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Merck Manual, 16th ed., Meick, Shaip and Dohme Research Laboiatoiies, Rahway, N.J., 1992, pp. 1436—1444. 

Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy, Table 296-2, Chapter 296, Normal Laboratory Values. Available at www.merck.com/ mrkshared/mmanual/tables/296tb2h.jsp accessed November 21, 2005. 

Beers, M. H., ed. The Merck Manual of Medical Information, 2nd Home Edition. New York, NY Pocketbooks, 2003. 

Pharmocodynamics, Drug-receptor interactions, in The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy, Section 22, Clinical Pharmacology, http //www.mercksource.com/pp/ us/cns/cns merckmanual frameset.jsp [accessed September 29,2007]. 

Berkow R, ed. 1987. The Merck manual of diagnosis and therapy. 15th ed. Rahway, NJ Merck, Sharpe Dohme Research Laboratories. 

Budavari, S. et al. eds. 1996. The Merck Manual. Whitehouse Station, NJ Merck Co. Chemical Engineering News. 2002. Facts and Figures for the Chemical Industry (June). Cooper, R. G 1986. Winning at New Products. Reading, MA Addison-Wesley. 

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M.H. Beers, R. Berkow, The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy, 17th edition, Merck Co., Inc., New Jersey, 1999 (Available at http //www.merck.com/mrkshared/ mmanual/home.jsp). 

When is a generic drug equivalent to a proprietary one Can a drug be substituted for another if it falls within the same therapeutic, pharmacological or structural class This are legitimate questions which must be answered frequently by doctors, pharmacists and other health professionals. According to the Merck Manual (15th Edition) there are three... 

There can be confusion as to the terms used when considering drugs affecting the CNS. This confusion can lead to misconceptions about the appropriate and inappropriate use of CNS drugs. Overall the terms used overlap to a great extent and lend themselves to several interpretations. The definitions cited below come from an article in The New England Journal of Medicine entitled "The Treatment of Cancer Pain" (313 (2) 84-95, 1985. I have also added some language found in the Merck Manual in an attempt to clarify the issues involved. 

Merck, The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy. Section 13. Infectious Diseases. Chapter 159. Rickettsial Diseases (www mcrck com [nibs nimamial section 13 cliaptcrl 59 159a. 111 nl)... 

The biomedical information for vitamins and hormones can be obtained from the Merck manual online at http //www.merck.com/pubs/mmanual/. For example, entering vitamin returns a list of vitamins from which an entry describing deficiency, dependence, and/or toxicity of the vitamin can be selected, viewed, and saved. 

LIPID Membrane lipid structures Merck manual Monosaccharide database Mptopo Membrane protein topology PDB 3D structures of biomacromolecules RNA modification database RNA Structure database Spectral Database Systems (SDBS)... 

Lewis, J. L., III. Hyponatremia. In The Merck Manual for Healthcare Professionals [Online] Porter, R. S., Kaplan, J. L., Eds. Merck Research Laboratories Whitehouse Station, NJ, 2009. 

Beers, M.H., Berkow, R. (eds.), 2004. Vitamin deficiency, dependency, and toxicity. In The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy, 17th edn, pp. 33-51, Merck and Co., Whitehouse Station, NJ. 

J) Look up the properties of sodium arsenate in either the CRC Handbook or the Merck Manual. As well, search the Internet for an MSDS sheet about sodium arsenate. 

That s not all. The Merck Manual—a massive compendium of descriptions and treatments for probably every known human ailment—is a staple of doctors bookshelves. Merck could boast of never having a drug recalled in the United States (unlike some other pharmaceutical makers it could name). It was the first company to volunteer under the 1983 Orphan Drug Act to manufacture a product that was desperately needed by only a handful of people—the drug industry s version of pro bono work. It was one of the first two companies to sign up with the Council of Institutional... 

Berkow, Robert, M.D. (editor-in-cbief). The Merck Manual (borne edition), Merck Co., Inc., 1997, p. 681. 

Bennett, J. Claude, and Fred Plum, eds. Cecil Textbook of Medicine. Philadelphia W.B. Saunders Company, 1996. Berkow, Robert, ed. The Merck Manual of Medical Information Home Edition. Whitehouse Station, NJ Merck Research Laboratories, Inc., 1997. 

Berkow, Robert, and Andrew J. Fletcher. The Merck Manual of... 

Parasitic infections. In Merck Manual. 17th ed. Section 13, Chapter 161. 

The Merck Manual. Merck s Manual of Materia Medica (1st English ed., E. Merck, 1899) Merck s 1901 Manual (Merck Co.) Merck s Manual (Merck Co., 1905, 1911, and 1923) The Merck Manual (Merck Co., Inc., 1934,1940, 1950, 1956 6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th eds.). First five editions were counterparts of the original first English edition prepared for British physicians. No German edition seems to exist and no translation of the original E. Merck publication of 1899 is known. In 1934, The Merck Manual appeared as a newly revised sixth edition, and extensive revision and enlargements were continued in the subsequent editions. 

ANDREW J. FLETCHER, MB, BChir, (Cantab), MS (Columbia), DipPharmMedRCP, FFPM was formerly the Senior Assistant Editor of The Merck Manual, and is Adjunct Professor of Pharmaceutical Health Care at Temple University School of Pharmacy. He graduated from Cambridge University and St. Bartholomew s Hospital, London, briefly trained in Neurosurgery, joined CIBA-Geigy in the UK as Medical Advisor, then European Medical Director for Syntex, and joined Merck, first in the international division after graduating in business studies from Columbia University, New York City, then as Assistant Editor of The Merck Manual. He teaches pharmaceutical medicine, bioethics and medical and scientific writing at Temple University s School of Pharmacy. He is a founder member and former trustee of the Academy of Pharmaceutical Physicians and Investigators (formerly the American Academy of Pharmaceutical Physicians). Dr. Fletcher resides in Ohio. 

Beers MH, Berkow R, eds. History and physical examination. In Merck Manual of Geriatrics, 3d ed. Whitehouse Station, NJ, Merck, 2000 24-40. 

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