Drug Information Links
Further information regarding medicines can be obtained from the following.
http://www.tg.com.au
Therapeutic Guidelines
Therapeutic Guidelines Limited is an independent not-for-profit organisation dedicated to deriving guidelines for therapy from the latest world literature, interpreted and distilled by Australia's most eminent and respected experts.
www.amh.net.au
Australian Medicines Handbook
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).
www.qummap.health.gov.au
Quality Use of Medicines Project
The aim of this project is to provide a comprehensive map of current major quality use of medicines (QUM) initiatives in Australia. The project will provide a resource to inform people working in the QUM area of existing resources, expertise and complementary work. The project is funded and coordinated by the Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care.
www.cochrane.org.au
Cochrane Reviews
The Australasian Cochrane Centre is one of a number of Cochrane centres established worldwide to co-ordinate the activities of the Cochrane Collaboration. The Centre is based in Melbourne as part of the Monash Institute of Health Services Research and is funded by the Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing.
Please note that there are large numbers of websites on the Internet, offering drug information. Reliable drug information should always contain references to the original source of the information.
The above all provide well referenced, unbiased information about medicines.