Title Authors/ Publisher/ ISBN Edition (year) Est. Cost C or A Notes The Epilepsy Prescriber's Guide to Antiepileptic Drugs PN Cambridge University Press ISBN: 9781107664661 2nd Ed 2013 £ A Monograph style covering the antiepileptic drugs. Also includes pregnancy and paediatric prescribing information. Also available as an Adobe ebook. Drugs in Pregnancy and Lactation Briggs, G et al Pharmaceutical Press ISBN-10: 1451190824 10th 2014 £££ UKMi deal A Now also available via Medicines Complete (note—more expensive than purchasing directly). UKMi deal Handbook on Injectable Drugs Trissel, LA American Society of Health-System Pharmacists ISBN-13: 9781585284191 18th 2014 ££££ paper, online C Also available via Medicines Complete UKMi deal Maudsley Prescribing Guidelines Taylor, D et al Wiley-Blackwell ISBN: 9781118754603 12th 2015 £ C *Handbook of Drug Administration via Enteral Feeding Tubes White R & Bradnam V Pharmaceutical Press ISBN: 9780857111623 3rd 2015 £ C Also available via Medicines Complete UKMi deal Resources for Purchase by NHS MI Services Title Authors/ Publisher/ ISBN Edition (year) Est. Cost C or A Notes Please note that following revision of the list there is now no differentiation between local and regional centres in terms of recommended resources. The ‘core’ or ‘additional’ resources are applicable to all MI centres. General AHFS Drug Information McEvoy, GK American Society of Health-System Pharmacists Annual See notes C Via MedicinesComplete: preferred as it is referenced and updated more frequently. *UKMi Deal* Paper (unreferenced) Martindale, the Complete Drug Reference Sweetman, S Pharmaceutical Press ISSN: 0263-5364 38th 2014 £££££ paper C *UKMi Deal* for electronic version only (via MedicinesComplete)
Iowa Drug Information Service (IDIS) University of Iowa, USA Lexi-Comp Inc. (USA) A Available online via NB. This resource ceased publication in December 2014, but is still accessible up until June 2015 for existing subscribers. Write Effectively Albert T. Radcliffe Publishing. ISBN: 1846191351 2008 £ A Useful if you are involved in a lot of bulletin writing. Adverse effects Meyler’s Side Effects of Drugs: The International Encyclopedia of Adverse Drug Reactions and Interactions Aronson, J Elsevier ISBN: 0444509984 15th 2006 £££££ paper A Consider availability of other relevant resources when deciding whether to purchase. *UKMi Deal* Contact regional centre for ordering details. Also available online. Adverse Drug Reactions Lee, A Pharmaceutical Press ISBN: 0853696012 2nd 2006 £ A Complementary Medicine Natural Medicines Comprehensive Database Therapeutic Research Centre, Stockton, Canada ££££ per year C . Updated daily online and frequent bulletins. NOTE: UKMi Deal is no longer available. Herbal Medicines Pharmaceutical Press ISBN: 9780857110350 4th 2013 ££ paper Online A Online via MedicinesComplete *UKMi Deal*. Complementary Medicine Stockley's Herbal Medicines Interactions Williamson E, Driver S, Baxter K Pharmaceutical Press ISBN 9780857110268 2nd 2013 ££ paper Online A Homeopathic Pharmacy Kayne, S Churchill Livingstone ISBN: 04433101604 2nd 2006 £ A Dietary Supplements Mason, P Pharmaceutical Press ISBN: 978-0853698838 4th 2011 ££ Paper Online A Online version (via Medicines Complete UKMi deal)
Contraception and Hormone Replacement Therapy Contraception: Your Questions Answered Guillebaud J, Macgregor A Churchill Livingstone ISBN: 978-0702046193 6th 2012 £ C The Pill Guillebaud J Oxford University Press ISBN: 9780199565764 7th 2009 £ A Cytotoxics Cytotoxics Handbook Allwood, M et al Radcliffe Medical press ISBN: 1857755049 4th 2002 ££ A Most manufacturing units hold this. Diagnostic tests Oxford Handbook of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation Provan D, et al Oxford University Press ISBN: 9780199233717 3rd 2010 £ A Note: freely available resource Drug abuse Drugs of Abuse Wills, S Pharmaceutical Press ISBN: 0853695820 2nd 2005 £ A Drug administration *Handbook of Drug Administration via Enteral Feeding Tubes White R & Bradnam V Pharmaceutical Press ISBN: 9780857111623 3rd 2015 £ C *Also available via MedicinesComplete UKMi deal (preferred as updated more frequently) All MI centres should hold at least one of these resources. Electronic access via (preferred as updated between paper editions). The NEWT Guidelines for Administration of Medicines to patients with Enteral Feeding Tubes or Swallowing Difficulties Smyth JA North East Wales NHS Trust. Available from Pharmacy Department, Wrexham Maelor Hospital, Croesnewydd Road, Wrexham, LL13 7TD. 01978 725178 3rd 2015 plus online £
