Franklin IC-167 User manual

PHYSICIANS
For Use with the Franklin
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Contents
Key Guide...................................................... 4
Installing the Pocket PDR®............................. 6
Viewing a Demonstration ............................... 7
Changing Settings.......................................... 8
Finding Drug Information................................ 9
Reading Monographs..................................... 11
Finding Therapeutic Classes .......................... 12
Using the SPEC Key ...................................... 13
Finding Equivalents........................................ 14
Searching for Words ...................................... 15
Highlighting Search Words ............................. 17
Footnotes, References & Tables..................... 18
Using Notes ................................................... 19
Looking Up Words in Other Books ................. 21
Using the Digital Book System®...................... 22
Product Specifications.................................... 24
Limited Warranty............................................ 25
Index.............................................................. 26
✓About the Screen Illustrations
Some screen illustrations in this User’s Manual
may vary slightly from what you see on screen.
These variations do not mean that this digital book
or your Digital Book System is malfunctioning.

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Publishers’ Note
This Pocket PDR®contains excerpts of product information
provided by drug manufacturers covering indications and usage,
contraindications,warnings,adversereactions,dosageandadmin-
istration, and how supplied. Ophthalmology drugs are included in
this 1997 Pocket PDR®. Precautionary material, information on
clinicalpharmacology,andcertainotheritemsarenotincluded.Be
suretoconsulttheprintededitionofPDR®,PDR®Supplements,and
PDR for Ophthalmology in the event of questions.
ProductinformationpublishedinPocketPDR®hasbeenprepared
by the manufacturers of the drugs. The function of the publisher is
solelythecompilation,organization,anddistributionofthisinforma-
tion.DrugslistedinPocketPDR®areavailableonlybyprescription.
Patientsshouldconsultaphysicianbeforeusinganyofthemedica-
tions.
In making manufacturers’ information available, it should 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
manufacturers’originals,neitherthepublisher,MedicalEconomics
Company, Inc., nor the producer of the unit, Franklin Electronic
Publishers,Inc.,warrantthattheinformationisaccurate,thattheunit
will perform without interruption or free of errors, or that the
information contained therein satisfies government regulations
requiring drug product information disclosure, nor shall they be
liableforanyclaimarisingoutoforrelating to use of Pocket PDR®.
For additional information on limitations of liability and warranty
disclaimers,consulttheLicenseAgreementandLimitedWarranty
printedinthisUser’sManual.Alluseofthisproductissubjecttothe
termsandconditionsoftheUserLicense.InformationinthisDigital
Book is current through the 1997 editions of PDR®and PDR for
Ophthalmology.Forlaterrevisions,alwayscheckthelatestPDR®,
PDR®supplement, or PDR for Ophthalmology.
Pocket PDR®. Copyright © 1997 Medical Economics Company,
Inc. PDR®is a registered trademark used herein under license.
Copyright © 1997 Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc. All rights
reserved, worldwide.

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Function Keys
BACK
Backs up (e.g., erases a typed character, dis-
plays the previous screen, or stops a highlight).
CARD
Exits the digital book you are reading.
CLEAR
Clears to the default state.
ENTER
Selects a menu item, enters a text
search, or starts the highlight in text.
HELP
Displays a contextual help message.
LIST
Displays your note list from text.
MENU
Displays the main menus.
MORE
Finds more text search matches.
ON/OFF
Turns the Digital Book System on or off.
SHIFT
Shifts the keys to types capitals or punctuation.
SPACE
Types a space or pages down.
SPEC
Displays the nearest Outline level from the text.
Direction Keys
Scroll or move in the indicated direction.
DN
or
UP
Pages down or up.
*+ At menus, zooms to the bottom or top;
at text, go to next or previous
monograph topic or table row heading.
*+
DN
UP
At the Drugs and Class menus, displays
the next item matching the letters you’ve
typed ( +
DN
only).At text, go to the
next or previous paragraph, table row
subheading, or text search match.
Key Guide
* The gold key at the bottom left of the keyboard.

