Resources for Purchase by NHS MI Services Title Authors/ Publisher/ ISBN Edition (year) Est. Cost C or A Notes General AHFS Drug Information McEvoy, GK American Society of Health-System Pharmacists Annual Plus online See notes C *UKMi Deal* Online version accessed via MedicinesComplete. Hard copy is unreferenced. Martindale, the Complete Drug Reference Sweetman, S Pharmaceutical Press ISSN: 0263-5364 38th 2014 Plus online £££££ paper C *UKMi Deal* for electronic version only (via MedicinesComplete) Write Effectively Albert T. Radcliffe Publishing. ISBN: 1846191351 2008 £ A Useful if you are involved in a lot of bulletin writing. UpToDate Wolters Kluwer On-line £££££ See Notes A Useful for background information. Not to be used as a sole source of evidence. Access may already be available via employer. Adverse effects Meyler’s Side Effects of Drugs: The International Encyclopedia of Adverse Drug Reactions and Interactions Aronson, J Elsevier ISBN:9780444537164 16th 2015 Plus online £££££ paper A Consider availability of other relevant resources when deciding whether to purchase. Also available online via Adverse Drug Reactions Lee, A Pharmaceutical Press ISBN: 0853696012 2nd 2006 £ A Litt’s Drug Eruption and Reaction Database Shear NH, Litt JZ Taylor & Francis online ££££ A Links through to relevant PubMed/Medline abstracts Also contains informatrion on drug interactions Complementary Medicine Natural Medicines Database Therapeutic Research Centre, Somerville, America online £££££ A Updated daily online and frequent bulletins. NOTE: UKMi Deal is no longer available. Complementary Medicine
Herbal Medicines Pharmaceutical Press ISBN: 9780857110350 4th 2013 Plus online ££ ££ A Online via MedicinesComplete *UKMi Deal*. Stockley's Herbal Medicines Interactions Williamson E, Driver S, Baxter K Pharmaceutical Press ISBN 9780857110268 2nd 2013 Plus online ££ paper Online A Dietary Supplements Mason, P Pharmaceutical Press ISBN: 978-0853698838 4th 2011 Plus online ££ 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 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 Plus online £ C * All MI centres should hold at least one of these resources Also available via MedicinesComplete *UKMi deal* Electronic access via (preferred as updated between editions). The NEWT Guidelines for Administration of Medicines to patients with Enteral Feeding Tubes or Swallowing Difficulties Smyth JA East Wales NHS Trust. Available from Pharmacy Department, Wrexham Maelor Hospital, Croesnewydd Road, Wrexham, LL13 7TD. 01978 725178 ISBN: 9780955251535 3rd 2015 plus online £ Handbook on Injectable Drugs McEvoy, GK American Society of Health-System Pharmacists ISBN-13: 9781585284191 18th 2014 Plus online ££££ paper, online C Available via MedicinesComplete *UKMi deal* Injectable Drugs Guide Gray, A et al. Pharmaceutical Press ISBN 9780853697879 1st 2011 Plus online £ A Available via MedicinesComplete. *UKMi deal* IV Compatability Database (via Micromedex) Truven Health Analytics online £££££ A Available as part of the Micromedex suite of products, featuring Trissel’sTM 2 data. different/additional data to the Handbook of Injectable Drugs (available via Medicines Complete). Consider only if already have access to Micromedex. The Syringe Driver: Continuous Subcutaneous Infusions in Palliative Care Dickman A and Schneider J. Oxford University Press ISBN: 978019873372-0 4th 2016 £ C Drug interactions Stockley’s Drug Interactions Preston CL. Pharmaceutical Press ISBN: 9780857112705 11th 2016 Plus online ££££ C Online access via MedicinesComplete *UKMi Deal* *Note. Should be used in conjunction with Stockley’s Interactions Checker Drug interactions
Pediatric and Neonatal Dosage Handbook (Pediatric Lexicomp) American Pharmacists Association (LexiComp Incorporated) ISBN: 9781591953494 22nd ££ A Data extracted from the parent Lexicomp site. Consider for those not subscribing to Lexicomp. Paediatric Care online RCPCH Partnership Group online £ A A decision support tool for Centres with a substantial paediatric element. Palliative Care A Guide to Symptom Relief in Palliative Care Regnard, CFB & Dean, M Radcliffe Medical ISBN: 9781846193569 6th 2010 £ A Palliative Care Formulary (PCF5) Twycross R and Wilcock A. Palliativedrugs.com ISBN: 9780955254796 Available from 5th 2014 plus online £ Book £ online C The syringe driver compatibility tables are free to access online, using login. PCF5 also contains selected information from Symptom Management in Advanced Cancer (discontinued in 2014). Electronic PCF5 is available via . It is freely available to those with NHS Education Scotland ATHENS access via Pharmaceutical Handbook of Pharmaceutical Excipients Rowe RC et al Pharmaceutical Press ISBN: 978085711027 5 7th (2012) ££££ A Also available via Medicines Complete: *UKMi deal* Check if local manufacturing unit already has access to this. Pharmacokinetics Basic Clinical Pharmacokinetics Winter, ME Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins ISBN: 9780781779036 5th 2009 Plus online £ C Can also access content online via: Access details are in the inside cover of the book. Pregnancy At least two resources should be used for all pregnancy enquiries. Note, some resources include both pregnancy and lactation information. See also list. * Note either Briggs or Schaeffer can be purchased as the Core resource for Pregnancy enquiries—it is not necessary for Centres to have access to both
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. Dialysis of Drugs Renal Pharmacy Consultants 2014 £ A Available as a printed or wall chart. An App and iBook are also available. 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 CRC Press (ISBN: 190 936 8941), although the Database is updated more frequently and is the preferred format. 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. 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 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 £££ Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics* Walker, R & Wittlesea C. Elsevier ISBN: 9780702042935 5th 2011 £ Goodman and Gilman’s Pharmacologic-al of Therapeutics* Brunton L et al McGraw Hill ISBN: 978-0071624428 12th 2011 £££
∆This is a condensed but comprehensive and more up to date version of Goodman and Gilman’s Pharmacological of Therapeutics. 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, JD Oxford University Press ISBN: 5th 2010 Plus online £££££ A Most hospital libraries hold this resource. Also available online: Oxford Handbook of Clinical Medicine Longmore, M et al Oxford University ISBN: 9th 2014 £ C Drugdex Database Thomson Healthcare (USA) Online £££££ C *Note. Only one of these resources is recommended for each Centre. _____________________________ Lexi-Comp via . Lexi-Comp Lexi-Comp Inc. (USA) Online £££££ Travel Travax Health Protection, Scotland Online ££ A . Recommended if large numbers of travel enquiries. Note: Advice is based on that produced by NHS Scotland and may differ from other sources (i.e. Travel Health Pro/NaTHNac). It is advised that one resource only is used in these circumstances. Wound management and dressings Formulary of Wound Management Products Thomas, S Euromed Communications ISBN: 978-1-899015-96-2 10th 2009 £ A Journals MI centres should ensure they have access to journals via local library facilities for references. Routine journal subscription is at the discretion of the individual centre. Enquiry Recording Databases MiDatabank CoAcS *UKMi Deal* C