Main description:

Are your exams coming up? Are you drowning in textbooks and lecture notes and wondering where to begin? Take the FASTtrack route to successful study for your examinations. FASTtrack is a new series of indispensable revision/study guides created especially for pharmacy students. Each book focuses on what pharmacy students really need to know in order to pass exams, providing concise, bulleted information, key points, tips and an all-important self-assessment section which includes MCQs, case studies, sample essay questions and worked examples. The FASTtrack series provides the ultimate lecture notes and is a must-have for all pharmacy students wanting to study and test themselves for forthcoming exams. Addressing all common ailments, organised by system in alphabetical order, FASTtrack: Managing Symptoms in the Pharmacy provides all the essential information needed for managing symptoms presented in the pharmacy. This new edition has been revised and updated and includes new self-assessment questions and a new chapter on menstrual disorders.

Contents:

1. Introduction; 2. Cardiovascular Conditions; 3. Motion Sickness; 4. Pain; 5. Ear Problems; 6. Eye Conditions; 7. Athlete's Foot; 8. Foot (podiatric) Problems; 9. Fungal Nail Infection; 10. Veruccas and Warts; 11. Constipation; 12. Diarrhoea; 13. Haemorrrhoids (piles); 14. Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS); 15. Indigestion; 16. Mouth Ulcers; 17. Head Lice; 18. Scabies; 19. Threadworm; 20. Musculoskeletal Conditions; 21. Common Cold and Influenza; 22. Cough; 23. Hayfever; 24. Nicotine Replacement Therapy; 25. Acne; 26. Cold Sores; 27. Eczema/dermatitis; 28. Fungal Skin Conditions; 29. Scalp Conditions; 30. Cystitis; 31. Menstrual Disorders - Dysmenorrhoea and Menorrhagia; 32. Emergency Hormonal Contraception (EHC); 33. Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS); 34. Vaginal Thrush