blake murphy wrote:
>
> On Fri, 12 Dec 2003 08:06:21 -0700, Arri London >
> wrote:
>
> >blake murphy wrote:
> >>
> >> On Wed, 10 Dec 2003 13:34:47 -0600, Katra >
> >> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >Look it up in the 2003 PDR... :-)
> >> >
> >> >K.
> >>
> >> is there an online source to the p.d.r.?
> >>
> >> your pal,
> >> blake
> >
> >Only for a subscription. Or you can buy the book, like I do (I'm a
> >medical/science writer, so it's essential). Unless you can read and
> >evaluate the information, it's probably not a good idea anyway.
> >
>
> in a former career, i was a proofreader of research abstracts. we had
> the p.d.r. and dorland's medical dictionary, 3rd edition, maybe 4th.
> it was the one before they removed 'virago' as an entry, i think. the
> latter book is one i wish i had stolen when i had the chance. (the
> entity i worked for was being dissolved, and surely it was trashed.)
>
> your pal,
> blake

To be fair, being a proofreader doesn't mean absorbing the material.
There's all sorts of material, out of my subjects I've proofread that I
wouldn't say I genuinely understood Normally I don't buy the PDR
every single year; don't make enough money for that. However, you can
often get the previous year's version relatively cheap at a medical book
shop. That's what I try to do.

>
> >There is a version for consumers: http://www.pdrhealth.com/drug_info/
> >
> >I think it's still free. Also most of the major drug manufacturers have
> >information for consumers about their most popular items on their own
> >websites.