eviewers and clinical consultants -- How to use this book -- Foreword -- Overview of pharmacology -- Principles of drug administration -- Drug therapy and the nursing process -- Individual drugs (organized alphabetically) -- Appendices: Safety guidelines for opioid use -- Parenteral insulin preparations -- Oral allergen extracts -- Less commonly used drugs -- Selected antihistamines -- Selected ophthalmic drugs -- Selected topical drugs -- Selected combination antiviral drugs -- Common cancers and antineoplastic drug therapy -- Selected antihypertensive combinations -- Selected obstetrical drugs -- Vitamins -- Interferons -- Compatible drugs in a syringe -- Drug formulas and calculations -- Weights and equivalents -- Equianalgesic doses for opioid agonists -- Abbreviations