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Major MI Websites
Mark Cheeseman
Regional Medicines Information Pharmacist
East Anglia Medicines Information Service
Aim
Provide an introduction to websites and
databases commonly used when working as
a Medicines Information pharmacist
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).
UKMi
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Supports the UKMi network
MI News
Supports the UKMi network
Highlights new resources
Fridge Database
www.ukmi.nhs.uk
Latex database
Other specialist MI resources
Medicines Q&As
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.
eBNF & eCBNF
 Search or Browse
 Navigate using tree
structure
 BNF extra
 Resources
– Calculators
– Conversions
www.bnf.org.uk
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
www.medicinescomplete.com
National electronic Library for
Medicines (NeLM)
 News headlines
 Medicines Q&As
 Register & “log in”
 Easy to search
www.nelm.nhs.uk
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
http://www.library.nhs.uk
Clinical Knowledge Summaries
(Previously Prodigy)
 Guidelines for GPs
 Useful for enquiries
relating to conditions
mainly managed in
primary care
 Regularly updated
www.cks.library.nhs.uk/
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
www.dh.gov.uk
MHRA – Drug Analysis Prints
 Medicines and Healthcare products
Regulatory Agency [www.mhra.gov.uk]
 Another website that isn’t easy to
navigate!
 Save the URL into MiDatabank or
favourites folder
 DAPs
http://www.mhra.gov.uk/Onlineservices/Medicines/Druganalysisprints/index.htm
NHS Choices
General resource
 Portal for NHS
Services
www.nhs.uk
 Patient information
 Map of Medicine
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
www.healthcarerepublic.com/login/
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).
www.pro-file.nhs.uk
UCLH Solutions
 Medicine supply problems.
 Product Shortage
Information updated daily.
 Critical Drugs section.
www.solutions.nhs.uk
 Advice for dealing with the
problem.
Toxbase
 Commissioned by HPA
 National Poisons
Information Service
 Poisons, antidotes etc
 Medicines in
Pregnancy
http://www.toxbase.org/
Practical IT Workshop
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).