Pharmacy: Go-to Clinical Resources

Check out the key go-to resources you wished you could find the links to again, for your training modules, placements and beyond!

• databases
  • PubMed, Health Navigator, now Healthify He Puna Waiora, and Google Scholar
• NZ Clinical Guidelines
  • see specific health areas on this page
• websites
  • BPAC
• formularies
  • NZF, NZFC
• drug info - general

  • Saferx, He Akohringa, Christchurch Medicines Information Service, PHARMAC, MedSafe

A-Z of recommended tools by topic or condition:

• Adverse drug reaction
• Cardiovascular
• Deprescribing
• Dermatology
• Endocrine
• Hepatic
• Infectious diseases
• Intensive care
• Law
• Mental health
• Musculoskeletal
• Nervous system
• Nutrition & complementary medicine
• Oncology & palliative care
• Pediatrics & neonatal
• Pregnancy & lactational
• Prevention & screening
• Renal
• Respiratory
• Sexual health
• Women's health

Centre for Adverse Reactions Monitoring (CARM), New Zealand Pharmacovigilance Centre

LiverTox, US National Library of Medicine

Meyler's side effects of drugs: the international encyclopedia of adverse drug reactions and interactions, 16th ed (Otago ebook users only)

Pneumotox: Drug-Induced Respiratory Disease (France)

QTDrugs CredibleMeds (US)

TOXINZ

VigiAccess, World Health Organization (WHO)

Yellow Card: Making medicines and medical devices safer, Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency UK

Atrial fibrillation clinical guidelines and resources

Cardiovascular disease risk assessment and management

Cardiovascular Disease Risk Assessment and Management for Primary Care, Manatū Hauora/NZ Ministry of Health 

Guidelines on rheumatic fever, rheumatic heart disease & GAS sore throat

Heart Foundation NZ

The Absolute CVD Risk/Benefit Calculator (NZ PREDICT tool) 

Deprescribing Guidelines and Algorithms

How to stop medicines, Health Quality & Safety Commission NZ

Medication management – deprescribing, Primary Health Tasmania

Medstopper

TaperMD Deprescribing Resources

Brown Skin Matters

DermNet

Mind the Gap: A handbook of clinical signs in black and brown skin

Skin Deep

Type 2 Diabetes Management Guidance NZSSD

Drugs in Liver Cirrhosis, Netherlands

HEP (Hepatitis) Drug Interactions, University of Liverpool UK

HIV/HCV Drug Therapy Guide: Drug Interactions & Drug Information, Immunodeficiency Clinic, Toronto General Hospital Canada

LiverTox, US National Library of Medicine

Antimicrobial Stewardship (AMS) Resources (SCRIPT desktop version), Te Whatu Ora | Te Toka Tumai Auckland

Antibiograms from diagnostic laboratories in NZ

BPAC Antibiotic: Choices for Common Infections

Canterbury District Health Board (CDHB) Antimicrobial Guidelines (The Pink Book) 

COVID-19 Antivirals Access Criteria assessment tool, PHARMAC

COVID-19 Drug Interactions, University of Liverpool UK

Guidelines on rheumatic fever, rheumatic heart disease & GAS sore throat  

HEP (Hepatitis) Drug Interactions, University of Liverpool UK

HIV Drug Interactions, University of Liverpool UK

HIV/HCV Drug Therapy Guide: Drug Interactions & Drug Information, Immunodeficiency Clinic, Toronto General Hospital Canada

Immunisation Handbook, Manatū Hauora NZ Ministry of Health

Intensive Care Drug Manual, Wellington ICU

Code of Disability & Consumer Rights

Dietary Supplements Regulations 1985, NZ Legislation 

Health Information Privacy Code 2020, NZ Privacy Commissioner/Te Mana Mātāpono Matatapu  

Medicines Act 1981, NZ Legislation

Medicines Regulations 1984, NZ Legislation 

The Royal Australian & New Zealand College of Psychiatrists Guidelines and resources for practice

Guidance on the Diagnosis and Management of Osteoporosis in New Zealand

 Stroke guidelines

Drugs and Supplements, Mayo Clinic (US)

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center’s About Herbs, Botanicals & Other Products database (US)

National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health, US Department of Health and Human Services 

National Institutes of Health Office of Dietary Supplements, US Department of Health and Human Services 

Nutrient Reference Values for Australia and New Zealand 

Cancer Care, bpac

eviQ, Cancer Institute NSW Australia

Haematology Service Protocol and Guidelines, Canterbury District Health Board (The Redbook)

Palliative Care Guidelines: Medicines, Waitematā, Te Whatu/Health New Zealand

Palliative Care Handbook, Hospice NZ

Palliative Care Standards, Hospice NZ

Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapy Regimen Library, NZF

Australasian Neonatal Medicines Formulary (ANMF) 

Medicines for Children, NHS UK

Starship Clinical Guidelines

The Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne Resources

Bumps – Best use of medicines in pregnancy, UK teratology information service

MotherToBaby Facts Sheets, The Organization of Teratology Information Specialists (OTIS) US

National Screening Unit NZ

Physical Activity, Manatū Hauora

Chronic Kidney Disease Guidelines, CARI Guidelines, Caring for Australians & New Zealanders with Kidney Impairment

Chronic kidney disease: Assessment and Management, NICE Guideline, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence UK

Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Guidelines 

The Renal Drug Handbook

NZ Respiratory Guidelines

Standards of Care for Cystic Fibrosis in New Zealand

Clinical Practice Guidelines for Cervical Screening in NZ

Guidelines for Gender Affirming Healthcare New Zealand

Primary Care Gender Affirming Hormone Therapy (GAHT) Initiation Guidelines (NZ)

Standards of care for the Health of Transgender and Gender Diverse People, The World Professional Association for Transgender Health

The New Zealand Sexual Health Society

The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RANZCOG) Statements and Guidelines

The Royal Women’s Hospital Clinical Guidelines, Victoria Australia