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Key Guide
*
You can use the Quick Keys only when a drug
monograph is in view.
Quick Keys*
AGoes to Adverse Reactions topic.
CGoes to
Contraindications topic.
DGoes to Dosage and Administration topic.
EGoes to Equivalents list.
GGoes to Generic Name topic.
HGoes to How Supplied topic.
IGoes to Indications and Usage topic.
MGoes to
Manufacturer topic.
SGoes to How Supplied topic.
TGoes to Therapeutic Class list.
WGoes to Warnings topic.
Other Keys
?
✻
At the menus, displays the full name of a
menu item; at the text, shows the current
Outline location.
SHIFT
+
? ✻
Types an asterisk to stand for unknown
letters in a search word.
+
BACK
Goes to the top level of the Drugs or
Class
menu from a lower level.
+
CARD
Transfers a word to or from certain in-
stalled digital books.
+
ENTER
At any level of the Drugs menu, goes to
text.At text, highlight the next icon ap-
pearing on the screen.
+ NPlaces a note in a monograph or table.
+ Q-P On the DBS-1 or DBS-2, types numbers.

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Installing the Pocket PDR®
You must install the digital book in your Digital Book
System before you can use the Pocket PDR®.
WARNING: Never install a digital book when the Digi-
tal Book System is on. If you do, information that you
entered in any other installed digital book may be
erased.
1. Turn off the Digital Book System.
2. Install the Pocket PDR®digital book into a slot
on the back.
3. Press
ON/OFF
.
4. If needed, turn the wheel on the side of the Digi-
tal Book System to adjust the screen contrast.
If the screen is still blank, check the batteries.
5. Press
CARD
.
6. Press or to highlight the Pocket PDR®
symbol, if needed.
7. Press
ENTER
to select it.
✓Resuming Where You Left Off
Should you forget to turn off the unit while using the
Pocket PDR®, the unit will automatically shut itself
off after a few minutes. When you turn the unit on
again, the screen that you last viewed appears.

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Viewing a Demonstration
Before you start using the Pocket PDR®, you may want
to view a demonstration of what it can do.
1. Press
CLEAR
.
2. Press
MENU
.
3. Press the arrow keys to highlight
View Demo on
the Other menu.
4. Press
ENTER
to start the demonstration.
5. Press
CLEAR
to stop the demonstration.
✓Using the Main Menus
The flashing arrows on the right side of the screen
show which arrow keys you can press to move
around in the menus or text.
A slanted arrow ( ) to the right of a menu item
indicates that submenus exist.
To see the full text of a menu item highlight the
menu item and then press
?
✻
.
✓Help is Always at Hand
You can view a help message at most screens by
pressing
HELP
. Press or the
DN
key to read the
message. Then press
BACK
to exit it.

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Changing Settings
You can change the Type Size, Default Topic, Default
State, and Shutoff Time of the Pocket PDR®.
1. Press
MENU
if needed.
2. Highlight the Other menu.
3. Highlight
Set Type Size , Set Default Topic ,
Set Default State , or Set Shutoff .
4. Press
ENTER
to select it.
A check marks the current setting.
5. Highlight a setting.
6. Press
ENTER
to select it.
Or press
BACK
to keep the current setting.
✓Understanding the Settings
•The Default Topic is the topic that appears first
when you view a drug monograph.
•The Default State is the screen that appears when
you press
CLEAR
. If you select Text Search as the
default state, the search screen appears. If you
select
Drug Info , the Drugs menu appears.
•The Shutoff Time is how long the Digital Book
System stays on if you forget to turn it off.

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Finding Drug Information
The simplest way to find drug information is to type a
brand or generic drug name at the Drugs menu. Brand
names are capitalized on the Drugs menu, but you do
not need to type capitals.
1. Press
CLEAR
.
2. Type a drug name (e.g., MARAX ).
To back up a letter, press
BACK
.
3. When the drug is highlighted, press
ENTER
.
If you entered a generic name, select one of the
brand name drugs that contain the selected drug.
If you entered a brand name, the monograph’s top-
ics appear. NOTE: You can go directly from the
Drugs menu to the default topic of the monograph
by holding and pressing
ENTER
.
4. Highlight a topic and press
ENTER
to view the
drug monograph
5. Press , the
DN
key, or
SPACE
to scroll down.
To learn more, see “Reading Monographs.”
6. Press
CLEAR
when done.

