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- Page 1 HAD-3007 Medical Book Card The Medical Letter HANDBOOK ADVERSE DRUG INTERACTIONS User’s Guide...
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Page 2: Quick Reference Guide
Quick Reference Guide To Start Using a Book Card 1. Install the book card in a slot in the back of the Medical Book System platform. 2. Turn the platform on. 3. If needed, press CARD use the to highlight its icon. - Page 3 FRANKLIN means Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc. LIMITED USE LICENSE All rights in the MEDICAL BOOK SYSTEM remain the property of FRANKLIN. Through your purchase, FRANKLIN grants you a personal and nonexclusive license to use the MEDICAL BOOK SYSTEM. You may not make any copies of the MEDICAL BOOK SYSTEM or of the preprogrammed data stored therein, whether in electronic or print format.
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Page 4: Table Of Contents
MAN platforms cannot use Medical Book System book cards. For More Information To learn more about the Medical Book System or other products from Frank- lin Electronic Publishers, call 800-665- 5450 or visit the Franklin Web site at www.franklin.com. ® platform. -
Page 5: Introduction To The Hadi
This handbook offers a quick guide to pos- sible adverse effects of drug interactions, with brief recommendations for precaution- ary measures. Pairs of interacting drugs are listed alphabetically, followed by the ad- verse interaction, its mechanism (in paren- theses), references and recommendations for clinical management. -
Page 6: Key Guide
Introduction to the HADI MECHANISMS OF INTERACTIONS — Genetic differences can affect drug metabolism and interactions. Some drugs can interact by changing the metabolism of other drugs, either through inhibition or induction of any of sev- eral hepatic enzyme activities or through alter- ations in hepatic blood flow. -
Page 7: Installing Book Cards
Key Guide Direction Keys Pages up or down. Moves the cursor, text, or highlight. Key Combinations* Transfers a highlighted word CARD between installed book cards. At text, highlights special mark- ENTER ers (e.g., bibliographic references, MAO inhibitor in- formation , etc.). +Q-P Types numbers. -
Page 8: Selecting A Book
Selecting a Book If you have installed two book cards in the platform, you can select which book you want to read. 1. Turn the platform on. 2. Press CARD 3. Use to highlight the book you want to use. 4. -
Page 9: Viewing A Demonstration
Viewing a Demonstration Before you start using this book, you may want to see a brief demonstration. Press and then use the arrow keys to MENU highlight View Demo on the Setup menu. Press to select it. To stop the dem- ENTER onstration, press CLEAR... -
Page 10: Among Many Drugs
Finding Drug Interactions These are the interactions for heparin. 5. Type an interaction title or use the arrow keys to highlight an interac- tion. For example, highlight heparin & nitroglycerin . 6. Press to view it. ENTER 7. To go to the next or previous interac- tion, if any, hold and use 8. - Page 11 Finding Drug Interactions 5. Press (yellow) to find inter- SEARCH actions among the selected drugs. 6. Highlight an interaction and press to view it. ENTER 7. To find all the other interactions that include one of the selected drugs, press MORE 8.
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Page 12: Using The Interactions Menu
Finding Drug Interactions Searching for Parts of Words If you want to find prefixes, suffixes, or other parts of words, type an aster- isk ( ) to stand for a series of letters. To type an asterisk, hold press For example, type poly at the main drug list. -
Page 13: Using The Glossary
Using the Glossary You can view a glossary entry for any drug on the main drug list. A glossary en- try can contain a drug’s generic or brand name, any drug or food groups to which it belongs, and MAO inhibitor information. 1. -
Page 14: Reading Special Markers
Reading Special Markers Throughout this book, you will find bib- liographic references (indicated by ’s), and notes about foods that inter- act with MAO inhibitors (indicated by ’s). Bibliographic ref- erences provide additional information. markers are usually found in glossary entries. Note: The hand icon ( ) is not a special marker. -
Page 15: Looking Up Words In Other Books
Looking Up Words in Other Books The Medical Book System platform enables you to look up a word from one installed book card in the other installed book card. This book card can send words to and re- ceive words from other book cards. Some book cards are not able to transfer words. -
Page 16: Book Card Care
© 1997 The Medical Letter, Inc. All rights reserved. Medical Book System and BOOKMAN are trademarks of Franklin Electronic Pub- lishers, Inc. FCC Notice: Complies with the limits for a Class B computing device pursuant to Subpart B of part 15 of FCC Rules. -
Page 17: Limited Warranty (U.s. Only)
Franklin will, at its option, repair or replace any product at no further charge to the end user on determination by Franklin, in its sole discretion, that the product was defective and that such defect arose within the duration of this limited warranty. -
Page 18: Index
Limited Warranty (outside U.S.) This product, excluding batteries, is guaranteed by Franklin for a period of one year from the date of purchase. It will be repaired or replaced (at Franklin’s op- tion) free of charge for any defect due to faulty workmanship or materials. - Page 19 Hand icon 12 Help messages 7 Highlighting bibliographic references 12 MAO Inhibitor Info markers 12 MAO inhibitor information 5 search words 11 words 11 Interactions menu 10 Introduction, reading 7 Key combinations 5 LIST (blue) key 4, 8 Main drug list, about 8 MAO Inhibitor Info marker 12 MAO inhibitor information 3, 5, 11, 12...
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