For Use with the Franklin Electronic Publishers IC-151 Digital Book System DIGITAL BOOK PDR 1995 F PHYSICIANS' DESK REFERENCE User's Manual License Agreement READ THIS LICENSE AGREEMENT BEFORE USING THE DIGITAL BOOK. YOUR USE OF THE DIGITAL BOOK DEEMS THAT YOU ACCEPT THE TERMS OF THIS LICENSE. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THESE TERMS, YOU MAY RETURN THIS PACKAGE WITH PURCHASE RECEIPT TO THE DEALER FROM WHICH YOU PURCHASED THE DIGITAL BOOK AND YOUR PURCHASE PRICE WILL BE REFUNDED. DIGITAL BOOK means the software product and documentation found in this package. FRANKLIN means Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc., and Medical Economics Company means the publisher of Pocket PDR®, Medical Economics Data Production Company. LIMITED USE LICENSE All rights in the DIGITAL BOOK remain the property of Medical Economics Company or FRANKLIN. 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No other use of this digital book can substitute for consultation with your physician. 1 Contents Key Guide ...................................................... 4 Installing the Pocket PDRTM ............................. 6 Viewing a Demonstration ............................... 7 Changing Settings .......................................... 8 Finding Drug Information ................................ 9 Reading Monographs ..................................... 11 Finding Therapeutic Classes .......................... 12 Finding Equivalents ........................................ 14 Searching for Words ...................................... 15 Highlighting Search Words ............................. 17 Footnotes, References & Tables ..................... 18 Using Notes ................................................... 19 Looking Up Words in Other Books ................. 21 Using the Digital Book System® ...................... 22 Product Specifications .................................... 24 Limited Warranty (U.S. only) ........................... 25 Index .............................................................. 26 About the Screen Illustrations Some screen illustrations in this User's Manual may vary slightly from what you see on screen. These variations do not mean that this digital book or your Digital Book System is malfunctioning. 2 Publishers' Note This Pocket PDRTM contains excerpts of product information provided by drug manufacturers covering indications, contraindications, warnings, adverse reactions, dosage and administration, and how supplied. Precautionary material, information on clinical pharmacology, and certain other items are not included. Be sure to consult the printed edition of PDR® and its supplements in the event of questions. Product information published in Pocket PDR® has been prepared by the manufacturers of the drugs. The function of the publisher is solely the compilation, organization, and distribution of this information. Drugs listed in Pocket PDR® are available only by prescription. Patients should consult a physician before using any of the medications. In making manufacturers' information available, it should be understood that the publisher is not advocating the use of any product or dosage described. And, while every effort has been made to assure that this electronic version conforms with the drug manufacturers' originals, neither the publisher, Medical Economics Data Production Company, nor the producer of the unit, Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc., warrant that the information is accurate, that the unit will perform without interruption or free of errors, or that the information contained therein satisfies government regulations requiring drug product information disclosure, nor shall they be liable for any claim arising out of or relating to use of Pocket PDRTM. For additional information on limitations of liability and warranty disclaimers, consult the License Agreement and Limited Warranty printed in this User's Manual. All use of this product is subject to the terms and conditions of the User License. Information in this Digital Book is current through the 1995 edition of PDR. For later revisions, always check the latest PDR or PDR supplement. Pocket PDRTM. Copyright © 1995 Medical Economics Data Production Company. Copyright © 1995 Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc. All rights reserved, worldwide. 3 Key Guide Function Keys CARD MENU MORE LIST SPEC ON/OFF Exit the selected digital book. Display the main menus. Expand a text search to find more matches. Display your note list from text. Move up through menu levels. Turn the Digital Book System on or off. Direction Keys DN/UP 1 + Scroll, or move the cursor or highlight. Page down or up. At menus, go to the bottom or top. At text, go to the next or previous monograph topic or table row heading. 1 + DN/UP At the Drugs and Classmenus, display the next item matching the letters you've typed ( +DN only). At text, go to the next or previous paragraph, table row subheading, or text search match. Other Keys BACK CLEAR ENTER HELP SHIFT 1 Back up (e.g., erase a typed letter or display the previous screen).At text, display the Outline location. Clear to the Default State. Select a menu item, enter search word(s), or start the highlight in text. Display an appropriate help message. Shift keys to type capitals or punctuation. 4 The gold key at the bottom left of the keyboard. Key Guide SHIFT + ?* SPACE ?