The administration of drugs by injection is an essential activity that is performed daily in many healthcare settings. This guide provides a user friendly, single point of reference for healthcare professionals in the safe and effective administration of injectable medicines. Injectable Drugs Guide consists of an A-Z of approximately 300 injectable drugs in monograph format, each covering the following topics:

• pre-treatment checks
• dosing regimens
• preparation and administration
• compatibility and stability information
• monitoring requirements during treatment
• side effects, interactions and pharmacokinetic information.

The Injectable Drugs Guide is designed to support the NPSA risk assessment process and each drug has a risk rating.
The book provides a holistic approach to injectable medicines to meet the needs of the many disciplines involved in the clinical use of injectables and also those providing advice about injectable drug use.

Available now: online version on Medicines Complete (www.medicinescomplete.com), with regularly updated content.

Injectable Drugs Guide is also available as an eBook.

Preface

How to use the Injectable Drugs Guide monographs

Injectable Drugs Guide on Medicines Complete

Feedback

About the authors

Contributors

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations

Monographs A - Z

Appendix 1. The basics of injectable therapy

Appendix 2. Good management principles

Appendix 3. Usual responsibilities of individual practitioners

Appendix 4. Advantages and disadvantages to parenteral therapy

Appendix 5. Injection techniques and routes

Appendix 6. Extravasation

Appendix 7. Intravascular devices

Appendix 8. Infusion devices

Appendix 9. Syringe drivers

Appendix 10. Ideal body weight, dosing in patients with renal or hepatic impairment

Appendix 11. Risk ratings

Index of cross-referenced terms