lexi handbook

[ribbit541]

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If I decide to pass on grabbing a pda for my rotations....Does anyone carry around the Lexi drug handbook (thick) or have a strategy to carry around the lexi handbook around, along with some other notecard stuff? Upgrade the white coat with bigger pockets, inside pockets, backback, waste bag...Or if I dont have a pda/itouch will I simply have to go to the desk/computer to get some information. hope this makes sense

 

[dumediat]

Sure, some of my buddies without PDAs took their Lexi books with them without problem. Just make sure to mark which one is yours, since most facilities have their own copies. You really don't need to carry it around wherever you go, either...just keep it in a place where it's readily accessible (i.e, not in a locked office).

 

[njac]

I usually find a drawer where the pharmacist sits on the floor and leave my Lexi there. I have the maroon one from 2 years ago that is still relatively pocket sized compared to the blue behemoth.

 

[Sparda29]

Question, does the Lexi book basically have the same information as Goodman and Gilmans and DiPiro?

 

[rxlynn]

Question, does the Lexi book basically have the same information as Goodman and Gilmans and DiPiro?

No, and No. Lexi is a reference book with entries much more like the drug monograph. It does have some tables in the back that are reference tables, but the bulk of the book is organized info. by drug.

G&G is the most well-known and comprehensive pharmacology text, so very indepth info. on mechanism of action of the drugs. DiPiro is one of the two most used therapeutics texts, so it more tells you all the information about patho and what drugs you treat disease states with, guidelines, etc.

I'm not sure what year you are, but does your school not use DiPiro? I'm not a huge fan of G&G because I think it's hard to sit down and read through, but I love my Lexi just for quick look-ups.

 

[Sparda29]

No, and No. Lexi is a reference book with entries much more like the drug monograph. It does have some tables in the back that are reference tables, but the bulk of the book is organized info. by drug.

G&G is the most well-known and comprehensive pharmacology text, so very indepth info. on mechanism of action of the drugs. DiPiro is one of the two most used therapeutics texts, so it more tells you all the information about patho and what drugs you treat disease states with, guidelines, etc.

I'm not sure what year you are, but does your school not use DiPiro? I'm not a huge fan of G&G because I think it's hard to sit down and read through, but I love my Lexi just for quick look-ups.

I'm a P1, and I already bought both DiPiro and Goodman and Gilmans.

 

[aboveliquidice]

Having the pocket Lexi is the exact same thing as having lexi-complete on your PDA. The only difference is that Lexi-complete has auto search... very handy...

 

[Sparda29]

Having the pocket Lexi is the exact same thing as having lexi-complete on your PDA. The only difference is that Lexi-complete has auto search... very handy...

Is Lexi pretty much the same thing as Skyscape or Epocrates?

 

[njac]

Is Lexi pretty much the same thing as Skyscape or Epocrates?

not familiar with Skyscape but did you miss where just posts before it was stated the epocrates is rife with errors?