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Introduction
Introduction

Medicine Guides provide members of the public with up to date, reliable and understandable information about medicines. They can help you to:

  • make informed decisions about your health and health care
  • be more involved with healthcare professionals in choosing treatments; and
  • understand how best to use or take your medicine

    • Medicines Guides are delivered in collaboration with NHS Choices and link to more information about medical conditions on the NHS Choices website for patients.

    Medicine Guides are being developed and supported by the Medicines Information Project Board - a group including patient and professional groups, the government, the NHS and the pharmaceutical industry.

    How to find a Medicine Guide
    Roadmap

    You can find a Medicine Guide in two ways:

  • Use the search box and type in the name of your medicine, medical condition or the name of the pharmaceutical company that makes your medicine. More search help
  • Use the browse options on the left hand side. Click the appropriate letter from the A to Z lists and then make your selection. More browse help

    • The Medicine Guides website is constantly updated with new information.

    Videos
    Multimedia

    Some Medicine Guides have videos which show you how to take or use your medicines correctly. For example:

  • videos of inhalers used in asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
  • videos of devices such as blood glucose monitoring and insulin pen devices used to manage diabetes

    • When viewing a Medicine Guide, if the additional information section on the right of the screen has this symbol, Multimedia Icon a video is available.

    What's New

    • Medicine Guides are now accessible from the NHS Choices website www.nhs.uk. NHS Choices is the NHS' online portal for patients and the general public. It is currently used by over 4.5 million people each month and provides information to inform choice and self care. NHS Choices empowers people to take an active role in their own healthcare, and supports the Government vision of a truly patient-centred NHS. Medicine Guides have been selected as the medicines information content for the NHS Choices website.
    • New search box now on the Medicine Guides website. To search for your medicine, your medical condition, or the pharmaceutical company that makes your medicine simply type your own word or words into the search box. This can be found on the home page and in the top right hand corner of most of the web pages.
    • Important News! - Medicine Guides now published for every medicine that can be prescribed in the UK, and for which we have received information about from the pharmaceutical company. For more information go to the development of Medicine Guides
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