About Martindale

Martindale is a comprehensive and reliable reference resource on drugs and medicines used throughout the world. It is prepared by an experienced team of pharmacists who receive formal training in literature evaluation and search techniques. They use their professional expertise to provide a digest of the available literature, selecting the most clinically relevant and appropriate information from reliable published sources.

Purpose

• To summarise clinically useful information on all drugs and medicines around the world
• To provide accurate, unbiased and regularly re-evaluated information in a concise format
• To provide a lead-in to the published evidence base

Uses

• For concise, accurate information about drugs and medicines
• For information about substances that are not covered by other reference sources
• When you need a starting point for the published literature on a topic
• For accurate identification of a drug or medicine
• For a quick update on an unfamiliar topic

Updates

• All the content is revalidated and revised regularly.
• New and updated information is added quarterly.
• Whenever possible completed chapters are reviewed by members of a panel consisting of senior clinicians, clinical pharmacologists and pharmacists.