medicine evaluation

Question 1

describe the sources of information?

Answer 1

BNF
MEP
NICE
MHRA
Stockleys drug  interations

Question 2

describe the BNF

Answer 2

• made in 1949
• provides UK healthcare professionals with authoritative and practical information on the selection prescribing, dispensing and administration of medicines.
• It details information on drugs prescribed in the UK including indications, doses, routes of administration, cautions, contra-indications, side effects, use in pregnancy and breastfeeding, use in renal and hepatic impairment, monitoring, medicinal forms and relative costs.

Question 3

describe the MEP

Answer 3

• medicines ehtics and practice
• published by RPS
• yearly updates
• It provides information on the legal requirements for the prescribing and handling including dispensing, administration, storage and destruction of medicinal products.
• It helps identify steps to resolve a problem/issue in practice.
• it does not give legal advice.

Question 4

describe NICE

Answer 4

• national institute for health and Care Excellence.
• set up 1999 to to minimise variation in the availability and quality of care and treatments in the NHS
• Develops guidance on the promotion of good health, the prevention of ill health, the appropriate treatment and care for people with specific diseases and conditions, and social care and service delivery.
• Clinical guidelines•Public health guidelines•Social care guidelines
• Diagnostics guidance•Medical technologies guidance•Interventional procedure guidance

Question 5

describe stockleys drug interations?

Answer 5

• Comprehensive and authoritative international reference on drug interactions.•Over 4500 records of drug-drug, drug-herb and drug-food interactions.•Provides information on the clinical evidence, mechanism, importance and management of each interaction.•Print and digital.•Access via MedicinesComplete.

Question 6

describe primary secondary and tertiary references?

Answer 6

• primary references
• research in peer reviewed journals
• up to date
• study may be flawed fraudulent or misleading

secondary references
- Review article published in a peer
reviewed journal
Referenced Textbook

tertiary references
- Mainly textbooks
 May be out-dated
 unless they are updated regularly e.g. BNF
 May be authored by a non-specialist, may
contain subjective information.
 Not always well referenced.
 Useful starting point for an information
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