1. Major MI Websites Mark Cheeseman
Regional Medicines Information Pharmacist
East Anglia Medicines Information Service

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 Supports the UKMi network MI News Highlights new resources
Fridge Database
Latex database
Other specialist MI resources
Medicines Q&As

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

6. eBNF & eCBNF www.bnf.org.uk Search or Browse
Navigate using tree structure
BNF extra
Resources
Calculators
Conversions

7. Medicines Complete Martindale, AHFS, Stockley Herbal Medicines
Handbook of Injectable Drugs (Trissel)
Trial subscriptions available
Special price for UKMI – contact regional centre for details
Easy to search
Access out of hours on-call

8. National electronic Library for Medicines (NeLM)
News headlines
Medicines Q&As
Register & “log in”
Easy to search
NeLM
Need to register for full access. Use personal log in to show this site.
Searching – either using a specific term in the search box for the whole site or a specific section
- or search via the sections themselves listed under products
Point out: LNDG, PPD, Medicine Q&A’s, News
Example search – Migraine
News headlines
Links

9. National Library for Health
Quick links to many resources
“Log in” using Athens username/password
Easy to search the many products individually or separately
Evidence Based Reviews
Guidance
Specialist Libraries , Books and Journals

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

11. Department of Health 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 to your search

12. 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

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

14. eMIMs 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

15. 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).

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

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

18. Practical IT Workshop

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