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The British National Formulary (BNF) provides up-to-date, practical guidance on prescribing, dispensing, and administering medicines. This essential reference reflects current best practice as well as legal and professional guidelines relating to the uses of medicines.
The resource includes:
• Guidance on the drug management of common conditions
• Details of medicines prescribed within the UK with special reference to their uses, cautions, contra-indications, side-effects, doses and relative costs. This allows treatment to be tailored to the individual needs of each patient
• Guidance on prescribing, monitoring, dispensing and administering medicines
The content is updated every 6 months, making it an up-to-date source of prescribing advice for informed decision-making.
BNF 66 (September 2013) has been revised and revalidated to reflect changes in product availability, emerging safety concerns and shifts in clinical practice. Access to the latest edition of the BNF is vital for healthcare professionals, as there are a large number of updates from one edition to the next.
Some of the significant changes in this edition include:
• New restrictions on the use of cilostazo
• Updated paediatric dose information for rifampicin and ethambutol for the treatment of tuberculosis
• Updated driving guidance for patients with diabetes mellitus
• New advice on the risk of atypical femoral fractures with denosumab
• Updated advice on the risk of serious cardiovascular disease with strontium ranelate
• Updated immunisation schedule for meningococcal group C conjugate and rotavirus vaccines
The BNF evaluates clinical evidence from diverse sources with information validated by a network of clinical experts and published under the authority of a Joint Formulary Committee.
Authors: British Medical Association and Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain
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