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Katzung is a fine text that is used at my medical school and also by my gf's Rx school.
We use Katzung's Basic & Clinical Pharmacology at my school.
Facts and Comparisons.. Get one. I have 2 - one in my clinic, and one in the on-call room. The absolute best drug reference text you can have. There is not a PDA version yet, but hopefully sometime in the future. Of course, the book is to big to lug around with you, but I have found the Tarascon PDA program to be rather helpful for looking up those dosages that slip my mind at 4 am..
By the way, original poster. Just lost a patient on Wednesday who we were supporting with your name (levophed). Of course, she was also getting dopamine and epi, but my attending reminded me of old saying (repeated in my June ACLS course) - "Levophed, and leave 'em dead."
Not sure about what book UF requires for the Pharmacology course but they required all pharmacy students to purchase the Gold Standard Clinical Pharmacology CD. I've briefly checked it out. It has a bunch of PDA software and we have subscriptions and free updates for the next four years. Anyone else use this before??
jdpharmd? said:
I thought Dipiro and Goodman & Gilman are more therapeutics, while Katzung's is pharmacology.
The required book at UF is by Brenner to explain some concepts, if the lectures aren't doing it for you. Most of our lecture notes come from Goodman & Gilmans, which is optional since we're getting it via power point. It was also recommeneded by one of my Med Chem profs, so I might pick it up during the semester. She said that in the past they have pulled test questions directly from that book. Katzung is also on the optional book list, for those that need additional material.
Our pharmacology course is completely separate from our therapeutics course at UF. That class uses Koda-Kimble, but they used DiPiro last year. We're using a different text by DiPiro for our pharmacokinetics class.
Our pharmacology course is completely separate from our therapeutics course at UF. That class uses Koda-Kimble, but they used DiPiro last year. We're using a different text by DiPiro for our pharmacokinetics class.
Trancelucent1 said:
You'll use that CD a lot, especially next year. Try to get really comfortable with it. I used it for my Med Use class last week, where we deal with drug therapy problems. It's a great reference tool. You'll get free updates each quarter while your in school.
Yes and no. Goodman Gilman is called "The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics", and as you might have guessed, it contains a pretty good amount of pharmacology. I like Katzung too, but it seems like it's almost written as a review. That is good sometimes, and kind of vague other times. I don't know if I can think of a strictly pharmacology-only book that's in common use.ForgetMeNot said:
Goodman and Gilman is a great 30 pound paper weight! LOL 🙂
Thanks for the advice Dana. As always it's, welcomed and appreciated 🙂
jdpharmd? said:
Well, just so you know, I'm in my last quarter of Integrated Sequence and nobody ever speaks of Goodman & Gilman.
Katzung is what we use.
