SmPCs and PILs Medicines Compendium – print version of SmPCs from eMC, Datapharm Communications Ltd
Martindale: The Complete Drug Reference (Book with CD-ROM), 34th Edition, Pharmaceutical Press, 2004, Ed Sweetman, S. ISBN: 0853696128 (Book + CD-ROM), 0853695504 (Book), 0853695539 (CD-ROM)
Physician's Desk Reference (PDR) – USA prescribing information, through Thomson Micromedex
Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (30th edtn), Saunders (ISBN: 0721602819) (Pocket version of Dorland's also available) Oxford Concise Medical Dictionary (ISBN: 0198607539), Oxford University Press
Textbook of medicine
Oxford Textbook of Medicine, Eds David Warrell et al, Oxford University Press, (ISBN: 0198529988) Oxford Handbook of Clinical Medicine 6th Edition, Oxford University Press, (ISBN 0-19-852558-3)
Drug interactions
Drug Interactions (6th Edition) , Ivan Stockley , Pharmaceutical Press (ISBN: 0853695040) Hansten and Horn's Managing Clinically Important Drug Interactions , Publisher Facts & Comparisons (ISBN: 1574391623 )
Pharmacovigilance/ Drug Safety
Meyler’s Side Effects of Drugs 14th Edition (ISBN: 0444500936) Stephens’ Detection of New Adverse Drug Reactions 5th Edition (ISBN: 0-470-84552-X) Current Challenges in Pharmacovigilance: Pragmatic Approaches (Report of CIOMS Working Group V) 2001. (ISBN 92 9036 074 7). Benefit-Risk Balance for Marketed Drugs. Evaluating Safety Signals (Report of CIOMS Working Group IV) 1999. (ISBN 92 9036 068 2).
Drug texts
Dollery - Therapeutic Drugs (2nd Edition) (ISBN –0443-051 488) AHFS Drug Information The Merck Index Goodman and Goodman’s Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics (ISBN-0-07-026266-7) Handbook of Pharmaceutical Excipients (ISBN 0-85369-305-6) Index Nominum (the International Drug Directory) (18th Edition 2004) (ISBN 3-88763-1013) (useful for identifying names/chemical formulas) Negwer-Organic Chemical Drugs and their synonyms (8th Edition 2001) (ISBN 3527302476) [According to needs and budget] Newall Herbal Medicines. A guide for health-care professionals (ISBN 0-85369-289-0)
Injectable drugs-compatibilities etc
Handbook of Injectable Drugs (ISBN 0-333-67862-1)
Use of drugs in pregnancy, lactation & renal impairment
Drugs in pregnancy and lactation: a reference guide to fetal and neonatal risk, 6th edition (ISBN: 0781732034) Bennett : Drugs & Human Lactation, 2nd edition, (ISBN: 0444819819) Bunn & Ashley- The Renal Drug Handbook (ISBN 1-85775-115-9)
Paediatrics
Medicines for Children, RCPCH Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, 1999, (ISBN 8880240951)
Evidence Based medicine
Sackett D et al Evidence based medicine. How to Practice & Teach EBM 1999 (ISBN 0-443-05686-2) Greenhalgh T How to read a paper. The basics of evidence based medicine. (ISBN 0-7279-1139-2)
Specialist medical or scientific information texts
Robson AS, Bawden D, Judd A (eds). Pharmaceutical and Medicines Information Management. Principles and Practice. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone, 2001, 284 pages. (ISBN 0-443-06401-6) Barnard J., The Code in Practice, 2nd Edition, [How to follow the ABPI Code of Practice when producing and reviewing promotion], J Barnard Publishing, 5 Bramalea Close, London, N6 4QD Barnard J., The Code in the Field, [A Practical Guide to the ABPI Code of Practice for Medical Representatives], J Barnard Publishing, 5 Bramalea Close, London, N6 4QD
