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TEXTBOOK AND PUBLICATION ERRATA

 

Errata Notice: Mosby's Drug Guide for Nurses, 7th edition

(5/10/2007)

Mosby’s Drug Guide for Nurses, 7th edition contains incorrect information regarding the dosage of ropinirole (REQUIP) for Restless Leg Syndrome.

Location of error: Mosby's Drug Guide for Nurses, 7th edition, page 883, ropinirole information, the Restless Legs Syndrome dose under the Dosage and Routes heading

Currently reads: Adult: PO 25 mg at bedtime, may increase until symptoms resolve
 
Should read:  Adult: PO 0.25 mg at bedtime, may increase until symptoms resolve
           
The dosage under Restless Legs Syndrome will be corrected to read, “Adult:  PO 0.25 mg at bedtime, may increase until symptoms resolve” in Mosby’s Drug Guide for Nurses, 7 edition, with 2008 Update due to be published Summer 2007.

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