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	UniSA Library - database page
		AMH is available on campus by direct login for UniSA staff and students.
		AMH online is a reliable, up to date, comparative, practical formulary covering most of the drugs marketed in Australia.
		Drug monographs detail information specific to individual drugs; class statements allow information common to each member of a class to be displayed in one place and allows for comparison of individual drugs within a class; and treatment considerations are included for some common diseases where drugs form an important part of management.
	www.library.unisa.edu.au /resources/dbpages/dbpage.aspx?pg=417335 (183 words)

	Australian Medicines Handbook - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Australian Medicines Handbook or AMH is a medical reference text commonly used in practice by health professionals (particularly general practitioners and pharmacists) in Australia.
		The AMH is published by an independent company – Australian Medicines Handbook Pty Ltd, based in Adelaide, South Australia.
		The idea of such a text was first proposed in 1991 and became a collaboration between the Australian Society of Clinical and Experimental Pharmacologists and Toxicologists (ASCEPT), the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) and the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Australian_Medicines_Handbook (316 words)

	eMJA Bookroom: Addicted to information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Adelaide: Australian Medicines Handbook 1998 (xxvi + 891 pp., $125.00).
		The aim of the Australian medicines handbook is to provide an independent and up-to-date source of drug information using the best available evidence to support prescribing and dispensing recommendations.
		The publishers intend to produce a new edition of the Australian medicines handbook annually, and an electronic version will be available later this year.
	www.mja.com.au /public/bookroom/1999/usherwd/usherwd.html (302 words)

	Australian Medicines Handbook
		Australian Medicines Handbook's mission is to provide concise practical, reliable, comparative drug information to promote quality use of medicines in Australia.
		Although modeled on the BNF the AMH was to be totally Australian and its contents were to reflect contemporary Australian clinical practice.
		The first edition of the Australian Medicines Handbook was published in May 1998, and it is currently published annually in hard copy format each January.
	www.amh.net.au /index.php?page=about (440 words)

	RACGP \| Australian Medicines Handbook (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		AMH is a joint project of the RACGP, the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia and the Australasian Society of Clinical and Experimental Pharmacologists and Toxicologists.
		AMH is compiled and regularly updated by an Australian editorial team of medical practitioners, pharmacists and other experts.
		The pocket-sized AMH Drug Choice Companion: Aged Care book is invaluable for practitioners such as doctors, nurses and pharmacists who work with older people and is especially useful when conducting medication reviews.
	www.racgp.org.au /memberbenefits/amhdiscount (680 words)

	Australian Presciber Internet site Launch
		Medicine is an area that is always changing, always being updated.
		A short course of medicine is usually all that is required now to knock off the bacteria.
		The Australian Prescriber web site certainly meets these criteria, and I applaud the publication's executive editorial board and staff for their initiative in making this valuable resource available to prescribers, consumers, and other interested parties, world-wide.
	www.health.gov.au /internet/wcms/Publishing.nsf/Content/health-mediarel-yr1999-gt-apspeech.htm (1108 words)

	RACGP \| Australian Medicines Handbook (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		This important independent, evidence based medicines reference is a valuable tool in promoting Quality Use of Medicines and supports the college's charter around Quality Care.
		As the independent, evidence based, national drug reference, AMH is an important clinical resource for general practitioners and other prescribers concerned with the Quality Use of Medicines.
		AMH includes up to date monographs on available drugs, with new and revised evidence, class statements, comparative data, indications, clear dosage information, formulations, adverse effects (in order of frequency), interactions, practice points, advice for special populations and more.
	www.racgp.org.au /membership/amh (250 words)

	Building block projects - HealthConnect (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The Australian Catalogue of Medicines (ACOM) was formerly called the 'central medicines data repository' and the 'pharmaceutical coding project'.
		All organisations and companies involved in electronic health systems that reference medicines will be encouraged to use the ACOM as their single source of all prescription and non-prescription medicines, including complementary health care products, available within Australia.
		Population of the ACOM with all medicines available in Australia is expected to be a long-term project.
	www.healthconnect.gov.au /building/Building.htm (1033 words)

	Endometriosis: Progestins
		The usual length of treatment is 3–6 months, but it may be extended to 9 months in some circumstances.
		However, it does interact with some medicines, so make sure your gynaecologist is aware of any other medicines you are taking [4].
		Australian Medicines Handbook Pty Ltd. Australian Medicines Handbook 2004.
	www.endometriosis.org /danazol.html (1268 words)

