User manual FRANKLIN HAD-3018

[. . . ] The MEDICAL BOOK SYSTEM means the software product, hardware, and documentation found in this package and FRANKLIN means Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc. LIMITED USE LICENSE All rights in the MEDICAL BOOK SYSTEM remain the property of FRANKLIN. Through your purchase, FRANKLIN grants you a personal and nonexclusive license to use the MEDICAL BOOK SYSTEM. You may not make any copies of the MEDICAL BOOK SYSTEM or of the preprogrammed data stored therein, whether in electronic or print format. [. . . ] To learn how to use a particular book card, read its User's Guide. ® Removing Book Cards CAUTION When you remove a book card from a platform, information entered in that book card may be erased. 5 Selecting a Book If you have installed two book cards in the platform, you can select which book you want to read. 1. Press CARD . Changing the Settings Using the Setup menu, you can adjust the type size, shutoff time, and screen contrast of this book. The shutoff time sets how long your Medical Book System stays on if you forget to turn it off. 1. Highlight Set Type Size, Set Shutoff, or Set Contrast on the Setup menu. 3. Press ENTER to select it. ® Resuming Where You Left Off You can turn off the platform at any screen. When you turn it on again, the last screen that you viewed appears. 6 Viewing a Demonstration Before you start using this book, you may want to see a brief demonstration. Press MENU and then use the arrow keys to highlight View Demo on the Setup menu. Finding Drug Interactions For a Single Drug You can select a single drug from the main drug list and quickly find drugs with which it interacts. 1. ® Help is Always at Hand You can view a help message at virtually any screen by pressing HELP . To read a tutorial about this book, select Tutorial from the Setup menu. For more information about the Handbook of Adverse Drug Interactions, select Introduction from the Setup menu. ® Follow the Arrows The flashing arrows at the right of the screen show which arrow keys you can press to move through menus or view more text. To de-select a letter, press BACK . When the drug is highlighted, press ENTER to select it. A check marks your selection. Press MORE (red) to find all the interactions for the selected drug listed in this book. 7 Finding Drug Interactions Finding Drug Interactions Among Many Drugs You can select up to 20 drugs at a time and find their interactions. Type an interaction title or use the arrow keys to highlight an interaction. Select other drugs, for example, select acetaminophen and antihistamines. To go to the next or previous interaction, if any, hold 6 and use DN or UP . To see the drugs you have selected, press LIST (blue). ® About the Main Drug List The main drug list contains brand and generic drugs, foods, as well as drug and food groups. For example, highlight ibuprofen. CLEAR Highlighting Search Words You can also find a glossary entry for a drug by highlighting it in text. At the text, press ENTER . To turn off the highlight, press BACK . 2. Press CLEAR when finished. 11 Reading Special Markers Throughout this book, you will find bibliographic references (indicated by 's), and notes about foods that interact with MAO inhibitors (indicated by 's). It separates the interaction description from any commentary on the interaction. 1. Press BACK repeatedly to go back. , or in the text, hold and press ENTER . ® Reading Multiple Special Markers Sometimes more than one special marker appears on screen at one time. [. . . ] Some states do not allow the exclusion or limitation of incidental or consequential damages or limitation on how long an implied warranty may last so the above limitation or exclusion may not apply to you. Enclose $3. 00 check or money order for shipping and handling to: FRANKLIN ELECTRONIC PUBLISHERS, INC. ATTENTION: SERVICE DEPARTMENT ONE FRANKLIN PLAZA BURLINGTON, NEW JERSEY 08016-4907 609-386-2500 15 Limited Warranty (outside U. S. ) This product, excluding batteries, is guaranteed by Franklin for a period of one year from the date of purchase. It will be repaired or replaced with an equivalent product (at Franklin's option) free of charge for any defect due to faulty workmanship or materials. [. . . ]