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World Health Day - April 7th 2011
 Theme - Antimicrobial resistance: no action today, no cure tomorrow
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The Pocket Dose Book of Medicines in Children and Adolescents
This pocket sized addition to the armamentarium of the IAP Drug Formulary allows a clinician to make a quick search of IAP Drug Formulary recommended dosages for 615 drugs exclusively used in neonates, children and adolescents. Evidence based schedules for most pediatric illnesses are detailed for each drug where indicated.

Erratum: Please note
Rotavirus vaccine - Live attenuated human rota virus vaccine - Oral - > 6 wks 2 doses of 1 ml each, separated by an interval of at least 4 months; course to be complete < 24 wks age (preferably <16wks)
should read as
Rotavirus vaccine - Live attenuated human rota virus vaccine - Oral - > 6 wks 2 doses of 1 ml each, separated by an interval of at least 4 weeks; course to be complete < 24 wks age (preferably <16wks)

IAP Drug Formulary - Infectious Disease Update 2011
Contains the latest evidence based IAP Infectious Disease Chapter and the IAP Drug Formulary recommendations for Drug Therapy for 205 pediatric and adolescent infections.

  • The IAP Drug Formulary Web Update 2011 (3) Edition 24 - the 23rd Web Update and third for 2011 - is ready for download. This Update will contain changes in 11 drug monographs and the updated IAP Essential Medicines List for children (IAP EMLc).

    Since the Online Desktop and PDA versions are available all the data can now be browsed by the user from any Desktop (even those in which his formulary is not installed) or any model of mobile phones/PDAs with internet connection from anywhere in the world.

  • From the Editor's Desk
    Dr. Jeeson C Unni

    The IAP Drug Formulary was officially released in 2005 and is now being used by over 5000 pediatricians all over the country. The Quarterly Web Update facility has made the contents quite dynamic. Changes could be made in the formulary as and when new developments in pharmacology and pediatric therapeutics became available. We propose that along with the Quarterly Web Updates, a new edition of the book will be printed once in 3 years.

    The IAP Drug Formulary 2009 - 2nd hard copy edition - has sold around 2100 copies since it was released in January 2010. This book and the Online Desktop and PDA version of the IAP Drug Formulary have made the it a wholesome product.

  • IAP President's Message
    Dr T U Sukumaran

    I am extremely happy that the IAP Drug Formulary has become popular among pediatricians in our country and is being used by > 5000 of us. It has been maintaining international standards, providing regular quarterly web updates, involving IAP subchapters in submitting IAP Recommendations for Drug Therapy of Pediatric illnesses related to their respective specialty and publishing books like the Infectious Disease Update 2011 and the very handy Pocket Dose Book for Medicines in Children and Adolescents.