Controlled drugs and drug dependence: updated guidance on prescription requirements for Schedule 2 and 3 Controlled Drugs.

Valproate: reminder of current Pregnancy Prevention Programme requirements; information on new safety measures to be introduced in the coming months [MHRA/CHM advice] (advice in sodium valproate, valproic acid; see example in sodium valproate).Clarithromycin [update to include dosing for prevention of invasive group A streptococcal infection in children from 6 months old and adults]. BNFC.org". Archived from the original on 20 December 2007 . Retrieved 2006-09-07. British National Formulary for Children Drugs that cause first dose hypotension, drugs that cause peripheral neuropathy, and drugs that cause hyponatraemia: pharmacodynamic effects drug groups revalidated and updated; see Appendix 1 interactions. Wade, O. L.; McDevitt, G. D. (1966). "Prescribing and the British National Formulary". British Medical Journal. 2 (5514): 635–637. doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.5514.635. PMC 1943465. PMID 20791099.

The British National Formulary is divided into various sections; with the main sections on drugs and preparations being organised by body system. The BNF also includes the Nurse Prescribers' Formulary (NPF) and other NPF content for use by District Nurses and Specialist Community Public Health Nurses (including Health Visitors), who have received training to become nurse prescribers. [19] Sister publications [ edit ] This update contains 4 significant changes, 1 dose change, 1 new preparation, 1 deleted monograph and 2 deleted preparations. The BNF for Children developed from the British National Formulary (BNF), which prior to 2005 had provided information on the treatment of children, with the doses largely determined by calculations based on the body weight of the child.It was first published in 1949, [2] as the National Formulary, with updated versions appearing every three years until 1976. The fifth version in 1957 saw its name change to The British National Formulary. [4] [5] A new-look version, under the auspices of Owen Wade, was released in 1981. [2] [6] A study in Northern Ireland, looking at prescribing in 1965, reported that the BNF was likely able to serve the requirements of prescribers in general practice, while also achieving a cost saving. [7] By 2003, issue 46 of the BNF contained 3000 interactions or groups of interactions, with about 900 of these marked by a bullet. [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] Editions [ edit ] Cefixime [update to include dosing in children from 12 years old for uncomplicated gonorrhoea and disseminated gonococcal infection]. Vaccines update: restructure of monograph content—creation of two class monographs, Vaccines, general (information common to all vaccines) and Vaccines, live (information relevant to live vaccines only); see examples in yellow fever vaccine or hepatitis A vaccine.