	Electronic Databases
		Australian Public Affairs - Full Text is an online collection of scanned images of articles from more than 400 Australian journals indexed in APAIS, the Australian Public Affairs Information Service.
		Over 6,000 records link to articles from over 130 Australian and New Zealand journals covering all levels of education (from early childhood to tertiary and adult learning); curriculum; educational history, planning administration and policy; educational psychology and sociology; educational systems and institutions; and research measurement techniques.
		Subject coverage includes all aspects of health and medicine, with an emphasis on clinical medicine and paraprofessional fields.
	www.nd.edu.au /libraries/databases.shtml (2331 words)

	Expert committee on complementary medicines in the health system
		The supply of safe, high quality and efficacious complementary medicines, the quality use of and timely access to these medicines and the maintenance of a responsible and viable complementary medicines industry are important objectives for Governments, healthcare practitioners, consumers and industry.
		The Expert Committee was asked to consider the regulatory, health system and industry structures necessary to ensure that the central objectives of the National Medicines Policy are met in relation to complementary medicines.
		Members of the Expert Committee were selected on the basis of their expertise in various areas of complementary medicine, not as representatives of stakeholder groups.
	www.tga.gov.au /docs/html/cmreport.htm (913 words)

	Web statistics capture page for AMH (Australian Medicines Handbook) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		This database is accessed via a server which is external to the university and connection may take a few seconds, so please be patient.
		It is important that you comply fully with the the terms and conditions of this licence.
		Note: Griffith has a two user licence to the Australian Medicines Handbook.
	libdata.itc.gu.edu.au /docs/amhk.htm (96 words)

	Pharmaceutical News,Drugs Control,Health,Diagnostic,Doctors,Medicines,Rajasthan,India
		The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Authority (MHRA) said new data received in the last two weeks showed an increase in the rate of self-harm and potentially suicidal behaviours in this age group when Seroxat was prescribed.
		The Australian approved dose of inhaled fluticasone for children is 100-200µg daily.
		An article was recently published describing the Australian experience of hyponatraemia in association with the non-thiazide diuretic, indapamide.1 In the 30 year history of reporting to ADRAC, indapamide, which was marketed in the mid 1980s, is the most commonly reported cause of hyponatraemia with 164 reports.
	www.drugscontrol.org /adverse_cases.htm (9064 words)

	Australian Prescriber -
		1 An Australian study, which had an overall response rate of 28%, found that the median overall survival was 14.6 months.
		Before the drug was withdrawn in the 1960s there had been reports associating it with peripheral neuropathy, which may be irreversible.
		In the Australian study 29% of patients developed a degree of motor neuropathy and 47% developed some sensory neuropathy.
	www.australianprescriber.com /index.php?content=/magazines/vol26no6/146_151_newdrugs.htm (3696 words)

	Australian Medicines Handbook (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Australian Medicines Handbook, 3rd Ed is now available.
		It is an excellent handbook on medicines, concise and up to date.
		Comprehensive and clinically relevant – AMH reflects Australian best practice without pharmaceutical company advertising or sponsorship.
	www.widebaydgp.org.au /newsletters/200207/AMH.htm (129 words)

	Australian Medicines Handbook
		Australian Medicines Handbook is a joint project of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP), the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) and the Australasian Society of Clinical and Experimental Pharmacologists and Toxicologists (ASCEPT).
		, Australia’s national prescription drug reference, is a joint project of the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA), the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) and the Australasian Society of Clinical and Experimental Pharmacologists and Toxicologists (ASCEPT).
		is the indispensable drug reference for Australian healthcare professionals, with a reputation for independence and accuracy second to none.
	www.amh.net.au (189 words)

	Australian Prescriber - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Although Australian children are now immunised against hepatitis B, infection still occurs in adults and is endemic in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.
		Although there have been studies of the vaccine for the prevention of traveller's diarrhoea, this is not an Australian approved indication.
		The paper and CD-ROM version of the Australian Medicines Handbook is now published on an annual cycle.
	www.australianprescriber.com /index.php?content=/magazines/vol27no6/159_165_newdrugs.htm (4121 words)

	Healthy Skepticism Links
		Access to the European market is facilitated for new and better medicines, benefiting both patients and the European pharmaceutical research.
		Its mission is to conduct research and educational activities as well as to provide service in the field of health promotion, defined as "the process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve their health".
		Australian Skeptics Investigating pseudo-science and the paranormal from a responsible scientific viewpoint.
	healthyskepticism.org /links.php (2060 words)

	Health Report - 24/08/1998: Australian Medicines Handbook (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		And speaking of self-treatment, or at least having some control over your health care, a new handbook for doctors which I reckon would be terrific for anyone who wants to have broader choices.
		It's called the Australian Medicines Handbook and aims to offer prescribers the choice of the most effective, safest and if possible, the cheapest medication for their problem.
		The Handbook aims to change all that, with conclusions based on best evidence backed up by an expert panel.
	www.abc.net.au /rn/talks/8.30/helthrpt/stories/s11795.htm (1284 words)

