Basic Concepts Pharmacology 6E vs Cause & Cure

The up-to-date content and proven study techniques you need to pass one of the most difficult courses in medical school Presented in a style that makes learning and retaining key information effortless, Basic Concepts in Pharmacology clearly explains each fundamental principal of drug actions. This updated edition includes the popular Trivia Sorter, which helps you understand the mechanism of action for the class of drugs and its side effects; consider if the drug is for a disorder or symptom; determine the unique features of single drugs in this class; and know the side effects and drug interactions of the class of drugs. Walking you through the learning process in a way that helps you master each concept before moving on to the next, Basic Concepts in Pharmacology encourages you to organize and condense the drug information you must remember; review key information, which is conveniently presented in boxes, tables, and illustrations; and identify the most important drugs in each class. Features: • 640 photos and illustrations • Includes study techniques not found in any other such resources • Key information presented in boxes, illustrations and tables This app is very intuitive and easy to navigate, allowing you to browse the contents or search for topics. The powerful search tool gives you word suggestions that appear in the text as you type, so it is lightning fast and helps with spelling those long medical terms. The search tool also keeps a recent history of past search terms so you can go back to a previous search result very easily. You have the ability to create notes and bookmarks separately for text, images and tables to enhance your learning. You can also change the text size for easier reading. After the app has been downloaded, no internet connection is needed to retrieve the content of the app. All of the text and images are available to you on your device anytime, anywhere, and lightning fast. This app is also automatically optimized for whatever size device you are currently using, either phone or tablet. This interactive app contains the full content of Basic Concepts in Pharmacology: What You Need to Know for Each Drug Class, Sixth Edition by McGraw-Hill Education. ISBN-13: 978-1264264841 ISBN-10: 1264264844 Editor: Janet L. Stringer, MD, PhD Disclaimer: This app is intended for the education of healthcare professionals and not as a diagnostic and treatment reference for the general population. Developed by Usatine Media Richard P. Usatine, MD, Co-President, Professor of Family & Community Medicine, Professor of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery, University of Texas Health San Antonio

Cause & Cure is a bidirectional clinical study reference. Start from a disease and see how it's treated. Start from a drug and see what it treats. Start from an organism and see what it causes and what covers it. Every link works in both directions, so you can follow your thinking instead of the app's. Built for the way rotations actually work: you hear a drug name on rounds and need to know what it's for, or you see a presentation and need to know what's likely and what to reach for. WHAT'S INSIDE • Diseases with specialty, management overview, and tagged treatment options • Medications with class, mechanism, indications, dosing, half-life, metabolism, excretion, monitoring, max dose, renal/hepatic adjustment, and pregnancy/lactation notes • Organisms with type, morphology, features, and source — plus how each presents as a syndrome, and which drugs cover it • A drug interaction reference, organised by severity THERAPY TAGS Treatments are tagged first-line, alternative, second-line, prophylaxis, adjunct, symptomatic, or avoid — with a "use when" note explaining the context. Rename and recolour the tags to match how you think. HOSPITAL-SPECIFIC PLANS Formularies differ between sites. Tag a treatment to a hospital and it appears alongside the general standard, so you can carry one reference across rotations without losing what's specific to where you are. DAILY QUIZ Ten questions a day, generated from the reference itself — first-line therapy, what a drug treats, which organism causes a syndrome, coverage, mechanisms, half-lives. Miss one and it comes back tomorrow; get it right and it spaces out. Nearly 1,800 questions. MARK WHAT YOU TRUST Flag an entry as verified, or as needing correction with a note on what's wrong. Your review status is personal to you, and a data update will never overwrite something you've verified. SEARCH One search field covers diseases, medications, and organisms at once. PRIVATE AND OFFLINE No account. No analytics. No tracking. No servers. Everything you add stays on your device. The full reference ships inside the app and works with no connection. IMPORTANT — PLEASE READ Cause & Cure is a study and reference tool for medical education. It is not medical advice and not a substitute for professional clinical judgement. It must not be used to diagnose, treat, or make decisions for real patients. Drug doses and treatment information are study drafts curated from third-party references and may be incomplete, out of date, or incorrect. Always verify against an authoritative source and current guidelines before any clinical use. The interaction reference is a study aid only — not a real-world interaction checker. It shows only what is in its own catalogue, and an empty result never means a combination is safe. Do not enter patient-identifiable information into the app.