* Type an asterisk to stand for unknown letters in a search word. Type a space or page down. At menus, display a highlighted item. At text, display the Outline location. Gold Key Combinations + + + Go to the top level of the Drugs or Class menu from a lower level. Send a word between installed CARD digital books in order to look it up. At any level of the Drugs menu (Outline), ENTER go to text. At text, highlight the next icon appearing on the screen. Place a note in a monograph or table. N etc. On the DBS-1 or DBS-2, type numbers. Q BACK + + A C Quick Keys2 Go to Adverse Reactions topic. Go to Contraindications topic. Go to Dosage and Administration topic. Go to Equivalents list. Go to Generic Name topic. Go to How Supplied topic. Go to Indications topic. Go to Manufacturer topic. Go to How Supplied topic. Go to Therapeutic Class menu. Go to Warnings topic. D E G H I M S T 2 You can use the Quick Keys only when a drug monograph or table is in view. 5 W Installing the Pocket PDRTM You must install the digital book in your Digital Book System before you can use the Pocket PDRTM. WARNING: Never install a digital book when the Digital Book System is on. If you do, information that you entered in any other installed digital book may be erased. 1. Turn off the Digital Book System. 2. Install the Pocket PDRTM digital book into a slot on the back. 3. Press ON/OFF . 4. If needed, turn the wheel on the side of the Digital Book System to adjust the screen contrast. If the screen is still blank, check the batteries. 5. Press CARD . 6. Press or to highlight the Pocket PDRTM symbol, if needed. 7. Press ENTER to select it. Resuming Where You Left Off Should you forget to turn off the unit while using the Pocket PDRTM, the unit will automatically shut off after a few minutes. When you turn the unit on again, the screen that you last viewed appears. 6 Viewing a Demonstration Before you start using the Pocket PDRTM, you may want to view a demonstration of what it can do. 1. Press CLEAR . 2. Press MENU . 3. Press the arrow keys to highlight View Demo on the Other menu. 4. Press 5. Press ENTER CLEAR to start the demonstration. to stop the demonstration. Using the Main Menus The flashing arrows on the right side of the screen show which arrow keys you can press to move around in the menus or text. Slanted arrows to the right of menu items indicate that submenus exist. To see the full text of a menu item that is only partially visible, highlight the item and then press ? * . Help is Always at Hand You can view a help message at most screens by pressing HELP . Press or the DN key to read the message. Then press BACK to exit it. 7 Changing Settings You can change the Type Size, Default Topic, Default State, and Shutoff Time of the Pocket PDRTM. 1. Press MENU . 2. Highlight the Other menu. 3. Highlight Set Type Size, Set Default Topic, Set Default State, or Set Shutoff. 4. Press ENTER to select it. A check marks the current setting. 5. Highlight a setting. 6. Press ENTER to select it. Or press BACK to keep the current setting. Understanding the Settings · The Default Topic sets the topic that appears first when you view a drug monograph. · The Default State sets the screen that appears when you press CLEAR . If you select Text Search as the default state, the search screen appears. If you select Drug Info, the Drugs menu appears. · The Shutoff Time sets how long the Digital Book System stays on if you forget to turn it off. 8 Finding Drug Information The simplest way to find drug information is to type a brand or generic drug name at the Drugs menu. Brand names are capitalized on the Drugs menu, but you do not need to type capitals. 1. Press MENU . 2. Type a drug name (e.g., Digibind ). To back up, press BACK . 3. When the drug is highlighted, press ENTER . If you entered a generic name, brands containing that drug appear. If you entered a brand name, the monograph's topics appear. (NOTE: You can go directly from the Drugs menu to the default topic of the monograph by holding and pressing ENTER .) 4. Highlight a topic or brand name. Type the item or scroll to it. 5. Press ENTER to view the drug monograph. 6. Press , the DN key, or SPACE to scroll down. To learn more, see "Reading Monographs." 7. Press CLEAR when done. 9 Finding Drug Information If You Misspell a Drug Name When you type letters that do not match a drug name on the Drugs menu, the correction mode appears. To exit the correction mode, press BACK repeatedly until the word is erased. To view corrections, finish typing the word and then press ENTER . You can select Words starting with. . . to view completions, if any, or select a correction to view its monograph. What Drug Are You Reading About? When a drug monograph or a table is in view, you can check its Outline location by pressing ?* . Then press BACK to go back to the monograph. NOTE: When you press ? * , you do not go to the Drugs menu itself but to a snapshot of your current location in the Drugs menu, or Outline. To go through the levels of the Drugs menu from a monograph, press SPEC repeatedly. 10 Reading Monographs Once a drug monograph is in view, you can read it in a number of ways. In particular, you can move quickly between its main sections, or topics, using the Quick Keys. 1. Go to a drug monograph (e.g., Habitrol ). See "Finding Drug Information" for directions. 2. Press , the DN key, or SPACE to scroll down. To go to the next or previous paragraph, hold and press the DN or UP key. To go to the next or and press or . previous topic, hold 3. Use these Quick Keys: To Go to. . . Indications and Usage Contraindications Warnings Adverse Reactions Dosage and Administration How Supplied Manufacturer Generic Name 4. Press CLEAR Press. . . I C W A D H or M G S when done. Setting the Default Topic You can set the default topic, the topic appearing first in monographs, by selecting Set Default Topic from the Other menu and then selecting a topic. 11 Finding Therapeutic Classes v 12 Using the Class Menu Every drug in the Pocket PDRTM is classified by its therapeutic action. Here is how to find drugs by their therapeutic class. 1. Press MENU . 2. Highlight the Class menu. 3. Type a therapeutic class (e.g., Fungal Medications, Syst ...