Current Index of Medical Specialities (CIMS)
and
Monthly Index of Medical Specialities (MIMS)
are two of India's major and best drug information resources for practising physicians and pharmacists.
They are also useful for students of Phamacology (of 2nd year MBBS too) and well as pharmacologists and B.Pharmacy students too. It would also help nurses and nursing students to know the details of all the medicines that they are asked to give to the patients. Though not officially required, patients also would find it useful to have full knowledge about the drugs that they are prescribed.
The following eBook of CIMS India contains details about 865 medical drugs - indications and usual dosage, adverse reactions (side effects), precautions, whether to take before, with or after food, drugs interactons with other medicines and with alcohol or certain foodstuff.
There are also details about how overdosage and toxicity of the drugs are treated. There is also a list of the common brands available in india for each generic drug.
Finally, it includes the essential drugs list of WHO and India, Latest few FDA approved drugs(2009Aug to 2010 Aug), drugs banned in India, drugs banned globally but not in India, etc...
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