in response to various inquiries from sundry members of the group, I thought
it would be appropriate to submit the following references:
1) For those seeking doctors:
The [Washington] Physicians Directory
National Directories, Inc.
P.O. Box 4436
Silver Springs, MD 20904
(301) 384-1506
Probably available for different localities, includes list of hospitals,
group practices, area health resources, personal services guide, list of
physicians, physicians by specialty, osteopathic physicians, allied health
professionals.
2) For those interested in food:
Nutritive Value of Foods
by Susan E. Gebhardt and Ruth H. Matthews
for sale by the Superintendent of Documents
Washington, DC 20402
This is a table (72 pages) of nutritive values for household measures of
commonly used foods, with data from Agriculture Handbook No. 8. For
instance, 1 oz. of plain milk chocolate contains 1% water, 145 calories,
2 Gms of protein, 9 Gms of fat (5.4, 3.0, 0.3 saturated, mono, and
polysaturated), 6 mg of cholesterol, 16 Gms of carbohydrate, 50 mg calcium,
etc., etc.,
3) For information on pharmaceutical products:
About Your Medicines
by authority of the U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention, Inc. (USP)
12601 Twinbrook Parkway
Rockville, MD 20852
General information on drugs intended to be used in consultation with health
care providers. The USP is the official compendium for drugs in the United
States and provides monographs for each drug approved by the Food and Drug
Administration.
Handbook of Nonprescription Drugs
American Pharmaceutical Association
The Nat'l Professional Society of Pharmacists
2215 Constitution Avenue , N.W.
Washington, DC 20037
Contains chapters on the FDA's OTC drug review, Patient assessment and
consultation, Antacids, Anthelmintics, Antidiarrheal and other
gastrointestinal products, Laxatives, Emetics and antiemetics, etc., etc.
Physician's Desk Reference (PDR)
Medical Economics Company, Inc.
Oradell, N.J. 07649
This is a compilation of over 2000 selected drugs with information provided
as inserts with the product, and listed by manufacturers. For instance,
Sinemet is listed under Merck, Sharp & Dohme (mine is 1988 and could well be
absolete) and the following information is given:
description with chemical name and structural formula, actions, indications,
contraindications, warnings, precautions, adverse reactions, dosage and
administration, overdosage, how supplied.
There are a great many references on physicians and drugs, and one of the
better sources of information is the reference section of your library.
Keep in mind that the ultimate standard for all drugs in this country is the
USP which is also used as a compendium in more than 40 countries, mostly in
North America and Western Europe.
