Tarascon Pocket Pharmacopoeia: Classic Shirt-Pocket Edition 2015 29th Edition

Great book.

I have been purchasing this book since medical school but my last one was 2007 (I slacked of the updates) and finally broke down to purchase a new one. I am pleased. I appreciated the new features and arrangement. They did a great job. The text size has not changed - fine with me - but it is thicker. This thickness is by no means a deterrent because it is still very small. This is my favorite medical book next to the Merk manual - two must haves for physicians.

The Tarascon pocket, is a quick reference book, very practical for use in the pocket, I consult every day in the hospital where I work. It has the basic information to check the dose, it would lack information on use in pregnancy and lactation. Of the latter, it seems that there pocket to date. I can recommend it as a good manual.

Very usefull and easy of use with up to date drugs information. Can be challenging in reading the small print

Good reference for dosing. Some sections, like cardiology, are organized in a somewhat confusing manner (ex. antihypertensive drugs are mixed with antiarrhythmics making dosing hard to find at times). Font is readable in the the pocket edition and the book is small and light enough to fit comfortably in a white coat pocket.

I am a nurse- this little guy is a great pocket guide to use as a reference. It has ACLS notes in the back which are very useful, it also has several pages of blank note pages so you can add pertinent notes. It is flat too and fits into any pocket well.

I've been carrying a copy of this in my clinic jacket since the first one I bought around 1987, my first year in med school and this was suggested as a great way of having commonly prescribed meds handy in my "peripheral brain."I remember when it was about 1/3d as thick and the writing was large enough I could read it without +2 diopter reading glasses.Well, nearly thirty years ago I could read most anything without glasses, but still.Still jam-packed with prescribing data, treatment info, just as useful now as it was then even with an iPhone and Medscape program and all that.

The pharmacopia is decent. i haven't actually used it all that much because i did download the epocrates app but i did use it a couple of times when my phone was not available. the information is pretty accurate and easy to find. I think its a good investment especially when you are not allowed to have a phone on hand.