st edition).

Overall, I found this book to be interesting and useful. It would make an excellent companion to the Handbook of Non Prescription Drugs, which is now so large as to be unwieldy for quick reference. I would recommend Symptoms in the Pharmacy for pharmacy libraries and all who teach courses on OTC drugs or ambulatory care clerkships.
Donald R Miller in the American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education(on the 1st edition).

From the Back Cover

Symptoms in the Pharmacy presents a guide to the management of common symptoms seen in the pharmacy, with advice from an author team that includes both pharmacists and GPs.

With the continued emphasis on the pharmacist′s role as a ′first port of call′ in response to symptoms, the need for effective communication and interpersonal skills remains paramount. This book provides the pharmacist with the appropriate techniques for gathering information to meet the needs of patient safety in a way that is acceptable to the public. Case studies and comments from the pharmacist′s and doctor′s perspective are included throughout.

This is now the fifth edition of Symptoms in the Pharmacy. The text has been fully revised to reflect the latest ′prescription only medicine′ to ′pharmacy medicine′ switches. Changes in medicine use, cautions and contraindications where recent evidence has shown new safety concerns are also covered. Similarly, where new evidence has shown treatments to be less effective and thus superseded, they have been removed.

Reviewer: A reader from Bradford UK: 8 March, 2001

This book is an excellent guide for either trainee or newly qualified pharmacists. It covers most ailments which may be encountered on a daily basis in the community pharmacy and describes features of more serious underlying disease to aid diagnosis or referral. It is well presented and clearly laid out with separate chapters for each ailment. At the end of each chapter are example case studies giving in summary both the view of a pharmacist and medical doctor for each condition. My only criticism is that there are no illustrations or diagrams which I feel would have been helpful when describing clinical features of some conditions. Nonetheless there are clear descriptions of each ailment, highlighting symptoms, possible causes and most appropriate treatments. Importantly it gives clear guidelines on when to refer presenting ailments to a doctor. It is comparable in style to the title Minor Illness or Major Disease, however this title is illustrated with photographs of illness to aid recognition. A useful guide for all student pharmacists, preregistration pharmacists and possibly newly qualified pharmacists.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley–Blackwell
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0632059060
• ISBN 13: 9780632059065
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 312