Our drug information pharmacists have been providing free, accurate, evidence-based advice to healthcare workers since 1980. We are based in the Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Medicine, at the University of Cape Town.
Novartis has issued a medicine safety information letter limiting the maximum adult daily dose of their Tegretol suspension formulation to 1200mg/day (i.e. 60mL/day) to avoid possible exposure to more than the permitted daily
These guidelines highlight the importance of early diagnosis and prompt initiation of disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) in a stepwise manner, with the aim of achieving low disease activity or ideally remission,
South Africa's best application for healthcare workers to answer all queries related to HIV and TB, including a drug-interaction checker. Available on Android and Apple phones.
The SAMF (South African Medicines Formulary) has been a trusted reference resource for South African healthcare workers since 1988. Your favourite reference is now available digitally.
Download our posters and educational material. The posters are summaries of the latest guidelines. Print them, put them up in the clinic, and remember to phone if you get stuck.