Nursing (Postgraduate): Drug Info

1. See the latest issue of Prescriber Update from Medsafe
2.  DynaMed and BMJ Best Practice have replaced our UpToDate subscription (from 1/10/2018).
3. The British Phamacopoeia now includes the latest five years of online access. (Click on Browse Publications to see the list.)

A range of databases to find quality drug information:

Toxicology/Poisons Information

• https://www.toxinz.com/

Drug Interactions

• Drug Interactions Flockhart Table (US)
• Stockley's Drug Interactions, 12e Health Sciences Library Books QV 38 S865 2019

Drug Supply Issues

• Medicine Notices, PHARMAC (NZ)
• Shortages, Therapeutic Goods Administration Australian Government
• Drug Shortages, American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (US)

Pharmacology

• Interactive Clinical Pharmacology (NZ)

Drug Administration

- Oral

• Considered crushing for troublesome throats. MedSafe (NZ). Sept 2018
• Crushing guide for oral medication in Residential Aged Care. Waitemata DHB (NZ). Review date: April 2021
• Guide for crushing oral medication for residents with swallowing difficulties in residential aged care. Waitemata DHB (NZ). Updated: Feb 2021
• Don’t Rush to Crush (Australia)
• Handbook of Drug Administration via Enteral Feeding Tubes, 3^rd ed 2015 (UK)
• Swallowing Difficulties, Pharmacist Specialist Services, NHS (UK)

- Injectable

Australian Injectable Drugs Handbook

Medicines information in the NZULM includes:

• whether a medicine is approved for use in New Zealand;
• what restrictions, if any, apply;
• whether it is subsidised and the level of subsidy; and
• any conditions that apply.

The New Zealand Pharmaceutical Schedule (the "Schedule") is a list of the approximately 2000 prescription medicines and therapeutic products subsidised by the Government. The Schedule is published three times a year and updated monthly.

• See the most current New Zealand Pharmaceutical Schedule
• See the archived New Zealand Pharmaceutical Schedule

The University of Otago Library now provides access to the most recent three years of the BP online through its new website. The BP is a vital reference tool for all individuals and organisations involved in pharmaceutical research, development, manufacture, quality control and analysis.