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9

Finding Therapeutic Classes

Every drug in the Pocket PDR

®

 is clas-

sified by its therapeutic use.
1. Press 

CLEAR

.

2. If needed, press 

MENU

 and high-

light the Class menu.

3. Start typing the name of a thera-

peutic class. For example, type 

M

for 

Muscular/Skeletal System

.

To de-select a letter, use 

BACK

.

You can also use 

 or 

 to high-

light a class.

4. When the class is highlighted, press

ENTER

.

Enter through the sub-menus until
you see a list of drugs.

5. Highlight a drug and press 

ENTER

. For

example, select 

Celebrex

.

6. Highlight a topic and press 

ENTER

.

7. To go quickly to another topic, use

the Quick Keys.
To learn more about the Quick Keys,
read the “Key Guide.”

8. Use 

DN

, or 

SPACE

 to scroll.

9. To go to the next or previous topic,

hold 

CAP

 and use 

 or 

.

10. Press 

CLEAR

 when finished.

 ➤

 Where in the Book Am I?

When you are reading the text of a
drug monograph or table, you can see
the Outline location of the current text
by pressing 

SPEC

 (green) or 

.

To scroll up to a higher level of the
Outline, use 

.

To display the full title of an item,
press 

. This is especially useful

when the title ends in ellipses.
Press 

BACK

 to go back to the text

that you were reading. Or press

ENTER

 to go to the text of the high-

lighted item.

Finding Therapeutic

Classes

Summary of Contents for Poccket PDR PDR-3039

Page 1: ...PDR 3039 Medical Book Card User s Guide MBS Medical Book System...

Page 2: ...f the book is on screen press LIST 2 Press ENTER to select Add note 3 Press ENTER or type your own note title and then press ENTER 4 To find a note in the text press LIST highlight a note title and th...

Page 3: ...se the POCKET PDR You may not make any copies of the POCKET PDR or of the preprogrammed data stored therein whether in electronic or print format Such copying would be in violation of applicable copyr...

Page 4: ...more about the Medical Book System or other products from Franklin Electronic Publishers call 800 266 5626 or visit the Franklin Web site at www franklin com Publishers Note 3 Key Guide 4 Installing B...

Page 5: ...uld 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 man...

Page 6: ...e title of a high lighted item With CAP types an asterisk to stand for letters in a word At text displays the current Outline location of the text Key Combinations BACK Goes to the top level of a menu...

Page 7: ...Drug Interactions topic T Goes to Therapeutics Class index W Goes to Warnings topic CAUTION Never install or remove a book card when the platform is turned on If you do information entered in any inst...

Page 8: ...contrast of this book The type size sets how large the charac ters appear on screen The shutoff time sets how long your Medical Book System stays on if you forget to turn it off The default topic sets...

Page 9: ...pe a drug name For example type mar to highlight Marinol To delete a letter press You can also highlight a menu item by using or The slanted arrow indicates that the menu item has a submenu 4 When the...

Page 10: ...Information Finding Drug Information Finding Drug Equivalents and Therapeutic Classes When reading a drug monograph you can quickly find its equivalents or a list of drugs in its therapeutic class To...

Page 11: ...ight a topic and press ENTER 7 To go quickly to another topic use the Quick Keys To learn more about the Quick Keys read the Key Guide 8 Use DN or SPACE to scroll 9 To go to the next or previous topic...

Page 12: ...Press ENTER to search This is the Outline location of the first match of your search words To see the Outline location of the next or previous matches if any hold and press DN or UP 4 Press ENTER to...

Page 13: ...hold CAP and press Use to highlight a match and then press ENTER Searching for Words You can also search for a word by high lighting it in text 1 At the text press ENTER To turn off the highlight pres...

Page 14: ...ou search for a word either by entering it at the word search screen or by highlighting it in text headings and subheadings in bold type are searched first for exact matches If no exact matches are fo...

Page 15: ...otes to this book you can easily find them 1 Press LIST blue 2 Use to highlight a note title Your notes are listed by recency 3 Press ENTER to go to that note To Remove a Note 1 Find a in the text of...

Page 16: ...word in the other book Looking Up Words in Other Books If due to electrostatic discharge or other cause the keyboard fails to respond or the screen performs erratically try the steps below to reset t...

Page 17: ...ed 2002 Medical Economics Company Inc All rights reserved Physicians Desk Reference is a regis tered trademark of Medical Economics Inc used herein under license All rights reserved Medical Book Syste...

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Page 19: ...st call franklin s customer service desk 1 800 266 5626 to request a return merchandise authorization rma number before returning the product transportation charges prepaid to Franklin Electronic Publ...

Page 20: ...eleting 13 deleting all at once 13 finding 13 Pocket PDR description of 3 Quick Keys 5 8 9 understanding 5 Red MORE key 4 12 Reset button 14 Screen contrast 6 SEARCH yellow key 4 10 12 Shutoff time 6...

Page 21: ...PDR 3039 Medical Book Card User s Guide MBS Medical Book System...

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