Counseling Pearls Pocketbook: High-yield medication guidance made simple. No jargon. Just the pearls. (Counseling Pearls Series)

Author: Bernard J. Brooks PharmD
Publication date : December 2, 2025
Language : English
Print length : 128 pages
ISBN-13 : 979-8277023563
Item Weight : 4.8 ounces
Dimensions : 5 x 0.29 x 8 inches
Part of series : Counseling Pearls Series
Finally — a simple, fast, patient-friendly medication guide written the way people actually learn.
Whether you're a pharmacy student, new graduate, or a busy clinician, the Counseling Pearls Pocketbook gives you the cleanest, easiest-to-use medication counseling resource on the market.
Instead of digging through Lexicomp, UpToDate, or pages of clinical jargon, this pocketbook breaks down medications using a clear, 5th-grade-literacy structure that mirrors real patient conversations.
Inside, you’ll find:
Safety lists: Black Box, BEERS, NIOSH, REMS (only when applicable)
Therapeutic class & mechanism: simplified so anyone can understand
Primary uses: written in clean, plain language
Common & serious side effects: the ones that actually matter clinically
Clear contraindications
Administration tips you can use immediately with patients
Dose adjustments: kidney, liver, pediatrics, geriatrics
Monitoring pearls: without clinical noise
Designed for:
Pharmacy students on rotation
New graduates
Technicians and interns
Residents and medical trainees
Any clinician who needs fast, accurate counseling points
If you want clearer patient explanations…
If you want high-yield medication pearls without the overwhelm…
If you want a guide made by someone who struggled with information overload and built the tool he wished existed…
This is it.
High-yield medication guidance made simple. No jargon. Just the pearls.