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Finding Drug Information
✓If You Misspell a Drug Name
When you type letters that do not match a drug on
the Drugs menu, the correction mode entry screen
appears. You can press
BACK
repeatedly to exit it.
Or you can enter the misspelled drug name to view
corrections.
You can select Words starting with. . . to view
completions, if any, or select a drug on the correc-
tions list to view its monograph.
✓What Drug Are You Reading About?
When a drug monograph or a table is in view, you can
check its current Outline location by pressing
? ✻
.
Press
BACK
to go back to the text.
NOTE: When you press
? ✻
, you do not go to the
Drugs menu itself but to a snapshot of your current
location in the Drugs menu, or Outline. To go from
the text to the Drugs menu, press
SPEC
until the
menu appears.

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Once a drug monograph is in view, you can read it in a
number of ways. In particular, you can move quickly be-
tween its main sections, or topics, using the Quick Keys.
1. Go to a drug monograph (e.g., ILOSONE ).
See “Finding Drug Information”for directions.
2. Press , the
DN
key, or
SPACE
to move down.
To go to the next or previous paragraph, hold
and press the
DN
or
UP
key. To go to the next or
previous topic, hold and press or .
3. Use these Quick Keys:
To Go to. . . Press. . .
Indications and Usage I
Contraindications C
Warnings W
Adverse Reactions A
Dosage and Administration D
How Supplied H or S
Manufacturer M
Generic Name G
4. Press
CLEAR
when done.
Reading Monographs
✓Setting the Default Topic
You can set which topic appears first (i.e., the de-
fault topic) when you view a monograph by select-
ing
Set Default Topic from the Other menu and then
selecting a topic.

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Finding Therapeutic Classes
Every drug in the Pocket PDR®is classified by its ther-
apeutic class. Here is how to find the drugs in a class.
1. Press
CLEAR
.
2. Highlight the Class menu.
3. Type a therapeutic class
(e.g.,
MOTION SICKNESS PRODUCTS ).
4. When the class is highlighted, press
ENTER
.
5. Highlight a drug (e.g., PHENERGAN SYRUP ).
Type its first few letters or scroll to it.
6. Press
ENTER
to view its monograph.
7. To go back to select other drugs in the class,
press
BACK
.
8. Press
CLEAR
when done.
✓A Quick Way to Find Therapeutic Classes
When reading a drug monograph, you can quickly
view the list of therapeutic classes for the drug by
pressing T. If a drug has only one therapeutic class,
then the drugs for that one class are shown.

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Using the SPEC Key
You can press
SPEC
to back up through the Drugs
menu from a drug monograph or a table.
You can also press
SPEC
to back up through the
Class menu after pressing the T key when a mono-
graph or table is in view. Try this example.
1. Highlight NAPRELAN on the Drugs menu.
2. Hold and press
ENTER
to view its monograph.
3. Press the T key.
These drugs are in the same therapeutic class and
subclass as Naprelan. You could select a drug to
view its monograph.
4. Press
SPEC
repeatedly to back up through
the Class menu.
5. Press
CLEAR
when done.

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Finding Equivalents
For any drug you select, it’s easy to find other brands
containing the same generic ingredients.
1. Go to a drug monograph (e.g., ROXANOL ).
See “Finding Drug Information”for directions.
2. Press
MENU
.
3. Highlight Equivalents from the Search menu.
4. Press
ENTER
.
5. Highlight an equivalent.
6. Press
ENTER
to view its monograph.
7. Press
BACK
to go back to the equivalents.
8. Press
CLEAR
when done.
✓A Quick Way to Find Equivalents
When reading the drug monograph, you can quickly
see its equivalents by pressing E. Select an equiva-
lent to display its monograph.
✓Finding Generic Names in Monographs
The last topic in a drug monograph lists the names
of the drug’s generic ingredients. Once at a mono-
graph, you can go directly to
Generic Name by
pressing G. Then you can highlight an ingredient
and search for it (see “Highlighting Search Words”).

