CD ROMs for CD ROMs for Pharmaceutical use Pharmaceutical use Patrick BongoPatrick Bongo BSc (Hons), MSc, PGCE, MBCSBSc (Hons), MSc, PGCE, MBCS

INTRODUCTIONINTRODUCTION

Pharmacy CD-ROMs are used as electronicreference by Pharmacists, PharmacyTechnicians, Doctors, Nurses andToxicologists.

They could be used instead of theirrespective paper based manuals, dependingon the technology available, the time andplace they need to be accessed.

Commonly used CD-ROMsCommonly used CD-ROMsBNF (British National Formulary)Contains advice of clinical experts andprovides up-to-date guidance onprescribing, dispensing and administeringMedicines.

It details medicines prescribed in the UK, withspecial reference to their uses, cautions, contra-indications, side-effects, dosage and relative costs. The BNF could be accessed as a paper based manualor online or as a CD-ROM.

BNFC (BNF for Children)The BNFC provides essential practicalinformation to all healthcare professionalsinvolved in the prescribing, dispensing,monitoring, and administration of medicinesto children.

It includes authoritative advice on licensed as wellas unlicensed and “off-label” use of medicines forchildren from birth up to the age of 18 years .Like the BNF you can access it via a paper basedmanual or online or as a CD-ROM.

Martindale: The Complete Drug Reference• Encyclopaedic facts about drugs and medicines • Over 6,300 drug monographs • 149,000 preparations • 40,700 references • 14,700 manufacturers • Synopses of treatments for more than 660 diseases • Enables identification of medicines, the local equivalent and the

manufacturer • Includes herbals, diagnostic agents, radiopharmaceuticals,

pharmaceutical excipients, toxins, and poisons as well as drugs and medicines

• Based on published information and extensively referenced

Pharmaceutical Excipients

This is a comprehensive guide to the uses,

properties and safety of pharmaceutical

excipients and is an essential reference for

those involved in the development,

production, control and regulation of

pharmaceutical preparations.

Clarke's Analysis of Drugs and Poisons

This is intended for use primarily by

scientists faced with identifying and

quantifying drugs and poisons in body fluids,

tissue samples and pharmaceutical and

industrial products.

Dietary Supplements

The Dietary Supplements provides a

comprehensive, evidence-based guide to

the safety and efficacy of the most

commonly used vitamins, minerals and

dietary supplements.

Stockley's Drug Interactions

provides the healthcare professional with

quick and easy access to clinically relevant,

evaluated, and evidence-based information

on interactions between therapeutic drugs,

proprietary medicines, herbal medicines,

foods, drinks, pesticides and drugs of abuse.

BNF DEMONSTRATIONBNF DEMONSTRATION If you enter the search criteria “ampicillin” and then you click on the Search icon

You now have a list of drugs associated with Ampicillin

If you had selected Ampicillin from the previous menu

If you click on Interactions

Output if you had clicked on Interactions

Martindale DemonstrationMartindale DemonstrationIf for example you write “Ibuprofen” and click on the Search icon.

If you had selected Ibuprofen from the previous selection.

You then have information on adverse effects, treatment and precautions

If you click on Interactions

ReferencesReferencesBritish Medical Association et al (2006). BNFfor Children (BNFC) [Online]. Available at:http://www.medicinescomplete.com/mc/bnfc/current

Royal Pharmaceutical Society of GreatBritain (2006). BNF [Online]. Available:http://www.medicinescomplete.com/mc/bnf/current/

Moffat, Anthony et al (2006). The definitive sourceof analytical data for drugs and poisons. [Online].Available at: http://www.medicinescomplete.com/mc/clarke/current/

Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (2006).Martindale: The complete drug reference. [Online]. Available at:http://www.medicinescomplete.com/mc/martindale/current/

Rowe, Raymond et al (2006). Pharmaceutical Excipients. [Online]. Available at: http://www.medicinescomplete.com/mc/excipients/current/

Baxter, Karen et al (2006). Stockley's Drug Interactions. [Online]. Available at:http://www.medicinescomplete.com/mc/stockley/current/

Mason, Pamela (2006). Dietary Supplements. [Online]. Available at:http://www.medicinescomplete.com/mc/diet/current/