The scope of this authoritative reference is international and encompasses interactions between therapeutic drugs, proprietary medicines, some commonly used herbal medicines, foods, drinks, pesticides, and drugs of abuse. The first edition was published in 1981, and the second, ten years later; since then, revision has been every two or three years. The tenth edition is updated and expanded, maintaining the concise, user-friendly format that has developed over the years. Entries offer healthcare professionals both a short summary of the interaction and its management and more detailed advice on management, clinical evidence and mechanism information, and literature summaries where clinically relevant interactions do not occur. The efforts to keep this reference up to date are, of course, ongoing; updates are posted quarterly at the online site, to which individual purchasers of the print edition have access for one year. Annotation ©2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)