Drugs & Medicines Information
Access to BNF is provided by Medicines Complete and offers up-to-date guidance on prescribing, dispensing and administering medicines. This is the key resource. BNF content is evidence graded to reflect the strength of evidence behind recommendations, increasing transparency to support healthcare professionals with clinical decision making. Free-to access website.
Up-to-date guidance on prescribing, dispensing and administering medicines for children. Essential information on the selection of safe and effective medicines for individual patients. Free-to access website.
- British Pharmacopoeia
The British Pharmacopoeia (BP) is the official collection of standards for UK medicinal products and pharmaceutical substances. Produced by the British Pharmacopoeia Commission Secretariat of the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency, the BP makes a valuable contribution to public health by setting publicly available standards for the quality of medicines.
New to using British Pharmacopoeia? Check out the ‘How to use the BP’ guide.
- DrugBank
DrugBank Online is a comprehensive, free-to-access, online database containing information on drugs and drug targets
- Electronic Medicines Compendium (EMC)Information about medicines licensed for use in the UK, includes the leaflet that is included in the pack with a medicine, and Summaries of Product Characteristics which tells healthcare professionals how to prescribe and use a medicine correctly. Free-to access website.
- MedicinesCompleteProvides access to:
Martindale: The Complete Drug Reference – gives characteristics of drugs and other pharmaceutical substances and their clinical uses
Stockley's Drug Interactions – advice on managing drug interactions, to help you decide your best course of action
An introduction to Medicines Complete: