What's New
. . . in the Book
The 16th edition of the Handbook of Nonprescription Drugs contains all the components needed to teach self-care
√New cases for each disease-related chapter
√New chapters
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Introduction to Dietary Supplements—provides a foundation for understanding current issues regarding natural products
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Natural Products—combines botanical and nonbotanical products into one chapter according to body systems
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Common Complementary and Alternative Medicine Health Systems—provides key points for six different types of CAM health systems/healing practices, including naturopathy and massage
√Standardization of CAM discussions—to ensure greater consistency in the assessment of the evidence supporting or refuting the use of natural products
PLUS Other chapters have undergone major revisions
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Self-Care and Nonprescription Pharmacotherapy
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Prevention of Pregnancy and Sexually Transmitted Infections
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Disorders Related to Cold and Allergy
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Asthma
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Functional and Meal Replacement Foods
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Diabetes Mellitus
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Minor Foot Disorders
. . . on OTCHandbook.com
For students, instructors, and practitioners
√Updated links to Internet sites that provide
- Supplemental professional information about a chapter topic
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Patient education material
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Information about support groups
For instructors
√New illustrations in the Image Bank for use in PowerPoint, Word, and other applications
√New custom-designed, PowerPoint Chapter Templates, complete with major headings
For all purchasers of the book
√New eBook in a searchable PDF format
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