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- Page 1 For Use with the Franklin Digital Book System Electronic Publishers IC-168 DIGITAL BOOK The Medical Letter HANDBOOK ADVERSE DRUG INTERACTIONS User’ s Manual...
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Page 2: License Agreement
Through your purchase, FRANKLIN grants you a personal and nonexclusive license to use the DIGITAL BOOK on a single FRANKLIN Digital Book System at a time. You may not make any copies of the DIGITAL BOOK or of the data stored therein, whether in electronic or print format. -
Page 3: Table Of Contents
Introduction to the HADI ...3 Overview of Operation ...5 Installing the Digital Book ...7 Viewing a Demonstration ...9 Selecting Drugs ...10 Correcting Misspellings ...12 Finding Brands, Generics, Groups ...14 Finding Interactions ... 16 Between Many Drugs ...16 For a Single Drug ... 18 Viewing References ... -
Page 4: Introduction To The Hadi
Introduction to the HADI 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 5 Introduction to the HADI local anesthetics, are not included here. Interactions useful in therapy, such as increased plasma concentration of penicillin with concurrent use of probenecid, are also not included. Common additive effects, such as occur with use of two antihypertensive agents or two central nervous system depressants, are generally not listed.
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Page 6: Overview Of Operation
Overview of Operation What this HADI Can Do The Medical Letter Interactions is a powerful reference. Using this digital book, you can. . . • find brand name drugs, generic drugs, drug groups, and food groups, • correct drug name misspellings, •... - Page 7 Overview of Operation How this HADI Works The Handbook is easy to use. Here are the basics: Highlight the HADI symbol and press • At the main drug list, type a drug name. Then press • Type another drug name. Press •...
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Page 8: Installing The Digital Book
Installing the Digital Book Before you can use this digital book, you must install it. Warning: If you install a digital book while the Digital Book System is on, information that you en- tered in other currently installed digital books may be erased. -
Page 9: Resuming Where You Left Off
Installing the Digital Book 7. Press ENTER This is the main drug list, where you select drugs to find interactions. Resuming Where You Left Off While using this digital book, you can turn off the Digital Book System at any time. When you turn the Digital Book System on again, the screen that you last viewed appears. -
Page 10: Viewing A Demonstration
Viewing a Demonstration Before you start using this digital book, you may want to view a brief demonstration of its features and functionality. 1. Press MENU to highlight Demo . 2. Press 3. Press ENTER 4. Press CLEAR Help is Always at Hand You can view a help message at any screen (except during the demonstration) by pressing . -
Page 11: Selecting Drugs
Selecting Drugs The main drug list contains brand and generic drugs, foods, as well as drug and food groups. You select an item from the main drug list by typing it, or scroll- ing to it, and then pressing to type only a few letters to highlight an item. Try this example. -
Page 12: Follow The Arrows
Using the Direction Keys 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 Zoom to the top or bottom of a list * Hold while pressing the other key, or press... -
Page 13: Correcting Misspellings
Correcting Misspellings Don’t worry if you misspell a word. The spell- correction mode automatically appears. Try this. 1. Type KLOROMBUSIL at the main drug list. To exit spell-correction, press 2. Press ENTER Spell correction is done automatically. 3. Press 4. Press ENTER your query list. -
Page 14: Finding Letters In Words
Correcting Misspellings Finding Letters in Words If you are not sure how to spell a word, type a question mark in place of each unknown letter or an asterisk in place of a series of unknown letters. Here are two examples. •... -
Page 15: Finding Brands, Generics, Groups
Finding Brands, Generics, 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 16 Finding Brands, Generics, Groups 5. Press to scroll down. 6. Press BACK list. Finding MAO Inhibitor Interactions When you highlight a food name on the main drug list, pressing with MAO inhibitors. Try this example. 1. Type AVOCADOS . 2. Press SPEC 3.
