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Posted by Maxime on December 15, 2006, at 17:34:59
I was reading an article today and it was about taking stimulants with MAOIs. Someone wrote that the PDR is really just a legal document and NOT a medical guide. I thought how true that is. I have tried so many things that are contraindicated and my dosages have always been higher than recommended.
Maxime
Posted by madeline on December 15, 2006, at 19:24:15
In reply to PDR a legal document, posted by Maxime on December 15, 2006, at 17:34:59
the PDR contains the full precribing information provided by the companies for the appropriate (according to them and the FDA) use of a drug that they manufacture.
That's all it is.
If a physician goes off the prescribing info in the PDR, the drug company is not responsible for any adverse effects to the patient.
However, the physician can be held directly accountable for his/her actions.
Posted by yxibow on December 15, 2006, at 19:39:13
In reply to Re: PDR a legal document, posted by madeline on December 15, 2006, at 19:24:15
> the PDR contains the full precribing information provided by the companies for the appropriate (according to them and the FDA) use of a drug that they manufacture.
>
> That's all it is.
>
> If a physician goes off the prescribing info in the PDR, the drug company is not responsible for any adverse effects to the patient.
>
> However, the physician can be held directly accountable for his/her actions.
Yeah, that's pretty much what the PDR is -- these days full PIs (prescribing information) are online for pickyournewdrugandfillintheblanks.com for an extended period of time until they stop marketing or the patent runs out. Those PIs are the same as appear in the PDR or sometimes are printed on thin paper and taped to the top of a pharmacy jar if your pharmacy gives you the whole jar because you're prescribed that amount or that is what is left over and they didn't bother to remove it. The PDR also has, for a select group of currently marketed drugs, a photo for each medication.There are online sources also for identifying pills, such as
http://www.drugs.com/pill_identification.html
-- tidings
Posted by Phillipa on December 15, 2006, at 22:50:55
In reply to Re: PDR a legal document » madeline, posted by yxibow on December 15, 2006, at 19:39:13
Some docs use a calculator type PDR for calculating meds. Do they work and what are they? Love Phillipa
Posted by yxibow on December 16, 2006, at 5:10:23
In reply to Re: PDR a legal document, posted by Phillipa on December 15, 2006, at 22:50:55
> Some docs use a calculator type PDR for calculating meds. Do they work and what are they? Love Phillipa
There are PDA (personal digital assistant) versions of the PDR that have abbreviated information about the most common medications. Some also use PDR.net subscriptions to check online.
They're for reminding doctors of typical dosages and such more than really about extended amounts of side effects and dangers which they know by having had prescribed substances frequently to patients
-- Jay
Posted by naughtypuppy on December 16, 2006, at 6:07:34
In reply to Re: PDR a legal document » madeline, posted by yxibow on December 15, 2006, at 19:39:13
> > the PDR contains the full precribing information provided by the companies for the appropriate (according to them and the FDA) use of a drug that they manufacture.
> >
> > That's all it is.
> >
> > If a physician goes off the prescribing info in the PDR, the drug company is not responsible for any adverse effects to the patient.
> >
> > However, the physician can be held directly accountable for his/her actions.
>
>
> Yeah, that's pretty much what the PDR is -- these days full PIs (prescribing information) are online for pickyournewdrugandfillintheblanks.com for an extended period of time until they stop marketing or the patent runs out. Those PIs are the same as appear in the PDR or sometimes are printed on thin paper and taped to the top of a pharmacy jar if your pharmacy gives you the whole jar because you're prescribed that amount or that is what is left over and they didn't bother to remove it. The PDR also has, for a select group of currently marketed drugs, a photo for each medication.Right you are. I had access to the yearly copy of the cd they produce and found it so useless that I couldn't even bother to pirate it anymore. There was vere little on psyc meds, mostly pictures of OTC meds.
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> There are online sources also for identifying pills, such as
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> http://www.drugs.com/pill_identification.html
>
> -- tidings
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