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Nobody working in healthcare can afford to be without the latest edition of the British National Formulary. Compiled with the advice of clinical experts and continually updated to reflect the latest evidence from all credible sources worldwide, this essential reference provides up-to-date guidance on prescribing, dispensing, administering, and monitoring medicines. Not only does the BNF include the widely accepted framework for the drug management of common diseases, it also includes details of medicines prescribed in the UK, with special reference to their uses, cautions, contraindications, side-effects, dosage and relative costs. This allows treatment to be tailored to the individual needs of each patient. The BNF is updated in print every six months by an expert team of pharmacists, with guidance and validation from a network of leading clinicians, overseen by a Joint Formulary Committee with representatives from all spheres of clinical practice. The BNF reflects current best practice as well as legal and professional guidelines relating to the use of medicines.As a result it is used widely as a touchstone reference, and cited in Parliaments and courts as a source of authority.

This publication gives information on all the drugs and medicines available on prescription in the UK, with notes on prescribing, indications, cautions, contra-indications, dose, side-effects and cost. Each chapter relates to a specific system of the body. The BNF is compiled with the advice of a panel of experts under the authority of a Joint Formulary Committee. The book is intended for use by prescribers in the National Health Service, as well as by pharmacists, nurses and other health-care professionals.