	Final list of members for expert committee on complementary medicines (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The Federal Government has announced the final list of members who will form the expert committee to examine complementary medicines and their use in the health care system.
		Ms Worth earlier this month indicated that the expert committee, to be chaired by Dr Michael Bollen AM, will focus on issues around the supply of safe, high quality complementary medicines, quality use of and timely access to these medicines, and the maintenance of a responsible and viable complementary medicines industry.
		Under the terms of reference, the committee will consider the regulatory, health system and industry structures necessary to ensure that the central objectives of the National Medicines Policy are met in relation to complementary medicines.
	www.health.gov.au /mediarel/yr2003/tw/tw03023.htm (807 words)

	Australian Medicines Handbook (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Despite this, the printed version is bigger in content but somewhat smaller in physical size.
		Thus, those of you who have become accustomed to the Handbook will find it familiar in terms of layout and content.
		All ASCEPT members are encouraged to acquire a copy of the Handbook and for those involved in teaching students, to recommend it as an essential text.
	www.pharm.uwa.edu.au /ascept/contents/amhandbk.html (117 words)

	Medicines Directory
		Herbal medicine, sometimes referred to as Herbalism or Botanical medicine, is the use of herbs, in a wide variety of forms, for their therapeutic value.
		An herb is a plant or plant part valued for its medicinal, savory, or aromatic qualities from Medicines Directory.
		In the course of treatment, holistic medical practitioners may address a client's emotional and spiritual dimensions as well as the nutritional, environmental, and lifestyle factors that may contribute to an illness from Medicines Directory.
	www.medicines.co.uk (576 words)

	Library News - University of Tasmania Library
		ADT is a national database and inclusion in it gives your research work a wider recognition in the academic community, both locally and internationally.
		The ICDL is a standard of basic computer competence endorsed by the Australian Computer Society.
		This is a competition held between representatives of Australian Law Schools.
	www.utas.edu.au /library/lib_news/libnews.html (2509 words)

	I've Missed A Dose; What Should I Do?
		Consumer Medicine Information sheets, which are available for most commonly prescribed medications, contain a section on what to do if a dose is missed.
		Providing written information, that includes what to do if a dose is missed, improves people's self-administration of medicines, including corrective action when a dose is missed.
		If no CMI sheet is available for the prescribed product, written notes based on the recommendations in the Australian Medicines Handbook are useful.
	www.medsafe.govt.nz /profs/PUarticles/missed.htm (1667 words)

	AusMedSites - The Doctors' Reference Site -
		ACRRM Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine
		Australian Healthcare Association (previously the Australian Hospital Association)
		History of Medicine in Australia HIV, Australasian Society for HIV Medicine (ASHM)
	www.drsref.com.au /ausmedsite.html (531 words)

	Quality Use of Medicines Mapping Project - Database Search (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Abstract: A concise source of comparative drug information written for use by Australian doctors, pharmacists and other health professionals.
		The content of the book is drawn from evidence based principles and sources and has been peer-reviewed.
		Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing - Feedback
	www.qummap.health.gov.au /plist.asp?project=529 (134 words)

	Quality Use of Medicines (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The primary aim of the Quality Use of Medicines Program is to support local GPs in their role as prescribers by providing them with independent, consistent and up-to-date information on new and existing drug therapies.
		The National Prescribing Service (NPS) is an Australian non-profit organisation that operates at arm’s length of the Government and is independent of the pharmaceutical industry.
		Provides reports of completed evidence-based medicine requests, consumer health information, a large number of links to evidence-based medicine and other health sites including Pubmed (free Medline), British Medical Journal, and the Australasian Cochrane Centre.
	www.centralbayside.com.au /programsprojects/QUM/qum.htm (557 words)

	TGA News Issue 20 (November 1995) - Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme news
		A grant has been provided to the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia and the Australasian Society of Clinical and Experimental Pharmacologists and Toxicologists to develop an Australian Medicines Handbook (AMH).
		The handbook will provide an independent, peer reviewed source of pharmaceutical product information for all health professionals.
		The AMH will be available in both hard copy and electronic formats in about two years time.
	www.tga.gov.au /docs/html/tganews/news20/pbsnews.htm (534 words)

	Newsletter of Australian and New Zealand Society of Palliative Medicine Inc. (ANZSPM) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The second edition of the Australian Medicines Handbook has been published.
		It has been comprehensively revised and is available on disk as well as in book form.
		Many general practitioners and specialists will doubt will be on most of our bookshelves as well as throughout hospitals.
	www.anzspm.org.au /newsletter/00marapr/bookreview-Australian-Medicines-Handbook.html (149 words)

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