Handbook on Injectable Drugs Trissel, LA American Society of Health-System Pharmacists ISBN-13: 9781585284191 18th 2014 ££££ paper, online C Available via MedicinesComplete UKMi deal (preferred as updated more frequently) UCL hospital injectable medicines guide The UCLH Pharmacy Department Wiley-Blackwell ISBN: 1405191929 3rd 2010 £ paper, C This is an alternative to the Injectable Medicines Guide. UCLH guide is available in paper, web and app formats (see for details). Injectable Drugs Guide Gray, A et al. Pharmaceutical Press ISBN 978 0 85369 787 9 1st 2011 £ A Available via MedicinesComplete. The Syringe Driver: Continuous Subcutaneous Infusions in Palliative Care Dickman A and Schneider J. Oxford University Press ISBN: 978019-9569724 3rd 2011 £ C Drug interactions Stockley’s Drug Interactions K, Preston CL. Pharmaceutical Press ISBN: 9780857110619 10th 2013 ££££ paper, Online C Online access (via MedicinesComplete *UKMi Deal*) preferable since it is updated in between editions. Epilepsy The Epilepsy Prescriber's Guide to Antiepileptic Drugs PN Cambridge University Press ISBN: 9781107664661 2nd Ed 2013 £ A Monograph style covering the antiepileptic drugs. Also includes pregnancy and paediatric prescribing information. Also available as an Adobe ebook. Lactation At least two resources should be used for all lactation enquiries. Note, some resources include both pregnancy and lactation information See also list. Medications and Mothers’ Milk Hale & Rowe Hale publishing ISBN: 978-1939847386 16th 2014 plus online £ paper £ Online* (see ) C *Online access is preferable, as it is updated between published editions. However, a new paper edition, for a short period, may be the most version. Check both versions at this time if available. Alternatively, if unable to clarify information elsewhere, contact the specialist breast-feeding centres.
Drugs during Pregnancy and Lactation Schaefer, C et al. Academic Press Inc ISBN: 0124080782 3rd 2014 ££ A Drugs in Pregnancy and Lactation Briggs, G et al Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins ISBN: 1451190824 10th 2014 plus online ££ £££* A Online also via , Register using access code inside front cover. NB: Internet Explorer 9 recommended to access online version. Firefox or Google Chrome are also suitable. Very limited information regarding drug use during breastfeeding. Quarterly updates are available via the online access. * Now also available via Medicines Complete UKMi deal Legal and ethical Dale and Applebe’s Pharmacy and Medicines Law Applebe, G & Wingfield, J Pharmaceutical Press ISBN: 9780853699897 10th 2013 £ C Within pharmacy acceptable for QA. Microbiology The Sanford Guide to Antimicrobial Therapy Gilbert et al. Antimicrobial Therapy, Inc ISBN-10: 1930808844 (2015 edition now available) Paper copy updated yearly £ paper £ online C Available in a range of formats. The digital editions are preferable as they are updated regularly. Johns Hopkins ABX Guide Unbound Medicine, Inc. Online £ Online for single user annual licence C *UKMi Deal*, contact your Regional Centre for details. Kucers’. The Use of Antibiotics Grayson ML ASM Press & Hodder Arnold ISBN: 9780340927670 6th 2010 £££££ paper £££ online A Available either as a two volume book (providing free ebook access), or via MedicinesComplete subscription (NOTE: Online version is updated in line with each publication, about every 3½ - 4 years)
Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases Mandell GL, Bennett JE, & Dolin R. ELSEVIER Churchill Livingstone ISBN: 978-1455748013 8th 2014 ££££ paper ££££ online A Available either as a two volume book (providing free online access to full text), or an ebook (PDF or ePub formats). Ophthalmology Moorfields Eye Hospital – Pharmacists Handbook Moorfields Pharmaceuticals ISBN: 0955277612 2006 £ A Paediatrics Neonatal Formulary: Drug Use in Pregnancy & the First Year of Life Northern Neonatal Network Blackwell Publishing ISBN-10: 1118819594 7th 2014 £ C An ebook is also available: Updates available at Palliative Care A Guide to Symptom Relief in Palliative Care Regnard, CFB & Dean, M Radcliffe Medical Press ISBN: 9781846193569 6th 2010 £ A Palliative Care Palliative Care Formulary (PCF5) Twycross R and Wilcock A. Palliativedrugs.com ISBN-10: 0955254795 Available from 5th 2014 plus online £ Book £ online C Also available electronically (preferred format as updated more frequently). The syringe driver compatibility tables are free to access, using login. PCF5 also contains selected information from Symptom Management in Advanced Cancer (discontinued in 2014). Electronic PCF5 is freely available to those with NHS Education Scotland ATHENS access via . Pharmacokinetics Basic Clinical Pharmaco-kinetics Winter, ME Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins ISBN: 9780781779036 5th 2009 £ C Can access online if you have the book (see details inside front cover).
