Best Drug Reference Book?

[aarnigo, ADN, RN]

Hello! I currently started taking Pharmacology and for this past few class meetings and readings I realized that I needed to know something about drugs and infos about them so I'm thinking maybe drug reference books are my go-to. Does anyone have any drug books to recommend? And based on your experience, what should be in the drug reference books, what kind of informations I mean. Thank you so much!

[MsCupcakes]

I use a combination of two different drug reference books. For nursing school, I've found that I like Mosby's Drug Guide for Nursing Students. It has tons of information about each different medication, and I find it broke down exactly what I needed to know for Pharmacology class.

I used Tarascon Pharmacopoeia for years before nursing school; it's a very different type of medication reference. They make a pocket version, which I like. It's a bit hard to get used to since they use a ton of symbols. However, I've found it to be invaluable when checking dosages and appropriate medications when making a treatment plan (I previously worked in much more of the medical model than the nursing model.)