# \[e-drug\] Australian Medicines Handbook

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E-drug: Australian Medicines Handbook  
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The second edition of the Australian Medicines Handbook will be  
released in March 2000 and it will be available in both print and  
CD-ROM formats.

The Australian Medicines Handbook is an independent, national drug  
information resource, written and published in South Australia. The  
first edition of the Australian Medicines Handbook was published in  
May 1998 as a result of a partnership between the Royal Australian  
College of General Practitioners, the Pharmaceutical Society of  
Australia and the Australasian Society of Clinical and Experimental  
Pharmacologists and Toxicologists.

The AMH contains information additional to that available in sources  
reliant on product information, including material often difficult to  
locate such as comparisons between members of a drug class, well  
established, non-approved indications for use, summaries of areas of  
newer evidence and areas of therapeutic uncertainty. AMH content is  
derived from the best available evidence and is widely peer reviewed.

In the second edition over 60 therapeutic areas have been updated  
from the first edition and the new therapeutic areas include Breast  
Cancer, Prostate Cancer, Treatment of Depression, Substance Abuse  
and Attention Deficit Disorder. New drugs/drug classes in the second  
edition include oral hypoglycemics, leukotriene antagonists and cox-2  
inibitors.

The standard RRP for the AMH second edition is $A125.00 for book  
or CD-ROM. The RRP for the package of both together is $A145.00.  
With the Australian Medicines Handbook CD-ROM installed on your  
computer and the book on your desk you can have up to date,  
practical and reliable drug information at your fingertips.

For further information or inquiries please phone +61 8222 5861 or  
e-mail amh@adelaide.edu.au or fax +61 8 8222 5863.  
-  
Fay Abbott  
Editor  
Australian Medicines Handbook  
PO Box 240 Rundle Mall Adelaide 5000  
Ph (08) 8222 5872; fax (08) 8222 5863  
email fabbott@ amh.adelaide.edu.au

[I approached the Editor for discounts for developing countries and  
will report once I have heard from him. Hilbrand Haak, E-drug co-  
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