 Re: pharmacy books
Some books such as the BNF are always convinent to have your own copy of. Don't waste money buying it for £30-50 from some bookshops. I got a copy of the BNF 52 (then the current edition) for £10 brand new off ebay including postage.
Martindale to be honest is a great text; especially if like me you come into contact with foreign meds often. However I think your usage would not justify buying the printed copy. You can get it through the athens account medicines complete subscription online. I do have a printed copy of the 33rd edition (2002) which still sells for about £150, I got it for £20 off ebay second hand. Though I think I was lucky the seller had no idea to its retail value.
It also weighs a ton, its not designed to be portable. Useful for bringing down on the head of a moronic and stuck up GP. They might learn something that way.
If you don't have an athens account yet; you can do what I do and use mytrashmail.com and register as many "John Smith" free 30day trials to different temp email addresses as you need to tide you over. Just don't give them your real details and they will be non the wiser.
Good Luck,
mr_colt.
P.S. I do not advocate use of physical force when dealing with problematic GP's. ;-)
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