This is the sixth edition of Medicines: The Comprehensive Guide – the most
popular and best-selling dictionary-style reference source-book for the
range of medicines, along with possible side-effects, that is available in the UK
today. Previous editions of this book have sold almost two million copies. The
text has been extensively revised – to take account of the many new drugs,
both generic and proprietary, as well as entire new drug groups, that have been
developed and marketed since publication of the fifth edition in 2000.
Changes in details of those medicines that remain on the market are also
included. Requests from the public have led to the inclusion in this edition of
expanded warnings about possible interactions between drugs with other
medicines – especially those that can be obtained without a prescription –
herbal remedies and nutritional supplements. There is also an expanded
glossary of medical terms, which hopefully readers will find useful in
understanding some of the more technical terms.