Comments on: Where’s the key? http://www.thinknuts.net/2010/01/14/wheres-the-key/ Do mountains need rescuing that often? Sun, 17 Apr 2011 17:32:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Ingvar http://www.thinknuts.net/2010/01/14/wheres-the-key/comment-page-1/#comment-7842 Ingvar Thu, 14 Jan 2010 16:37:09 +0000 http://www.thinknuts.net/2010/01/14/wheres-the-key/#comment-7842 FASS is (I believe) also available in paper format and if I needed access to it day in and day out, I'd probably shell out for it, but as I don't need a physical copy (for bookmarking and the like), I find the web-FASS good enough for my needs. Searching on "substance" fentanyl on FASS gives three results, "fentanyl", "fentanyl citrate" and "fentanyl hydrochloride". Looking further at the hydrochloride, I can see that the only (for Sweden) approved medication is Ionsys, manufactured by Janssen-Cilag. Looking at the fentanyl result, there's a veritable plethora of different preparations available on the market (all under prescription, I am sure). So, yes, it seems like something similar exists, I am just slightly miffed that it's restricted. Part of my speculation about a translated FASS would be the same level of access (that is, the info is spearated into intended audiences, but NOTHING stops anyone from looking at it). FASS is (I believe) also available in paper format and if I needed access to it day in and day out, I’d probably shell out for it, but as I don’t need a physical copy (for bookmarking and the like), I find the web-FASS good enough for my needs.

Searching on “substance” fentanyl on FASS gives three results, “fentanyl”, “fentanyl citrate” and “fentanyl hydrochloride”. Looking further at the hydrochloride, I can see that the only (for Sweden) approved medication is Ionsys, manufactured by Janssen-Cilag.

Looking at the fentanyl result, there’s a veritable plethora of different preparations available on the market (all under prescription, I am sure).

So, yes, it seems like something similar exists, I am just slightly miffed that it’s restricted. Part of my speculation about a translated FASS would be the same level of access (that is, the info is spearated into intended audiences, but NOTHING stops anyone from looking at it).

]]> By: Aled http://www.thinknuts.net/2010/01/14/wheres-the-key/comment-page-1/#comment-7841 Aled Thu, 14 Jan 2010 14:14:32 +0000 http://www.thinknuts.net/2010/01/14/wheres-the-key/#comment-7841 That's pretty much what the BNF is, except it's restricted to healthcare professionals. It's also published in paper form fully updated every 6 months IIRC. It's a great resource and not only lists the essential indications/contra/side-effects etc but also things like alternative names for commercial preparations, whether the medicine is PoM and also narrative sections on general use of that class of drug. Also, it is specific to the UK since drug classes and uses vary from one country to the next. In summary, it rocks. :) That’s pretty much what the BNF is, except it’s restricted to healthcare professionals. It’s also published in paper form fully updated every 6 months IIRC.

It’s a great resource and not only lists the essential indications/contra/side-effects etc but also things like alternative names for commercial preparations, whether the medicine is PoM and also narrative sections on general use of that class of drug. Also, it is specific to the UK since drug classes and uses vary from one country to the next.

In summary, it rocks. :)

]]> By: Ingvar http://www.thinknuts.net/2010/01/14/wheres-the-key/comment-page-1/#comment-7840 Ingvar Thu, 14 Jan 2010 12:08:11 +0000 http://www.thinknuts.net/2010/01/14/wheres-the-key/#comment-7840 I wonder if it would be worth investigating translation rights for <a href="http://www.fass.se/" rel="nofollow">FASS</a>, the initial job would be HUGE, but it should be possible to do updates on a differential basis. I have, however, no idea who to start asking. FASS started out as a paper-based reference, published every 6 or 12 months, but has for the last 10-odd years been available on-line. It describes every medication in two forms, "Patient FASS" and "FASS". The latter should be all the information a prescribing doctor needs (indications, contra-indications, side-effects and their commonality, pathways touched and other pharmacogenic information, interactions and so on and so forth) and is, for me, a most excellent reference when I wnat to figure out how a given substance reacts. I wonder if it would be worth investigating translation rights for FASS, the initial job would be HUGE, but it should be possible to do updates on a differential basis. I have, however, no idea who to start asking.

FASS started out as a paper-based reference, published every 6 or 12 months, but has for the last 10-odd years been available on-line. It describes every medication in two forms, “Patient FASS” and “FASS”. The latter should be all the information a prescribing doctor needs (indications, contra-indications, side-effects and their commonality, pathways touched and other pharmacogenic information, interactions and so on and so forth) and is, for me, a most excellent reference when I wnat to figure out how a given substance reacts.

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