MIMS (Monthly Index of Medical Specialties) consists of 11 issues per year (Dec/Jan is combined). MIMS is the essential prescribing and drug reference guide. For over 60 years, MIMS has provided medical professionals with abbreviated package insert information on the majority of medicines licensed in South Africa, including drug dosages, warnings, NAPPI codes, contra-indications and adverse events. MIMS is the perfect clinical reference source for all healthcare professionals.

• Updated every month
• Three indices: brand name, active ingredient/trade name, trade name/active ingredient
• Structured according to MIMS pharmacological classification

Accessible via any Internet-enabled device, the brand new MIMS Drug Interaction Checker (MDIC) is a standalone Web application which offers an exhaustive, continually updated database that covers not just drug-to-drug interactions (trade names and actives), but also interactions with complementary medicines and potentially reactive foods. This comprehensive resource draws on the most current primary and tertiary international literature to ensure you have access to unbiased information.

The MDIC meticulously records each interaction, detailing the severity and providing guidance on the strength of the supporting evidence. This enables healthcare professionals to assess the relevance of each interaction in the context of their patient’s specific clinical picture, thereby preventing treatment failures, reducing adverse effects, and avoiding potential toxicities that could have serious, if not life-threatening, consequences.

The application’s intuitive design allows for fast searches, either by browsing through a list of potential interactions or by directly checking the compatibility of a new medication against a patient’s existing regimen. This feature is invaluable in clinical settings, where time is of the essence, and the safety of adding a new drug to a complex medication schedule must be assessed swiftly and accurately.

This desktop product – which updates via the internet – contains electronic MIMS and MDR listings on most brand-name medicines available in South Africa, searchable by product, active ingredient and pharmacological classification. In addition, it features an up-to-date ICD-10 coding browser, patient information on a vast number of medical conditions and procedures, as well as contact details of most major pharmaceutical companies. eMIMS, which requires a minimum operating system of Windows 10, is used offline, although an internet connection is required to register and to download content updates.