Maudsley Prescribing Guidelines Taylor, D et al Wiley-Blackwell ISBN: 9781118754603 12th 2015 £ C Renal and liver impairment Introduction to Renal Therapeutics Ashley,C & Morlidge C. Pharmaceutical Press ISBN: 978085369688 9 1st 2008 £ A This discusses diseases affecting the kidney and their management rather than provide dosing guidance covered by other renal resources. The Renal Drug Database Ashley C, Dunleavy A, and UK Renal Pharmacy Group online ££ C A *UKMi Deal* is available for Database subscriptions—see appendix for details. The Renal Drug Handbook (4th Edition) can also be purchased from Radcliffe Medical Press (ISBN: 190936 8941), although the Database is updated more frequently and is the preferred format. Renal and liver impairment Drug Prescribing in Renal Failure: Dosing Guidelines for Adults and Children Aronoff, GR et al American College of Physicians ISBN: 9781930513761 5th 2007 £ A NB. This has paediatric as well as adult dosing guidance. Dialysis of Drugs Renal Pharmacy Consultants 2014 £ A Available as a printed guide or wall chart. An App and iBook are also available. Drugs and the Liver. A guide to drug handling in liver dysfunction. North-Lewis P. Pharmaceutical Press ISBN: 9780853697107 1st 2008 £ C Covers background information on liver function, the principles of drug use in liver disease and worked examples of common questions. Surgery Oxford Handbook of Clinical Surgery McLatchie GR et al. Oxford Medical Pubs. ISBN: 978-0199699476 4th 2013 £ A Therapeutics and medicine
Applied Therapeutics: The Clinical Use of Drugs* Koda-Kimble MA et al Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins ISBN: 9781451175769 10th 2012 £££ C *UKMi recommends that at least one of these resources is purchased. If only one is kept it should be a UK text e.g. Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics, Clinical Medicine. The choice of texts selected is left to the individual centre, taking into account potential usefulness and user groups (e.g. diploma students, etc) ∆This is a condensed but comprehensive and more up to date version of Goodman and Gilman’s Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics. Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics* Walker, R & Wittlesea C. Elsevier ISBN: 9780702042935 5th 2011 £ Goodman and Gilman’s Pharmacologic-al Basis of Therapeutics* Brunton L et al McGraw Hill ISBN: 978-0071624428 12th 2011 £££ Goodman and Gilman’s Manual of Pharmacology Therapeutics*∆ Hilal-Dandon R & Brunton L. McGraw Hill ISBN-10: 007176917X 2nd 2014 £ Clinical Medicine* Kumar, P & Clark, M Saunders (W.B.) Co Ltd ISBN: 978-0702044991 8th 2012 ££ Oxford Textbook of Medicine Warrell DA, Cox TM, Firth JD Oxford University Press ISBN: 5th 2010 £££££ A Most hospital libraries hold this resource. Also available online with frequent updates. Therapeutics and medicine Oxford Handbook of Clinical Medicine Longmore, M et al Oxford University Press ISBN: 9th 2014 £ C Drugdex Database Thomson Healthcare (USA) N/A £££££ C Online via Lexi-Comp via . NB. See . Lexi-Comp Lexi-Comp Inc. (USA) N/A £££££ Travel Travax Health Protection, Scotland N/A ££ A Available online via . Recommended if large numbers of travel enquiries. Note: This advice is based on that produced by NHS Scotland and may differ from advice in other sources (i.e. NaTHNac). However, all advice is evidence based. It is advised that one resource only is used in these circumstances. Wound management and dressings