Recommended Medical Reference

Introduction

I still remember, during university years, there is a long list of recommended reading for each subject, which we might or might not give it a read.

• Similarly, this post is solely created as a collection of recommended reference.

Adverse Drug Reaction

• Drug Induced Diseases, 2018
• Meyler's Side Effects of Drugs, 2015

Antibiotics

• The Sanford Guide to Antimicrobial Therapy, 2024

Breastfeeding

• Briggs' Drugs in Pregnancy and Lactation, 2021
• Hale's Medications and Mothers' Milk, 2022

Clinical Practice

• Applied Therapeutics, 2023
• Conn’s Current Therapy, 2023
• Current Medical Diagnosis and Treatment, 2024
• Davidson's Principles and Practice of Medicine, 2022
• Dermatology Made Easy, 2022
• Ferri's Clinical Advisor, 2024
• Goldman-Cecil Medicine, 2023
• Guyton and Hall Textbook of Medical Physiology, 2021
• Harrison's Manual of Medicine, 2020
• Illustrated Textbook of Paediatrics, 2022
• Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics, 2024
• Oxford Textbook of Medicine, 2020
• Ramadan and Diabetes Practical Guide, 2021
• The 5-Minute Clinical Consult Standard 2025, 2024
• The Harriet Lane Handbook, 2023
• The Maudsley Prescribing Guidelines in Psychiatry, 2025
• Therapeutic Guidelines - Australia, 2024
• The Washington Manual of Medical Therapeutics, 2022
• Toronto Notes, 2024

Community Pharmacy

• Community Pharmacy Symptoms, Diagnosis and Treatment, 2021
• Handbook of Nonprescription Drugs: An Interactive Approach to Self-Care, 2020
• Minor Illness or Major Disease, 2016
• Patient Assessment in Clinical Pharmacy, 2019
• Symptoms in the Pharmacy, 2023

Drug Information

• AHFS Drug Information, 2024
• Australian Medicines Handbook, 2024
• Australian Medicines Handbook Children's Dosing Companion, 2024
• Australian Pharmaceutical Formulary and Handbook, 2024
• British National Formulary 87, 2024
• British National Formulary for Children 2024-2025, 2024
• Concepts in Pharmacogenomics, 2017
• Demystifying Drug Dosing in Obese Patients, 2016
• Demystifying Drug Dosing in Renal Dysfunction, 2019
• Drug Doses Frank Shann, 2017
• Drug Prescribing in Renal Failure, 2007
• Extended Stability for Parenteral Drugs, 2022
• Lexicomp Drug Information Handbook, 2024
• Martindale The Complete Drug Reference, 2024
• Renal Pharmacotherapy, 2021
• Pediatric Injectable Drugs (The Teddy Bear Book), 2024
• The Renal Drug Handbook, 2019
• The Top 100 Drugs, 2022

Drug Administration

• A Guide to Aerosol Delivery Devices for the Respiratory Therapist, 2017
• ASHP Injectable Drug Information, 2025
• Australian Don’t Rush to Crush Handbook, 2021
• Australian Injectable Drugs Handbook, 2023
  
• Elsevier's Intravenous Medications, 2025
• Guidebook on Enteral Medication Administration, 2018
• Handbook of Drug Administration Via Enteral Feeding Tubes, 2015
• Injectable Drug Guide, 2011

Drug Delivery

• Ansel's Pharmaceutical Dosage Forms and Drug Delivery Systems, 2021
• Aulton's Pharmaceutics The Design and Manufacture of Medicines, 2021

Extemporaneous Formulation

• Aseptic Compounding Technique Learning and Mastering the Ritual, 2018
• British Pharmacopoeia, 2024
• Compounding Sterile Preparations, 2024
• European Pharmacopoeia, 2024
• Extemporaneous Ophthalmic Preparations, 2020
• Extemporaneous Formulations for Pediatric, Geriatric and Special Needs Patients, 2021
• Pharmaceutical Compounding and Dispensing, 2010
• The Art, Science and Technology of Pharmaceutical Compounding, 2016
• Trissel's Stability of Compounded Formulations, 2018
• United States Pharmacopoeia and the National Formulary (USP-NF), 2024

Herbs

• The Review of Natural Products, 2014

Laboratory

• A Manual of Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests, 2014
• A Medication Guide to Internal Medicine Tests and Procedures, 2022
• Basic Skills in Interpreting Laboratory Data, 2017
• Henry's Clinical Diagnosis and Management by Laboratory Methods, 2022
• Mosby’s Diagnostic and Laboratory Test Reference, 2024
• Oxford Handbook of Clinical and Laboratory Investigations, 2018

Pharmacology

• Basic & Clinical Pharmacology, 2021
• Goodman and Gilman's The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics, 2023
• Rang & Dale Pharmacology, 2023

Pharmacy

• ACCP/ASHP Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Preparatory Review and Recertification Course, 2024
• ACCP/ASHP Cardiology Pharmacy Preparatory Review and Recertification Course, 2024
• ACCP Critical Care Pharmacy Preparatory Review and Recertification Course, 2024
• ACCP/ASHP Emergency Medicine Pharmacy Preparatory Review Course, 2024
• ACCP/ASHP Geriatric Preparatory Review and Recertification Course, 2024
• ACCP/ASHP Infectious Diseases Pharmacy Preparatory Review and Recertification Course, 2024
• ACCP/ASHP Oncology Pharmacy Preparatory Review and Recertification Course, 2024
• ACCP Pediatric Pharmacotherapy Preparatory Review and Recertification Course, 2024
• ACCP Updates in Therapeutics Pharmacotherapy Preparatory Review and Recertification Course, 2024
• Boh’s Pharmacy Practice Manual, 2015
• Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics, 2019
• Clinical Pharmacy Pocket Companion, 2016
• Competence Assessment Tools for Health-System Pharmacists, 2015
• Fundamentals of Geriatric Pharmacotherapy, 2015
• Introduction to Acute and Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Practice, 2017
• Martin's Physical Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2017
• NICU Primer for Pharmacists, 2016
• Oxford Handbook of Clinical Pharmacy, 2017
• Pharmacy Practice, 2019
• Remington The Science and Practice of Pharmacy, 2021
• RxPrep NAPLEX Course Book, 2024
• Pharmacotherapy A Pathophysiological Approach, 2023
• The Pharmacist's Guide to Antimicrobial Therapy and Stewardship, 2016

Pregnancy

• Briggs Drugs in Pregnancy and Lactation, 2021

Statistics

• A Practical Approach to Using Statistics in Health Research, 2018
• Essential Statistics for the Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2016

Therapeutic Drug Monitoring

• ASHP Clinical Pharmacokinetics, 2021
• Applied Clinical Pharmacokinetics, 2014
• Casebook in Clinical Pharmacokinetics and Drug Dosing, 2015
• Concepts in Clinical Pharmacokinetics, 2018
• Winter’s Basic Clinical Pharmacokinetics, 2024

Veterinary

• BSAVA Small Animal Formulary, 2023
• Papich Handbook of Veterinary Drugs, 2021
• Pharmacotherapeutics for Veterinary Dispensing, 2019
• Plumb’s Veterinary Drug Handbook, 2023

Summary

Learning is a perpetual journey.

• The pursuit of the latest book editions can be a dangerous trap, as we may barely finish one before a newer version arrives.
• Fortunately, most fundamentals remain unchanged, with only minor updates that can accumulate over time to become significant.