An essential part of your role as a Pharmacist is to have a deep foundation of knowledge about drugs and medicines. To support your learning in this area, as a school of Pharmacy, we have identified a list of “Top 100 Drugs” that you will need to know about by the end of your 4 years with us.
These drugs and medicines represent the key drugs that are used in current practice, are leading drugs in their therapeutic class and cover a range of formulations.
By the end of your 1st year you will have discovered, interpreted and recorded key areas of information for 25 drugs from the Top 100 drugs list. This collected information will be known as your “Personal Formulary”.
Below is the list of drugs:
| Ref | Drug |
| 01. | Adrenaline |
| 02. | Amlodipine |
| 03. | Aspirin |
| 04. | Atenolol |
| 05. | Bendroflumethiazide |
| 06. | Clopidogrel |
| 07. | Codeine |
| 08. | Furosemide |
| 09. | Gliclazide |
| 10. | Glyceryl trinitrate |
| 11. | Hyoscine butylbromide |
| 12. | Ibuprofen |
| 13. | Loperamide |
| 14. | Losartan |
| 15. | Metformin |
| 16. | Nifedipine |
| 17. | Paracetamol |
| 18. | Prednisolone |
| 19. | Propranolol |
| 20. | Pseudoephedrine |
| 21. | Ramipril |
| 22. | Salbutamol |
| 23. | Simvastatin |
| 24. | Spironolactone |
| 25. | Warfarin |
For each drug you will discover and record information as given in the template in this section.
Creating your formulary is not about copying information from various references, it’s about demonstrating you have gain a deeper learning of what these drugs are, how they work and how they are used – your marks for this section will reflect this.
Remember to include your references e.g. book name and chapter or website.
Don’t use words you don’t understand – look them up and include an explanation!
Template
Copy the information below. Then on your porfolio move your mouse over New, then click on Post. Paste the inforamtion into the post. The Drug Name should be the title of the post. Ensure that the finished post is set to the Personal Formulary category.
What main group of drugs does it belong to?
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What are the main uses for this drug?
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What is the normal adult dose? This may vary with what it is being used for.
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How frequently should it be taken?
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What are the main side effects? eg 3 most common and anything serious.
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When should it be used within caution?
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Under what circumstances is its use contraindicated?
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Are there any medicines similar to it? if so give a few examples.
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What are the main counselling points you would share with your patients?
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How is this drug used in children? Dose / indications.
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How does it work? i.e. What is its mode of action?
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Details of this drug being included in any guidelines and/or national guidance? e.g. NICE, BTS, BHS, CKS, MHRA, NPSA, CHM.
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