Martindale's Complete Drug Reference is the foremost source for medicines information worldwide and also includes details on herbal medicines.

Martindale's Complete Drug Reference provides reliable, unbiased and independently evaluated information on drugs and medicines used throughout the world—no other source has this breadth and depth of coverage.

In addition to encyclopedic information on drugs used clinically, it also includes veterinary and investigational drugs, other compounds used in medicine, pharmaceutical excipients, herbal medicines, toxic substances, and more.

Martindale The Complete Drug Reference 35th edition includes:

• Encyclopaedic facts about drugs and medicines
  • 5,500 drug monographs
  • 128,000 preparations
  • 40,700 reference citations
  • 10,900 manufacturers
• Synopses of disease treatments
• Enables identification of medicines, the local equivalent and the manufacturer
• Includes herbals, diagnostic agents, radiopharmaceuticals, pharmaceutical excipients, toxins, and poisons as well as drugs and medicines
• Based on published information and extensively referenced

New for the thirty-fifth edition:

• Chapters reorganized to better reflect the clinical use of drugs
• International Nonproprietary Names now in English, French, Latin, Russian and Spanish
• Increase in synonyms from Scandinavia, Baltic and Eastern European areas
• Increased coverage of 'street names' for drugs and substances liable to abuse
• Indication of drugs restricted or banned by sports authorities
• Molecular structural formulae included for selected drugs
• Coverage of proprietary preparations expanded to 36 countries, now including Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia and Venezuela

The book is arranged in three main sections plus a comprehensive general index:

• Chapters containing monographs on drugs and ancillary substances and disease treatment reviews
• Proprietary and non-proprietary preparations
• Manufacturers' names and contact details

Features of the CD-ROMs search interface include:

• Flexible search functions or browsable contents list
• Hyperlinks between related documents
• Hyperlinks to relevant internet sites
• On-screen help

The information about drugs and diseases is arranged into chapters that bring together drugs with similar uses or actions plus a supplemetary list of miscellaneous drugs, herbals, and toxic substances. In addition, the electronic version includes an archive of abbreviated monographs for substances that are no longer in use nor of general interest and which have been deleted from the printed edition.

Drug monographs
Monographs are divided into sections covering different aspects of the properties and actions of the substance. These would typically include Nomenclature, Adverse Effects, Treatment of Adverse Effects, Precautions, Interactions, Pharmacokinetics, and Uses and Administration (in that order). Each section usually starts with a summary of the relevant information for that section followed by referenced reviews and abstracts that expand on or add to this information. Lists of single and multi-ingredient proprietary and non-proprietary preparations are given at the end of each monograph and, in the electronic version, these are linked to the preparations records.

Disease treatment reviews
Disease treatment reviews now number over 600 and cover diseases from Acne to Zollinger-Ellison syndrome. They aim to provide a concise overview of clinical practice. They are intended to provide the reader with some helpful context to the uses described in the drug monographs, giving a clearer idea of how valuable drug treatment is in general, and the relative contribution of particular drug entities. In addition, they provide a more succinct way to summarise disease-based treatment guidelines, recommendations, and comparative studies.

Preparations
It includes details of preparations from 36 countries. The information provided includes the proprietary name, manufacturer or distributor, country, active ingredients with cross-references to the drug monographs, and a summary of the indications as given by the manufacturer.

Directory of manufacturers
The names of manufacturers and distributors are abbreviated. The full names are listed alphabetically in the directory of manufacturers with their full address, if available. In addition, the telephone and fax numbers, e-mail address, and website in each country (where available) is provided on some electronic versions.

General index
This exhaustive index includes entries for drugs (aproved names, synonyms, and chemical names), preparations, pharmacological and therapeutic groups, and clinical used (disease treatment reviews).

Chapters

Analgesics, Anti-inflammatory Drugs, and Antipyretics Anthelmintics Antibacterials Antidepressants Antidiabetics Antiepileptics Antifungals Antigout Drugs Antihistamines Antimalarials Antimigraine Drugs Antimuscarinics Antineoplastics and Immunosuppressants Antiprotozoals Antivirals Anxiolytic Sedatives Hypnotics and Antipsychotics Blood Products Plasma Expanders and Haemostatics Bone Modulating Drugs Bronchodilators and Anti-asthma Drugs Cardiovascular Drugs Chelators Antidotes and Antagonists Colouring Agents Contrast Media Corticosteroids Cough Suppressants Expectorants Mucolytics and Nasal Decongestants Dermatological Drugs

Disinfectants and Preservatives Dopaminergics Electrolytes Gases Gastrointestinal Drugs General Anaesthetics Hypothalamic and Pituitary Hormones Local Anaesthetics Muscle Relaxants Neuromuscular Blockers Nonionic Surfactants Nutritional Agents and Vitamins Organic Solvents Paraffins and Similar Bases Parasympathomimetics Pesticides and Repellents Prostaglandins Radiopharmaceuticals Sex Hormones Soaps and Other Anionic Surfactants Stabilising and Suspending Agents Stimulants and Anorectics Sunscreens Thyroid and Antithyroid Drugs Vaccines Immunoglobulins and Antisera Supplementary Drugs and Other Substances

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