Disposition of Toxic Drugs and Chemicals in Man, 8th Edition. Randall C. Baselt. Foster City, CA: Biomedical Publications, 2009, 1720 pp, $247.50. ISBN 978-0- 9626523-7-0

Abstract

When the eighth edition of “Baselt” thudded onto my desk as the mail cart sailed past my open door, I happened to be looking up oxycodone metabolism in my well-used fifth edition (©2000). It was immediately obvious that the eighth edition was thicker and heavier than the fifth, and I was excited to see what the newest edition had to offer. Although the fifth edition lists only 2 oxycodone metabolites, I was pleased to see the eighth edition included structures for 6 metabolites. Clearly it is time for me to update my personal library, but what does the eighth edition offer that is not present in the seventh edition (©2004)?The eighth edition of Baselt’s text includes 222 new entries, bringing the total number to more than 950 compounds. New drugs included in the latest edition cover the spectrum of compounds recently approved for human use …