TY - BOOK ED - Health Manpower Development Staff TI - Formulary AV - QV 740 .F6 PY - 1983/// CY - Hawaii PB - Health Manpower Development Staff KW - Formularies|Pharmaceutical Preparations|Drug Therapy N1 - Discusses the processes involved in the safe and effective use and dispensing of drugs. The book explains how to obtain drug history, calculate the right dosage, the importance of giving patients instructions, and the importance of labelling the drugs. Common drug interactions are discussed and information about specific drugs provided. The information includes the form in which the drug is supplied, the conditions for which the drug is used, the dosages in which it may be taken, precautions to take when using or dispensing the drug, how it should be stored and what information concerning the drug the patient needs to know ER -