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Summary of Contents for Franklin IC-104
- Page 1 For Use with the Franklin Digital Book System Electronic Publishers IC-104 DIGITAL BOOK The Medical Letter HANDBOOK ADVERSE DRUG INTERACTIONS User’ s Manual...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Introduction ...2 Getting Started ...6 Seeing a Demonstration ...8 Entering Drug Names ...9 Correcting Misspellings ...11 Brands, Generics, and Groups ... 13 Finding Interactions ... 15 Between Many Drugs ...15 For a Single Drug ... 17 Viewing References ... 19 Sending Words to Other Books ... -
Page 3: Introduction
Introduction This handbook offers a quick guide to possible adverse effects of drug interactions, with brief recommendations for precaution- ary measures. References are given to original reports that provide more complete discussions of each interaction. This book— lists adverse drug interactions, their mechanisms, and recommendations for clinical management. - Page 4 antihypertensive agents or two central-nervous-system depressants, are generally not included. Effects expected from the mechanism of a drug’s action, such as that of potassium on digitalis glycosides or calcium on calcium-entry blockers, and useful antagonist effects, such as that between a poison and an antidote, are not listed.
- Page 5 Introduction What the Handbook Can Do The Medical Letter Interactions digital book is a powerful reference. Using the Handbook , you can. . . • find brand name drugs, generic drugs, drug groups, and food groups, • correct and find drug name spellings, •...
- Page 6 How the Handbook Works The Handbook is easy to use. Here are the basics: Highlight the HADI symbol. Then press At the main drug list, type a drug name. Then press ENTER Type another drug name. Press Press ENTER Press ENTER Press CLEAR...
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Page 7: Getting Started
Getting Started If you’re using the Handbook for the first time, read this section. WARNING: If you install the Handbook with the Digital Book System on, information that you entered in the other installed book may be erased. 1. Turn the Digital Book System off. 2. -
Page 8: Help Is Always At Hand
Getting Started 7. Press ENTER This is the Handbook’s initial screen, the top of the main drug list. Here you enter drug names to find interactions. Clearing the Screen and Backing Up You can always return to the initial screen by pressing . -
Page 9: Seeing A Demonstration
Seeing a Demonstration Before you start using the Handbook , you may want to see a brief demonstration. 1. At the initial screen, press 2. Press 3. Press ENTER 4. To stop the demonstration, press Resuming Where You Left Off If you turn off the Digital Book System while using the Handbook , you’ll return to the previ- ous screen when you turn the Digital Book... -
Page 10: Entering Drug Names
Entering Drug Names You enter drug names by typing them at the main drug list. The main drug list contains brand and generic names, foods, and drug and food groups. In this User’s Manual, “drug name” refers to any name on the main drug list. -
Page 11: Follow The Arrows
Entering Drug Names Moving Up and Down Lists You can use these keys to move up and down the main drug list, the query list, and other lists: To. . . Scroll up and down Page up and down Go to the start or end of the list * Hold press... -
Page 12: Correcting Misspellings
Correcting Misspellings When you type letters that don’t match any drug name on the main drug list, you activate the spell-correction mode. Try this example. 1. At the initial screen, type To exit the spell-correction mode, press repeatedly. 2. Press ENTER 3. - Page 13 Correcting Misspellings Finding Spellings with ? and You can find spellings even when you don’t know all the letters in the names. Simply type a question mark for each letter that you don’t know in a name. Or type an asterisk for a series of unknown letters.
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Page 14: Brands, Generics, And Groups
Brands, Generics, and Groups By highlighting a drug name on the main drug list and pressing brand names and any drug or food groups to which it belongs. In this example, we’ll find the brand names and drug group of penicillin G. 1. - Page 15 Brands, Generics, and Groups 4. Press ENTER 5. Press 6. To return to the main drug list, press twice. Finding MAO Inhibitor Interactions When you highlight a food on the main drug list, pressing inhibitors. For example. . . 1. Type AVOCADOS MAO Inhibitor info 2.
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Page 16: Finding Interactions
Finding Interactions You can see adverse interactions by entering drug names at the main drug list and pressing *SHOW INTERACTIONS* description of each interaction. Between Many Drugs You can enter up to 20 drugs at time to find interac- tions between them. In this example, we’ll find the interactions between alcohol and acetaminophen. - Page 17 Finding Interactions 4. If there is more than one interaction, press to highlight an interaction. To return to the main drug list (for example, if there are no interactions), press 5. At a highlighted interaction, press This is an interaction description. The pointing hand indicates a comment or recommendation.