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You can search for the occurrences, or matches, of up
to six words appearing in drug monographs, tables,
and therapeutic classes. After searching, only drugs
and classes containing matches of your search
word(s) are listed on the Drugs and Class menus.
1. Press
MENU
.
2. Select Text Search from the Search menu.
3. Type one or more words (e.g.,
flu ).
4. Press
ENTER
to view the first Outline location.
5. To view the next Outline location of a match, if
any, hold and press the
DN
key.
To view the previous match location,
hold and press the
UP
key.
6. Press
ENTER
to view a match in text.
The matching words are boxed. If you entered more
than one search word, you may have to scroll down to
see the second matching word in the section of text.
7. Press
MENU
to view all the matches listed on the
menus, including therapeutic classes.
The numbers on the menus indicate the number of
matches, not the number of menu items.
8. Select a drug or a therapeutic class.
9. Press
CLEAR
to clear your search when done.
Searching for Words

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Searching for Words
✓If You Misspell a Search Word
Don’t worry. A list of corrections automatically ap-
pears after you enter the word. Highlight a correc-
tion and press
ENTER
to search for it.
✓Finding More Matches
After searching for words, you can find additional
matches by pressing
MORE
up to five times (or until
No more appears). Each time that you press
MORE
,
the previous matches are discarded and new
matches of synonyms and similar words are found.
✓Changing Your Searches
After searching for words, you can also change
your search by selecting
Change Search Query
from the Search menu.
✓Searching for Search Words
If you are not sure which form of a search word to use,
type an asterisk at the text search screen in place of
the letters that you’re not sure about (e.g.,
bacter ✻ ).
To type an asterisk, hold
SHIFT
and press
? ✻
.
Press
ENTER
to see possible completions. Then
select a word to search for its matches.
You can also type asterisks at the correction mode
screen to find matches.

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Highlighting Search Words
You can also search for words by highlighting them in
drug monographs and tables.
1. Go to a drug monograph (e.g., SALFLEX ).
See “Finding Drug Information”for directions.
2. Press
ENTER
to start the highlight.
You can turn off the highlight by pressing
BACK
.
3. Press the arrow keys to highlight a word
(e.g., arthritis ).
4. Press
ENTER
to search for it.
You can expand your search by pressing
MORE
now (see “Expanding Your Searches”). Press
MENU
to view all the matches listed on the menus.
5. Press
CLEAR
when done.
✓Words Too Common to Search
Some short words such as articles (a, the, etc.) and
prepositions (to, in, etc.) occur too often to search
for, either by entering them or by highlighting.

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Footnotes, References &Tables
Throughout the text of the Pocket PDR®, you will see
icons for footnotes , cross-references , ta-
bles , and bibliographic references . Here is
how to view their text.
1. When an icon is in view, hold and press
ENTER
.
The icon is highlighted. You can highlight subse-
quent icons that are in view by holding and
pressing
ENTER
again. You can also highlight icons
by pressing
ENTER
and then the arrow keys.
2. Press
ENTER
to view the item.
3. Use the direction keys to read it.
4. Press
BACK
to go back to the highlighted icon.
✓Using and Understanding Tables
When highlighted and selected as shown above,
most cross-reference icons take you to a
table. Once the table is in view, you can usually re-
turn to its cross-reference by highlighting and se-
lecting the table icon .
Tables are formatted as bulleted lists. Row head-
ings are generally flush left and in boldface. Row
subheadings and column headings are indented
and followed by the information of a table cell.

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Using Notes
Placing Notes
You can place notes in drug monographs and tables.
The number of notes you can place depends upon
their lengths, but you can place only one note in each
paragraph of text or section of a table.
1. With a monograph or table in view, press
LIST
.
2. Press
ENTER
to select Add note .
3. Type a note of your own and press
ENTER
.
Or press
ENTER
to add the pre-entered note.
A marks the note’s placement.
Finding and Removing Notes
Once notes have been placed, you can use them as
bookmarks to quickly find information. To remove a
note, you must first find it in a monograph or table.
1. With a monograph or table in view, press
LIST
.
2. Highlight a note.
Type its first few letters or scroll to it.
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