Pharmacists and Doctors:............?!!?

Question

iam a pharmacist , new post graduate , i work in a pharmacy ,

so i was wondering if u can give me good ,simplified links that talks about medicines and diseases, u know clinically i mean.... that could be of help and that adds to my knowledge?!!!

also, if u have some advice from ur experience that u would like to give me , go ahead i'ld appreciate that!!

ps: i addressed that question mainly to doc and pharmacists , cuz i know they would be of most interest in that , BUT if anyone else have useful links and would like to add something, plz feel free to answer.

thanks in advance.

no i don't live in UK

Answer 1

The subject is too vast, in my early days you picked up a few small books. Then there books got bigger and bigger and became volumes. Then they got so big they couldn't be carried or stored anywhere anymore!

There is so much information out there that you just have to surf about with your individual questions. The problem is when you put in a disease you get 9 million sites 8 million of which are trying to sell you something. My best advice is to if, as a new graduate you can continue to access your training university on line, although you may have to pay for this now. Via many of these sites you can then access e-versions of many of the most useful textbooks. My favourite is The Oxford Text Book of Medicine. I have bought 2 hardback copies over the years but they date so quickly!

I find google images a good source of pictues of disease, it beats most if the medical sites i have access to.

http://www.medicines.org.uk/ gives access to the data sheet compendium, which is very handy. The potential is so vast now you have to keep looking.

Answer 2

A pharmacist would not be interested in looking in the simplified websites. I would not think of looking of something like webmd.com or rxlist.com because they are too simple. You should be looking at Facts and Comparisons, Lexi-Comp, USP-DI, AFHS, even the PDR. If you want to know clinical significance look at your DiPiro or Koda-Kimble. There is the Pharmacist's Letter.
You can find the national guidelines through the NIH.

Answer 3

Probably best place to start is with national guidelines eg www.sign.ac.uk (Scottish guidelines) or www.nice.org or www.prodigy.nhs.uk . These will give you an idea of treatment stategies for different conditions.

The PJonline also has some good CPD articles which could be a good start.

Answer 4

if you are working in a pharmacy in in uk,you will have to do your in house course for the NPA ,and your pharmacist can answer most of your questions.The NPA also have a web site you can go to.

Answer 5

Try bnf.org I know it's british, but may be of some use.

Answer 6

medicine.com