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Page 18: For A Single Drug
For a Single Drug You can enter a single drug and quickly see the drugs with which it interacts. In this example, we’ll find the interactions for heparin. 1. At the initial screen, type 2. Press ENTER 3. Press LIST 4. - Page 19 Finding Interactions 5. Press 6. Press ENTER Using Your Query List Whenever you enter a drug name, it’s saved in your query list. To see your query list, press . At the query list, use these keys: LIST To. . . Delete a highlighted drug See the interactions between all the drugs...
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Page 20: Viewing References
Viewing References Whenever you see a reference mark — — in an interaction description, you can view a journal reference for that description. 1. At the start of an interaction description with a , hold Notice that the If you’re below or to the left of the , hold and press reference marks, hold highlight the next mark. - Page 21 Viewing References 3. To scroll down, hold 4. To see the next reference, if any, hold If there are more references, repeat Step 4. To see previous ones, hold 5. To go back to the interaction description, press BACK Viewing Next or Previous References Once at a reference, you can see the next or previous reference, if any, in an interaction description by pressing...
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Page 22: Sending Words To Other Books
Sending Words to Other Books You can send drug names and other words from the Handbook to other installed digital books. For example, you could look up a drug name from the Handbook in The Washington Manual . Follow these steps. -
Page 23: Digital Book System
Digital Book System Installing Digital Books NOTE: Your Digital Book System will operate only when one or two digital books are installed. 1. Turn the Digital Book System off. 2. Align the digital book’s tabs with the notches in either book slot on the back of the Digital Book System. -
Page 24: Resetting The Digital Book System
Resetting the Digital Book System If the keyboard fails to respond or the screen performs erratically, follow these steps: 1. Press CLEAR 2. Press ON/OFF 3. Hold CLEAR 4. Using a paper clip, press the recessed reset button on the back.* * WARNING When you reset your Digital Book System, information that you entered in the currently installed digital books will be... -
Page 25: Switching Between Digital Books
Digital Book System Switching Between Digital Books 1. With two digital books installed, press CARD You see the digital book symbols. 2. Highlight a symbol by pressing . Then press You switch to the other digital book. To return to the first digital book, repeat the steps above. -
Page 26: Replacing The Batteries
Replacing the Batteries Your unit uses CR2032 lithium batteries. Before replacing them, have four new batteries ready. 1. Turn your Digital Book System off. 2. Remove the battery cover on the back. Then remove all batteries. 3. Promptly slide two new batteries into the battery cavity with the metal clip over it. - Page 27 Digital Book System Protecting Your Digital Book System • Don't touch the metal contacts on the back of your digital books or the rubber contacts in the book slots of the Digital Book System. WARNING Touching the contacts with statically charged objects, including your fingers, could erase information that you entered in your installed digital books.
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Page 28: Warranty
Limited Warranty (U.S.A only) FRANKLIN warrants to you that the DIGITAL BOOK will be free from defects in materials and workmanship for one year from purchase. In the case of such a defect in your DIGITAL BOOK, FRANKLIN will repair or replace it without charge on return, with purchase receipt, to the dealer from which you made your purchase or Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc., 122 Burrs Road, Mt. -
Page 29: Product Specifications
• Self-demonstration. • Context-sensitive help messages • ROM size: 4 megabits Copyrights, Trademarks, and Patents © 1993 Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc.. All rights reserved. This manual is copyrighted 1993 by Franklin. © 1993 The Medical Letter, Inc. All rights reserved. -
Page 30: Key Guide
Function Keys CLEAR MENU GAMES MORE LIST SPEC CARD Gold Key Combinations + number keys Type numbers. CARD Key Guide Clear the query list and go to the initial screen. Show the menu. Doesn’t apply. Doesn’t apply. Show the query list. Specify names and related drugs. -
Page 31: Direction Keys
Key Guide Direction Keys ™ MatchMaker SHIFT Query List Keys These functions apply only in the query list. Move the highlight. Scroll through lists and text, or move the highlight. Page up or down. At the main drug list, stand for an unknown letter. -
Page 32: Other Keys
Key Guide Other Keys Type letters. Erase a letter, back up, delete BACK an entry, or turn off the highlight in interaction descriptions. Make an entry. In descriptions, ENTER highlight a word. Show a help message. HELP Turn unit on or off. ON/OFF Type punctuation. -
Page 33: Index
Arrows 10 Backing up 7 Brand names 13 Clearing to initial screen 7 your query list 18 Comments 16 Deleting drugs from query list 18 entries 9 Demonstration 8 Drug groups 13 Drug names brand and generic 13 correcting spellings 11 displaying full names 16 entering 9 finding 13... - Page 34 Electronic Publishers Mt. Holly, NJ 08060 FCR 28004-00 C Printed in China P/N 7201670...
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