NWMHP Pharmacy Medicine Information

Introduction
Drugs Listed By Name
Drugs Listed By Category
Treatments for "Psychosis"
TDM Database
Books, Cards, Leaflets etc
Pharmacy Community Care Liaison Group
UKPPG National Mental Health Drugs Helpline
Trust Pharmacy Department
Promoting Mental Health in Norfolk
East Anglian Region Scheme
Eastern Region Pharmacy Protocols and Guidelines
Mental Health Links

This site is provided by the pharmacy service within Norfolk and Waveney Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust and supported on the Trust server. It receives no hidden commercial backing or bias, and was the first UK multi-page hospital pharmacy web-site.

From here you can find out more about drug treatments that are prescribed for mental health needs, about the Pharmacy that provides information on this website, and a related group of pharmacy and drug-related items.

Information about specific drugs:

• Drugs listed by name, with direct links to specific information for users and carers, taken from the "Your Medicines - Any Questions?" book
• Drugs listed by category (e.g. antidepressants, hypnotics etc)
• On the lighter side - many a true word spoken in jest, and a few amusing cartoons and pictures

Other information:

1. Information about Norfolk and Waveney Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust Pharmacy Services
2. NHS Direct website
3. NHS website
4. Details of the World Mental Health Day programme in Norfolk, as organised by Norfolk Mental Health Alliance
5. Details of books, cards, leaflets and computer programmes available, including the Psychotropic Drug Directory 2003/4
6. UK Psychiatric Pharmacy Group website
7. Mental Health links
8. About this Website

This site has been produced by the Pharmacy, Hellesdon Hospital, Norwich NR6 5BE, England
Welcome to you, visitor number…

This site is managed by:

Stephen Bazire
Pharmacy Services Director
Norfolk and Waveney Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust 

and was originally designed for people in Norfolk, England, but is available to all on a good-will basis.

We are not able and do not sell drugs over the Internet
(or anywhere else for that matter)

Should you have any further queries then please call your local mental health hospital pharmacy.

Alternatively, you can e-mail us. Although we can't guarantee to answer your questions (particularly during holiday periods when we're pretty low on staff) as we have a service to run as well, we'll try.

People from Norfolk are invited to contact us directly.
steve.bazire@nwmhp.nhs.uk

...and if you are visiting us from Norfolk or elsewhere, please let us know if this was a useful resource!

For those visitors who don't know, Norwich is the county town (or city) of Norfolk. Norfolk is the top third of the bit that sticks out on the right hand side of England just above London.  The population of Norwich is about 120,000, that of our Trust catchment area around 650,000 and that of Norfolk around 780,000*. The main employment is agriculture (particularly arable), industry (e.g. Colman's Mustard), commerce (e.g. Norwich Union Life Assurance, Virgin Direct) and tourism (e.g. the ancient City of Norwich itself, our theatres, the Norfolk Broads and the lengthy coastline).  Not forgetting Norwich City Football Club, an entertainment in itself, particularly at the moment. To find out "What's on in Norwich" click here.

Email your comments or feedback.
Many developments have been as a result of feedback from visitors.

No site can be entirely bias-free. No matter how hard someone tries, training and background will always influence your outlook. We have, however, tried to eliminate bias, and we hope you take these pages in the spirit in which they are provided i.e. a genuine attempt to inform, educate and support.

Information here is based on published data. References include the UK British National Formulary (BNF, published by the British Medical Association and Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain), Martindale (the extra pharmacopoea, published by RPSGB Pharmaceutical Press), Psychotropic Drug Directory (latest edition), Data Sheet Compendium (UK Manufacturers Data Sheets, published by the Association of British Pharmaceutical Industry), MicroMedex (an independent and extensive CD-ROM based drug information source), UK Psychiatric Pharmacy Group leaflets, Royal College of Psychiatrists advice and guidelines and the current medical literature. Thanks also to all those people who left e-mail comments, suggestions and requests, who have helped shape the site.