Searching Up Medicines

Question 1

What are the advantages/disadvantages of MIMS?

Answer 1

• Thorough
• Basically a user guide for the drug
• Difficult to quickly search up specific info
• Written from lawyer’s perspective as company does not want to take risks
• No obligation to keep it updated

Question 2

What are +/- of AMH

Answer 2

• Concise
• Very discrete + easy to find info
• Directed for a prescriber
• Not as much info (e.g. no info on pharmacokinetics)
• Only lists the common stuff

Question 3

What are +/- of wikipedia

Answer 3

• Surprisingly accurate as changes often corrected within a minute + company involved as it is part of advertisment
• Misses some information
• Good with teh basic stuff
• May get half truths
• Directed more towards general knowledge than for a prescriber
• Might not be Australian based info
• Don’t trust with naunced stuff (e.g. breastfeeding), need to check own country standards

-Use mainly for a quick look