User manual FRANKLIN IC-128

[. . . ] The DIGITAL BOOK contains Medical Economic Data's or Franklin's confidential and propriety information which you agree to take adequate steps to protect from unauthorized disclosure or use. This license terminates immediately without notice from Medical Economic Data or FRANKLIN if you fail to comply with any provision of this license. No other use of this digital book can substitute for consultation with your physician. 1 Publishers' Note This Pocket PDRTM contains excerpts of product information provided by drug manufacturers covering indications, contraindications, warnings, adverse reactions, dosage and administration, and how supplied. Precautionary material, information on clinical pharmacology, and certain other items not included. [. . . ] When the drug you want is highlighted, press ENTER . This is the Brands list for the drug you entered. 13 Finding Drugs 4. When you're done, press CLEAR . SPECifying Full Drug Names When a listed drug is followed by ellipses, you can press SPEC to view its full name. 14 Finding Drugs Correcting Misspellings When you misspell a drug, the correction mode begins. Then press ENTER . Highlight a correction and then press twice to view its Brands list. ENTER NOTE: Once in the correction mode, you can type a ?for each letter that you don't know or an for a series of unknown letters. Viewing Lists To. Scroll up or down Page up or down Zoom to the top or bottom of the list UP Press. or or + DN or 15 Viewing Monographs Drug monographs contain up to eight topics: Indications and Usage, Contraindications, Warnings, Adverse Reactions, Dosage and Administration, How Supplied, Manufacturer, and Generic Name. You can scan and read monographs in two ways: (1) by using the direction keys or (2) by selecting topics from the Topics menu. By Using the Direction Keys To. Scroll up or down Page up or down View the next or previous topic Zoom to top or bottom of current monograph View the next or previous monograph Back up UP Press. or or DN SPACE + or or or + + BACK UP DN 16 Viewing Monographs By Selecting Topics When viewing a monograph, you can skip to the topic you need by selecting it from the Topics menu. Press ENTER to view it. A Quick Way to Select Topics When viewing a monograph, type the first letter of a topic. (You can type H or S for How Supplied. ) You'll go directly to that topic. 17 Viewing Monographs About Topic Abbreviations The status line in monographs always displays the abbreviation of the current topic. Abbrev. IND CONT WARN ADR DOSE SUPP MANU GEN Topic Indications and Usage Contraindications Warnings Adverse Reactions Dosage and Administration How Supplied Manufacturer Generic Name 18 Viewing Monographs Setting the First Topic The default first topic displayed in monographs is Indications and Usage. To set other topics first, select Set Topic from the Options menu and highlight a topic. Your topic setting applies only when opening a monograph from a Drug List search. Monographs opened from Text Searches start at the first topic containing your search word(s). Viewing Tables Some monographs contain tables that are wider than the screen, like this: To. In this example, we'll search for hypoalbuminemia in the monograph for Albumin 25% under the Warnings topic. At a monograph, press the highlight. ENTER to start You can turn off the highlight by pressing BACK . 2. Press the arrow keys to highlight the word that you want to search for. 3. Select a drug from the Brands list. 23 Finding Equivalents Once at a monograph, you can find equivalent brands of any of the drugs generic components, or any combination of those components, by selecting them from the Equiv menu. In this example, we'll find equivalents containing acetaminophen and hydrocodone bitartrate from the monograph for Anexia 5/500. Press MENU . to highlight the Equiv menu. If a generic is pre-checked, as above, it was the drug that you entered at the drug search display. Press to highlight Start Search . ENTER to view the equivalent brands. 24 Using Bookmarks For customized reference, you can place, or add, bookmarks in monographs and then quickly find them from your Bookmarks menu. Adding Bookmarks You can place up to 16 bookmarks. [. . . ] This warranty shall not be applicable to the extent that enforcement of any provision may be prohibited by applicable law. 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