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In many countries, medicine is at present
facing urgent political and economic calls
for reform. These socioeconomic pressures
notwithstanding, pharmacotherapy has always
been an integral part of the health care
system and will remain so in the future.
Well-founded knowledge of the preventive
and therapeutic value of drugs is a sine qua
non for the successful treatment of patients
entrusting themselves to a physician or
pharmacist.
Because of the plethora of proprietary medicines
and the continuous influx of new
pharmaceuticals, the drug market is dif cult
to survey and hard to understand. This is
true not only for the student in search of a
logical systemfor dealing with the wealth of
available drugs, but also for the practicing
clinician in immediate need of independent
information.
Clearly, a pocket atlas can provide only a
basic framework. Comprehensive knowledge
has to be gained frommajor textbooks.
As is evident from the drug lists included in
the Appendix, some 600 drugs are covered
in the present Atlas. This number should be
suf cient for everyday medical practice and
could be interpreted as a Model List. The
advances in pharmacotherapy made in recent
years have required us to incorporate
new plates and text passages, and to expunge
obsolete approaches. Several plates
needed to be brought in line with new
knowledge.
As the new edition was nearing completion,
several high-profile drugs experiencedwithdrawal
from the market, substantive change
in labeling, or class action litigation against
their manufacturers. Amid growing concern
over effectiveness of drug safety regulations,
“pharmacovigilance” has become a new
priority. It is hoped that this compendium
may aid in promoting the critical awareness
and rational attitude required to meet that
demand.
We are grateful for comments and suggestions
from colleagues, and from students,
both doctoral and undergraduate. Thanks
are due to Professor R. Lüllmann-Rauch for
histological and cell-biological advice. We
are indebted to Ms. M. Mauch and Ms. K.
Jürgens, Thieme Verlag, for their care and
assistance and to Ms. Gabriele Kuhn for harmonious
editorial guidance. |
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