SummaryTextbook: - The only text that meets all AACN/NONPF criteria - ''Prescribing Pearls,'' insights from expert practitioners on how to increase patient compliance, analyze potential drug interactions, and improve treatment selection reasoning. - Discussions of the application of advanced pharmacotherapeutics to the real world of clinical practice - Coverage of pathophysiology as it relates to the use of specific drugs - Easy-to-understand illustrations of drug physiology and how drugs work in the body - Tables that detail commonly used drugs, pharmacokinetics, drug/food interactions, dosage schedules, and available dosage forms - ''On the Horizon'' boxes highlighting potentially useful drugs currently in clinical trials