Nursing 2025-2026 Drug Handbook. International Edition

Contributors and consultants
How to use Nursing2025–2026 Drug Handbook®
Quick guide to special symbols, logos, and highlighted terms
Guide to abbreviations
General information
1. Drug actions, interactions, and reactions
2. Drug therapy across the lifespan
3. Safe drug administration
Alphabetical listing of drugs by generic name
A-Z
New drugs
Appendices
A. Antacids: Indications and dosages
B. Antidiarrheals: Indications and dosages
C. Laxatives: Indications and dosages
D. Vitamins and minerals: Indications and dosages
E. Additional OTC drugs: Indications and dosages
F. Common combination drugs: Indications and dosages
G. Antidotes: Indications and dosages
H. Selected ophthalmic drugs: Indications and dosages
I. Selected biologicals and blood derivatives: Indications and dosages
J. Less commonly used drugs: Indications and dosages
Index
Nursing process: Patient safety during drug therapy
Decision tree: Deciding about medication administration
Avoiding common drug errors: Best practices and prevention
Abbreviations to avoid (The Joint Commission)
Do not use: Dangerous abbreviations, symbols, and dose designations (ISMP Canada)
Therapeutic drug monitoring guidelines
Pregnancy risk categories: The FDA’s Final Rule
Controlled substance schedules
Canadian National Drug Schedules
Safe disposal of unused drugs: What patients need to know
Prescription drug abuse: Identifying and treating toxicity
Serotonin syndrome: What you should know to protect your patient
Tumor lysis syndrome: A life-threatening emergency
Severe cutaneous adverse reactions
Anaphylaxis
Understanding biosimilar drugs

The #1 Drug Guide for nurses and clinicians . . . always dependable, always up to-date!. Now in its 45th Edition, Nursing2025-2026 Drug Handbook delivers the most current nursing focused information on more than 3,600 generic, brand-name, and combination drugs in an easy-to-use A-Z format.Features→ NEW! Includes 24 brand-new FDA-approved drugs—tabbed and conveniently grouped in a handy “NEW DRUGS” section for easy retrieval→ NEW! Thousands of clinical updates—new dosages and indications, FDA boxed warnings, genetic-related information, adversereactions, interactions, nursing considerations, clinical alerts, and patient teaching information→ Special focus on U.S. and Canadian drug safety issues and concerns→ Plus FREE access to these additional resources available on Lippincott NursingCenter® at https://www.nursingcenter.com:Monthly FDA updates and newsNewly approved drugsNew indications and dosagesDrug warningsDrug news abstractsMedication safety informationTypes of medication errors, including causes and common errorsPreventing and reducing medication errorsReporting medication errorsReal-life stories of medication errors.