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Page 17: Finding Interactions
Finding Interactions You can find adverse interactions by selecting drugs from the main drug list and then pressing SHOW INTERACTIONS . Here is where you can view a description of each interaction. Between Many Drugs You can select up to 20 drugs at time to find interac- tions between. - Page 18 4. Highlight the interaction you want to view, if needed. Note: You can return to the main drug list now by pressing BACK 5. Press ENTER interaction. This is an interaction description. The hand points to a comment or recommendation. 6.
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Page 19: For A Single Drug
For a Single Drug You can select a single drug from the main drug list and quickly find the drugs with which it interacts. In this example, we’ll find the interactions for heparin. 1. Type HEPARIN at the main drug list. 2. - Page 20 Finding Interactions Using the Query List Whenever you select a drug from the main drug list, it is saved in the query list. To view your queries, press can use these keys. To. . . Delete a highlighted item View the interactions between all the items View all the interactions for a highlighted item...
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Page 21: Viewing References
Viewing References Whenever you see a reference mark ( ) in an inter- action description, you can view its journal reference. 1. At an interaction description with a , hold and press showing on the screen. To highlight the last and press Notice that the 2. - Page 22 4. Hold and press more references, if any. To view a previous reference, hold and press 5. Press BACK Viewing Complete Drug Names Pressing interaction description, or a reference displays the full names of the drugs involved in the interaction. Then press Viewing Next or Previous References Once at a reference, you can view the next or...
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Page 23: Sending Words To Other Books
Sending Words to Other Books You can send drug names and other words from this digital book to other installed digital books. For ex- ample, you can look up a drug from this Handbook in The Washington Manual digital book. 1. -
Page 24: Digital Book System
Digital Book System Resetting the Digital Book System To reset the Digital Book System, hold pressing ON/OFF the back of the Digital Book System. (Read its Basic Operating Guide for details.) Warning: Resetting the Digital Book System may per- manently erase information, such as notes, that you have entered in the installed digital books. -
Page 25: Replacing The Batteries
Replacing the Batteries The DBS-1 and DBS-2 use four 3-volt, CR2032 lithi- um batteries. The DBS-2D uses four 1.5-volt, AA batteries. 1. Have new batteries ready. 2. Turn the Digital Book System off. 3. Slide the battery cover off the back. 4. -
Page 26: Limited Warranty
Limited Warranty (U.S. 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., One... -
Page 27: Product Specifications
© 1995-97 Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc. Burlington, NJ 08016-4907 USA. All rights reserved. © 1997 by the Medical Letter, Inc. All rights reserved. MatchMaker is a trademark of Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc. The Medical Letter is a registered trademark of the Medical Letter, Inc. -
Page 28: Key Guide
Function Keys Clears your queries and CLEAR returns to the main drug list. Shows menus. MENU No effect. GAMES No effect. MORE Shows the current query list. LIST Shows brands, generics, and groups. SPEC Exits the digital book. CARD Gold Key Combinations CARD Key Guide Types numbers. -
Page 29: Direction Keys
Direction Keys Move the highlight left or right. Scroll through lists and text, or move the highlight up or down. Page up or down. ™ MatchMaker At lists, shows the full menu item; at the main drug list, types a ? to stand for an unknown letter. -
Page 30: Other Keys
Other Keys BACK ENTER HELP ON/OFF SHIFT SPACE Key Guide Type letters. Erases a letter, backs up, deletes an entry, or turns off the highlight in interaction descriptions. Enters a request. In descriptions, highlights a word. Shows a help message. Turns unit on or off. -
Page 31: Index
Adverse interactions, for a single drug 18 Arrows 11 Asterisks, using 13 Batteries precautions 24 replacing 24 Clearing to the main drug list 8 your query list 19 Comments 17 Completing drug names 21 Cross-references viewing 20 viewing the next or previous 21 Deleting, drugs from query list 19... - Page 32 Highlighting drug names 22 words in articles & references 22 Installing a digital book 7 Interactions between many drugs 16 for a single drug 18 specifying 21 Key guide 27 Main drug list clearing to 8 using 10, 14 MAO inhibitor interac- tions 15 MatchMaker™...
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