Martindale: The complete drug reference
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Martindale: The complete drug reference is a pharmacopoeia listing some 6,000 drugs and medicines throughout the world, including details of 124,000 proprietary preparations. It also includes 634 disease treament reviews. It was first published in 1883 under the title Martindale: The Extra Pharmacopoeia.
[edit] International usefulness
It provides a useful source of information for patients arriving from abroad to identify their existing medication. This may reveal that a currently taken proprietary preparation is available under another brand name. Alternatively if the drug is not available, the class of agent can be determined allowing a doctor to determine which alternative equivalent drugs can be substituted. Monographs include Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) and Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification System (ATC) numbers to help readers refer to other information systems.
[edit] Arrangement
Martindale is arranged into three main parts followed by two extensive indexes:
- Part 1 Monographs on drugs and ancillary substances, listing 6,000 items.
- Part 2 Supplementary drugs and other substances - some 850 monographs on new drugs, those not easily classified, herbals, and drugs no longer clinically used but still of interest. Monographs of some toxic substances are also included.
- Part 3 Preparations - including 124,000 items from Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, the United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom and United States.
- Directory of Manufacturers - listing some 12,000 entries.
- General index - including approced names, synonyms and chemical names.
[edit] Reference
- (November 30, 2004) Edited by Sean C. Sweetman Martindale: The complete drug reference, 34th edition, London: Pharmaceutical Press. ISBN 0853695504.
