Discount offer on new 34th edition of Martindale
 A new edition of Martindale: The Complete Drug Reference is now available from the Pharmaceutical Press — the publishing arm of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society — with its price reduced by about 15 per cent for orders placed before 30 October.
The new edition is the 34th in Martindale’s 120-year history. The
book’s aim is to provide reliable, unbiased and independently evaluated
information on drugs and medicines used throughout the world — including
veterinary medicines, herbal substances and investigational drugs, plus
other compounds used in medicine, pharmaceutical excipients and toxic
substances.
The new edition has 2,750 pages — an increase of more than 10 per
cent on the 33rd edition. Every existing entry has been re-evaluated
and more than 400 new drugs have been added.
Part 1 of the new edition includes 4,418 monographs on drugs and ancillary
substances — 125 more than in the previous edition. They are arranged
in 51 chapters that bring together monographs on drugs and groups of
drugs that have similar uses or actions.
Part 2 contains a further 926 monographs on supplementary drugs and other
substances — an increase of 74 on the 33rd edition. They include
monographs on drugs not easily classified, on herbals and on drugs no
longer used clinically but still of interest. There are also monographs
on toxic substances the effects of which may require drug therapy.
Part 3 contains brief information on proprietary products. The coverage
has been expanded to 32 countries, and now includes Argentina, Chile,
Greece, India and Malaysia. The book concludes with a directory of manufacturers,
containing some 9,500 entries (compared with 7,800 in the previous edition),
and an exhaustive general index.
The book is priced at £275, but until 30 October it can be ordered
for £240. Discounts are also available on the electronic forms
of the book.
The CD-ROM version for single users is also reduced from £275 to £240
but attracts VAT on top of that price.
The combination of book and CD-ROM, priced at £380 plus VAT, is
on offer at £340 plus VAT.
Information about electronic versions of Martindale for intranets and
small networks is available from the Pharmaceutical Press website,
which also explains how to find out about pricing for networks, consortia
and group deals and about integrating the content of Martindale
within other databases.
The Pharmaceutical Press website also allows visitors to see sample Martindale
pages and a list of the contents, to view a demonstration of the electronic
version and to access user notes for the current electronic version.
Those wishing to buy individual copies of the new edition should contact
Pharmaceutical Press customer services (tel 01491 829 272). Bulk discount
enquiries should be addressed to Paul Podhorski (paul.podhorski@rpsgb.org).
Information about pricing for networks, consortia and group deals, and
further information regarding the integration of content within pharmacy
or clinical systems or other databases, can be obtained from Peter Goacher
(peter.goacher@rpsgb.org).
Martindale is also available online as part of MedicinesComplete, for
which free online trials are available. MedicinesComplete is a new online
library service for health care professionals that houses a range of
pharmacy, pharmaceutical and health care databases on a common platform
with an integrated search facility. Subscribers can pick and mix, choosing
the publication that best suits their needs from a list that includes
Martindale, the British National Formulary, Stockley’s Drug Interactions,
Herbal Medicines, Pharmaceutical Excipients, Dietary Supplements and
Clarke’s Analysis of Drugs and Poisons (see PJ, 3 July, p29, and
www.medicinescomplete.com).
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