Extended Stability for Parenteral Drugs, 7th Edition Doody's Expert Review Review Questionnaire ISBN: 9781585286713 ISBN-10: 1585286710 Copyright: 2023 Edition: 7th Editor: Simpson, Michelle C., Schaefer, Eric G., Doody's Expert Review    Score: 82 Doody's Star Rating™ and Doody's Expert Review provide by Doody Enterprises, Inc. Reviewer: Rahmat Talukder,  PhD, RPh  (The University of Texas at Tyler) Description This revised and updated seventh edition book provides stability monographs of 196 parenteral drugs, including more than 35 new drugs. It also offers brief theoretical and legal aspects of the compounding of parenteral drugs and nutrition. Purpose Pharmacists often seek stability data for their compounded sterile preparations. Accordingly, the book provides up-to-date information on the stability of parenteral preparations with the aim of reducing patients' risks from physical, chemical, and microbial degradation of compounded sterile products. Audience The book will be helpful to pharmacists working in any facility where parenteral drugs are stored and compounded. It is primarily intended as a reference guide for pharmacists involved in storing and compounding sterile preparations. Similar to the previous editions, this seventh edition will be well utilized by pharmacists involved in sterile compounding. Features This book provides stability monographs of 196 parenteral medications, including 37 new drugs. The contents are presented in three parts. The first part briefly discusses theoretical aspects of factors affecting drug stability, the use of stability data, assigning beyond-use dates, quality assurance, and legal aspects related to parenteral drug and nutrition compounding. The second part of the book offers stability data of parenteral medications, including the stability of drugs in different types of containers with different diluents and at different concentrations, pH, and temperatures, where available, along with references. The last part of the book includes appendices and an index. One of the appendices provides the manufacturer and compounded abbreviations, while the other presents a glossary of terms used in the book. The paper quality could be improved. The authors should also consider including a chapter on drugs that become toxic upon degradation in future editions. Assessment This book provides useful data for pharmacists involved in compounding sterile preparations. There are not many comparable texts available on the market. Trissel's Stability of Compounded Formulations, 6th Edition, (American Pharmacy Association, 2018) is a good reference, but it has not been updated recently. Therefore, this book will serve its purpose well. Review Questionnaire Range Question Score 1-10 Are the author's objectives met? 8 1-10 Rate the worthiness of those objectives. 8 1-5 Is this written at an appropriate level? 5 1-5 Is there significant duplication? (1=significant, 5=insignificant) 4 1-5 Are there significant omissions? (1=significant, 5=insignificant) 4 1-5 Rate the authority of the authors. 5 1-5 Are there sufficient illustrations? 5 1-5 Rate the pedagogic value of the illustrations. 3 1-5 Rate the print quality of the illustrations. 4 1-5 Are there sufficient references? 5 1-5 Rate the currency of the references. 3 1-5 Rate the pertinence of the references. 4 1-5 Rate the helpfulness of the index. 4 1-5 If important in this specialty, rate the physical appearance of the book N/A 1-10 Is this a worthwhile contribution to the field? 8 1-10 If this is a 2nd or later edition, is this new edition needed? 8 ©2025 Doody Enterprises, Inc.