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> > > DEAR MM, > The PDR is primarily nothing but a bound copy of the inserts which drug > manufacturers are required to supply. I have found that the PDR is an > excellent source of information so long as one keeps the source of > information in perspective. The PDR has a tendency to overstate some > benefits of certain drugs and to unnecessarily scare the uninformed reader > with some side effects---and to understate the more likely side effects > -actually or on account of the jaded feeling gets reading about the rare or > non-existant side effects found in rats feed many times the maximum doseage > for full grown human. I have found that the NURSING96 DRUG HANDBOOK [I > WILL JOHNSTON 4049 OAKLAND SCHOOL ROAD I always refer to the side effects in the PDR whenever my husband has been prescribed a new med. The benefits of medication quickly become manifest, but the side effects can be insidious and dangerous for him. So, when I read that a med causes *any* neurological impairment, I watch him closely. The minute he begins to have a decrease in functioning ability, I alert his doctor. Thus, we have discovered that Indocin, an anti-inflammatory drug, was one Jamie could not tolerate. As a nurse, I was not aware that this med could cause problems in neurologically impaired folks. ----- Regards Mary Ann