This latest edition of the annual, analyzes and synthesizes drug information for easy use by medical practitioners and pharmacists. It organizes drugs according to pharmaceutical treatment of diseases and disorders and provides reviews; FDA rulings on new drugs and new indications for marketed products; and new ways to use drugs with elderly patients, young children and women, and differing ethnic groups. The book also discusses the impact of drug therapy on health care costs; drug recalls and warnings of marketed drugs; and new information on vitamins and other dietary supplements including herbal medications.