AADE Quick Guide to Medications

2010 print edition

Author(s): Revised by Evan Sisson, Pharm.D., MHA, CDE
Publisher: American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE)

For diabetes educators, keeping up-to-date with accurate information on drugs and dosing is challenging. The AADE Quick Guide to Medications puts essential information at your fingertips. It provides you with accurate and current information in a concise, easy-to-use format.

This latest update is based on the 2010 print edition with additional features, enhanced functionality and ongoing updates.

Key Features

A must-have for practices and individual nurses, dietitians, and other healthcare professionals who work with persons with diabetes
Includes comparisons of human insulins and analogs and provides storage guidelines for mixing insulins, prefilled syringes and pens
Key information for insulins, fixed dose combinations, oral-glucose lowering agents including:
- Mechanism of Action
- Dosing
- Indications
- Contraindications
- Adverse Effects
- Monitoring
Sections on Common Agents for Blood Pressure Control in Patients with Diabetes , Cholesterol Control in Diabetic Patients and Recommended Priorities and Suggested Drug Therapy for Patients with Diabetes and Dyslipidemia
Includes vital information on Drug-Disease and Drug-Drug Interactions, Treatment of Hypoglycemic Emergency, and Herbs, Supplements and Diabetes

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