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Which reference books do people use or are given by their employer in their dispensary? I will assume the BNF!
The reason I am asking is in most branches of the multiple I work for there is a copy of Stockleys. I think this book an amazing source of information and rely on it alot. The store I am at now there isnt a copy and on requesting one from our head office I was told only pre-reg branches get a copy and that I had to use the F7 function on the dispensing system we use.
Now, this F7 function is as much use as the choccy fireguard we always hear about. It uses stars to tell you the severity of the interaction and basically what happens and thats it - no info on if its a clinically significant interaction or how to manage it.
I have found my self on the phone to a doctor recently informing him on an unfamiliar interaction and having to tell him that I didnt know if it was significant or not and the only thing I could tell him was to change it to one that didnt make my computer beep at me and make me see stars. (not actually the words I used) made me feel like a right numty.
Thankfully due to a friend at a local hospital I have managed to get my hands on an old copy (1996)
Anyone else have the same problem???
The reason I am asking is in most branches of the multiple I work for there is a copy of Stockleys. I think this book an amazing source of information and rely on it alot. The store I am at now there isnt a copy and on requesting one from our head office I was told only pre-reg branches get a copy and that I had to use the F7 function on the dispensing system we use.
Now, this F7 function is as much use as the choccy fireguard we always hear about. It uses stars to tell you the severity of the interaction and basically what happens and thats it - no info on if its a clinically significant interaction or how to manage it.
I have found my self on the phone to a doctor recently informing him on an unfamiliar interaction and having to tell him that I didnt know if it was significant or not and the only thing I could tell him was to change it to one that didnt make my computer beep at me and make me see stars. (not actually the words I used) made me feel like a right numty.
Thankfully due to a friend at a local hospital I have managed to get my hands on an old copy (1996)
Anyone else have the same problem???
Subscription is very expensive though.
methadone patient being prescribed olanzapine" not sure about the name", but it had another note; dispensing is authorised by - - pharmacist, so i did dispense it. tho i have to look it up on saterday in stockley to understand the reasons behind this hazardous interaction.
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