This is a revision guide for students giving bullet points of basic information on managing symptoms in the pharmacy."Fast Track" is a new series of indispensable revision guides created especially for undergraduate pharmacy students.The content of each title focuses on what pharmacy students really need to know in order to pass exams, providing concise, bulleted information, key points, tips and an all-important self-assessment section which includes MCQs, case studies, sample essay questions and worked examples."The Fast Track" series provides the ultimate lecture notes and is a must-have for all pharmacy undergraduate students wanting to revise and test themselves for forthcoming exams.Covering all common ailments, organized by system in alphabetical order, this book provides all the essential information needed for managing symptoms presented in the pharmacy.A Fast Track website will also be live at time of publication and will include MCQs, and samples.
Author(s): Alan Nathan
Edition: 1
Publisher: Pharmaceutical Press
Year: 2007
Language: English
Pages: 257
Cover......Page 1
Table of Contents......Page 6
Introduction to the FASTtrack series......Page 8
About the author......Page 9
1 Introduction......Page 10
Cardiovascular......Page 14
Myocardial infarction (MI, heart attack)......Page 16
Angina pectoris......Page 17
Heart failure (HF)......Page 18
Stroke......Page 19
Central nervous system......Page 24
3 Motion sickness......Page 26
Headache and migraine......Page 30
Dental pain......Page 37
Eye and ear......Page 40
Ear wax......Page 42
Otitis externa......Page 43
Conditions of the cornea......Page 46
Foot conditions......Page 54
7 Athlete's foot......Page 56
Hard and soft corns and calluses......Page 62
Bunions......Page 64
9 Fungal nail infection (onychomycosis)......Page 66
10 Verrucas (planta warts) and warts (common warts)......Page 70
Gastrointestinal......Page 74
11 Constipation......Page 76
12 Diarrhoea......Page 84
13 Haemorrhoids (piles)......Page 92
14 Irritable-bowel syndrome (IBS)......Page 98
15 Indigestion......Page 102
16 Mouth ulcers (minor apthous ulcers)......Page 110
Infestations......Page 114
17 Head lice......Page 116
18 Scabies......Page 122
19 Threadworm......Page 126
Musculoskeletal......Page 130
Sports injuries......Page 132
Back pain......Page 134
Sore throat......Page 143
Respiratory......Page 138
21 Common cold and influenza......Page 140
22 Cough......Page 148
23 Hayfever......Page 156
24 Nicotine replacement therapy (NRT)......Page 164
Skin......Page 170
25 Acne......Page 172
26 Cold sores (oral herpes simplex)......Page 178
27 Eczema/dermatitis......Page 182
Tinea corporis (ringworm)......Page 188
Tinea cruris (dhobie itch, jock itch)......Page 189
Pityriasis versicolor......Page 190
Dandruff......Page 192
Seborrhoeic dermatitis......Page 194
Cradle cap......Page 195
Scalp psoriasis......Page 196
Women's conditions......Page 200
30 Cystitis......Page 202
31 Dysmenorrhoea......Page 206
32 Emergency hormonal contraception (EHC)......Page 212
33 Premenstrual syndrome (PMS)......Page 216
34 Vaginal thrush......Page 220
Answers to self-assessment......Page 224
Glossary......Page 236
Index......Page 238
