Compounding  of  pharmaceutical  formulations  remain  as  the  core  skill  of  pharmacists  and  this  manual  is  produced  to  include  well  referenced  recipes  that  are  easy  to  prepare,  use  readily  available  ingredients,  have  the  longest  expiry date possible and when necessary, pr...ovide more than one strength of formulation to accommodate the unique needs of different groups of patients.
Efforts have been made to search for substantiated references in producing this manual of extemporaneous preparations. However, the lists of compounded items in this manual are not exhaustive. Preparations included in the manual are  for  ingredients  available  commercially  but  not  in  the  required  dosage  form for therapy and thus, necessitate extemporaneous preparations.
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                                                                Countries with free access to BNF and BNF for Children on MedicinesComplete via HINARI
Registered users of the BNF website are allowed free access to the core content of the latest edition of the BNF and BNF for Children on the MedicinesComplete website if they reside in England, Scotland, Wales, N...orthern Ireland, the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man or any of the countries in the HINARI list of countries managed by the World Health Organisation WHO (see www.who.int/hinari for details).
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                                                                WHO Model Formulary for children based on the Second Model List of Essential Medicines for Children 2009. 
In 2007, the World Health Assembly passed a Resolution titled ‘Better Medicines for Children’. This resolution recognized the need for research and development into medicines for children,... including better dosage forms, better evidence and better information about how to ensure that medicines for treating the common childhood diseases are given at the right dose for children of all ages.
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                                                                For each medicine the Formulary provides information on use, dosage, adverse effects, contraindications and warnings, supplemented by guidance on selecting the right medicine for a range of conditions