DiPiro's Pharmacotherapy Handbook

The drug information students need to pass the boards and make effective drug therapy decisions―all in one convenient portable guide

Expertly written and easy to read, Pharmacotherapy Handbook delivers key content for students studying for their boards, and it offers the essential information required for effective clinical practice. While the book is concise enough to read quickly, it provides ample background information about drug therapy—making it a highly effective study tool.

Pharmacotherapy Handbook covers 140+ diseases and disorders most commonly encountered in a clinical setting. Each chapter is organized in a consistent format: disease state definition, pathophysiology, clinical presentation, diagnosis, treatment, evaluation of therapeutic outcomes.


•Market: pharmacy students, nurse practitioners
•Provides a thorough understanding about what drugs to use and why
•Includes flowcharts, tables, and charts
•Provides JNC-VI drug therapy and pharmaceutical care guidelines
•Concise chapter summaries save precious study time
•Excellent book for pharmacy students to have on fourth year rotations.
•Perfect alternative to for students who don’t want to carry around the larger Dipiro pharmacology guide


Terry L. Schwinghammer, BS Pharm, PharmD, BCPS, FCCP, FASHP, is Professor Emeritus, Department of Clinical Pharmacy at West Virginia University School of Pharmacy in Morgantown, WV.  He has authored more than 60 research papers and journal articles and is editor of The Pharmacotherapy Casebook.

Joseph T. Dipiro, Pharm. D., is associate vice president of Health Sciences, Faculty Affairs at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, VA.

Vicki Ellingrod, PharmD, FCCP, FACNP, is dean and John Gideon Searle Professor at University of Michigan College of Pharmacy in Ann Arbor, MI.

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