Edward A Bell

Children's Medicines

What Every Parent, Grandparent, and Teacher Needs to Know

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Inside the book, readers will find; information to help parents weigh the benefits and risks of medicines; an explanation of why some adult medications are not safe for children; descriptions of medicine for treating fever and common illnesses; practical tips on measuring, flavoring, and administering medicines; directions for giving medicine in the mouth, the nose, the ear, and the eye; advice for keeping children of any age safe around medications; facts about vaccinations: how they work, which ones are recommended, and their safety; a guide to the FDA's approval process for use of medicines by children; information about drug pricing, expiration dates, and storing medicine at home; a chapter on ADHD and the treatment of adolescent depression that takes into account the long-term side effects of antidepressants; details about the use of herbal and complementary therapies, including probiotics and vitamins; a discussion of over-the-counter cough/cold products; information on which websites to use for accurate medical and drug informationFull of information helpful to parents, grandparents, and others who provide care for children, Children's Medicines is a reliable and insightful guide to how drugs for children of all ages are prescribed and used.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Woodrow Wilson Center Press
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 218mm x 145mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 272g
• ISBN-13: 9781421423746
• ISBN-10: 142142374X
• Artikelnr.: 48094160

Autorenporträt

Edward A. Bell is a pediatric pharmacist and a professor of clinical sciences at Drake University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences and the Blank Children's Hospital and Clinics, Des Moines, Iowa. He is the author of a monthly column on pediatric medicines for the journal Infectious Diseases in Children.