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Philip L. Hooper, MD
Loveland, Colo

Arch Intern Med. 1997;157(5):575-576.

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Bravos for Cohen and Insel!¹ They correctly identify major deficiencies in using the Physician's Desk Reference² (PDR) and make recommendations for improvement. They ask in their article, "Without the PDR or similar equivalent, where would physicians derive drug information and would it be an improvement?" They recommend a number of well-meaning improvements in the way the PDR is put together; however, because of the legal- and consumer-oriented pharmaceutical manufacturers' frame of reference, I doubt that such recommendations will ever be carried out.

What I have done, and recommend that other physicians and institutions do, is to use the American Hospital Formulary Service information books, eg, AHFS Drug Information³). Every year, I get a new book that costs just under $100. Updates are sent to me throughout the year. The books, and the updates, do a great job of discussing actions of pharmaceutical agents, side effects, contraindications, drug . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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