1. NMITC July 2009 Bridget Rankin Maidstone & Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
Major Websites for MI
NMITC July 2009
Bridget Rankin
Maidstone & Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust

2. Aim
Provide an introduction to websites and databases commonly used when working as a Medicines Information pharmacist

3. Learning Outcomes By the end of this session, you should have:
Developed your knowledge of useful medicines information websites [overview].
Found answers to example questions using specific MI databases (where applicable).

4. UKMI www.ukmi.nhs.uk Supports the UKMi network MI News
Highlights new resources
Fridge Database
Latex database
Other specialist MI resources
Medicines Q and A

5. UKMi Enquiry Answering Page
Is under the Clinical Governance heading
Standard search
Websites/Web-based Resource Links. A word document to use / adapt. Will help you create your own ‘favourites folders
Effective Use of the Internet for Enquiry Answering. A PDF document that provides guidance on safe and efficient use of the Internet

6. eBNF & eCBNF www.bnf.org.uk
Search or browse – sometimes browsing is easier
Navigate using tree structure
BNF extra – advanced information on what will be new in next edition
Calculations/conversions

7. eMC www.medicines.org.uk SPCs searchable by text and by section PILs
X-PIL service
Medicine Guides
dm+d

8. Medicines Complete
Stockley, Martindales, AHFS, Herbal Medicines & Handbook of Injectable Drugs. Enteral Feeding
Trial subscriptions available
Special price for UKMI – contact regional centre for details
Easy to search
Access out of hours on-call

9. NELM www.nelm.nhs.uk News headlines What’s new
Register and “log in” to see full content
Easy to search the many products individually or separately

10. National Library for Health NHS Evidence
Quick links to many resources
“log in” using your Athens UN/password
Easy to search the many products individually or separately
Evidence Based Reviews
Guidance
Specialist Libraries , Books and Journals
Training available from your library service

11. Department of Health www.dh.gov.uk Difficult to navigate
Lots of archived documents – your 1st ‘hits may not be the most up to date
Put in the year – sometimes helps
Use Google add “ to your search

12. Google & Google Scholar
Powerful search engine
Thousands of hits
Many ways of limiting searches
Scholar - limits to academic sites
BUT use it wisely

13. MHRA – Drug Analysis Prints
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
Another website that isn’t easy to navigate
Save the URL into MiDatabank or favourites folder
DAPs

14. NHS Choices www.nhs.uk General resource Portal for NHS Services
Patient information
Map of Medicine

15. eMIMMs www.healthcarerepublic.com/login/
Username and log in from your regional centre
Useful for prices
Some good tables comparing drugs in the same therapeutic class (eg Insulins, HRT)
Summaries of guidelines
Self-help directory

16. Clinical Knowledge Summaries (Previously Prodigy)
Guidelines for GPs
Useful for enquiries relating to conditions mainly managed in primary care
Regularly updated

17. Lexi-comp www.lexi.com/
Is not a cheaper substitute for Micromedex – there is less detail and not as well referenced but some easy to access information
Drug monographs with subsets
Poisoning/toxicology
Alternative medicines
Clinical / diagnostics

18. Natural Medicines Database
Comprehensive database
Good for checking interactions
Searchable under product name, drug name or disease/condition
Efficacy
Referenced

19. Pro-File Identify and source unlicensed “special” medicinal products
Obtain the most appropriate products from the most appropriate sources.
Access via your MI pharmacist (restricted access).

20. UCLH Solutions Medicine supply problems.
Product Shortage Information updated daily.
Critical Drugs section.
Advice for dealing with the problem.

21. Toxbase Commissioned by HPA National Poisons Information Service
Poisons, antidotes etc
Medicines in Pregnancy