Evidence has demonstrated that an anticholinergic burden of >3 increases risk of major cardiovascular events - the higher the score, the higher the risk. This website allows you to check different medications and calculate their ACB score to determine their anticholinergic burden risk. Allows you to consider this when you are considering prescribing new medications.
Summary of evidence for medicine use in pregnancy. Useful for doctors but can also be helpful for decision making for patients. Produced by the UK teratology information service.
Prescribing tool - reference guide as to whether medications cause QT prolongation or increase risk of Torsades de pointes. The quick-check function does not require registration.
EMC contains information about medicines licensed for use in the UK. All documents have been checked and approved by either the UK or European government agencies which license medicines. Contains summary of product characteristics (SPC) and patient information leaflets (PIL). SPCs contain useful information about prescribing, dosage, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, prescribing in specific circumstances, pregnancy, breastfeeding, hepatic and renal impairment. Contains side effects (listed by frequency).
Guys and Thomas' information leaflet on how to use emollients - gives advice on application and cautions for use.
Guidance for prescribing contraception in women over 40yrs. Includes when to safely stop contraception, how to co-prescribe with HRT, and safety considerations.
Sue Ryder (adapted from Berkshire guidelines) guidance for end of life PRN and syringe driver medication prescribing.
Information leaflet produced by Medicines for Children. Provides advice for parents on how to teach their children to swallow tablets.
A website tool designed to aid with interaction checking for patients who are on medications for HIV.
Medicines for Children provides practical and reassuring advice to empower parents/carers to give medicines correctly and with confidence to their children. Leaflets are written by practising health professionals, who provide practical advice that complements information in the British National Formulary for Children. The website is partnered with WellChild, Neonatal and Paediatric Pharmacist Group (NPPG) and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH).
*Needs a login* - free subscription for a certain number of views per month. Table of different brands of HRT, detailing what each one contains, form of HRT (e.g. sequential vs continuous combined), and how to take. Useful particularly when starting HRT, deciding between patches etc.
Information about medications used for mental health. Includes information leaflets for patients and also information for doctors, including: medications in pregnancy, comparing different medication side effect profiles, management of drug specific side-effects, switching medications or formulations.
Information from the 'medicines for children' website regarding prescribing medicine off license. Useful for discussions with parents.