Medicines Information Service (MIS)

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What we do

The Christchurch Hospital Medicines Information Service (MIS) answers questions about medicines from health professionals.

We welcome enquiries on a wide range of medicine-related topics, including:

medicine safety in pregnancy and breastfeeding
medicine use in liver or renal impairment
pharmacokinetics
therapeutic drug monitoring
adverse reactions
interactions
pharmaceutical issues
availability and funding

We answer enquiries either verbally or in writing. We can:

answer most enquiries over the phone, often at the point of first contact or within a short time frame.
provide brief or referenced email responses, if required. These may take a few days, depending on the complexity and urgency.

We welcome questions from health professionals working in primary, secondary, or tertiary care.

What we don't do

We do not:

answer questions from members of the public.
provide information for the purpose of research, study, or personal projects.
provide answers that might be used in litigation.

Resources

The MIS is part of the Department of Clinical Pharmacology and is staffed by medicines information pharmacists, supported by clinical pharmacologists. We have an extensive database of past enquiries and access to a wide range of other databases.

Some useful resources include:

MIS website
Clinical Pharmacology website on the CDHB Intranet
Interactive Clinical Pharmacology
Patient Information Leaflets

Contact

Opening hours: 8 am to 4.30 pm, Monday to Friday. Enquiries can be phoned, emailed, or submitted via our website, or submitted via ERMS Online (Internet application used to create, send, and receive referrals).

Phone: 80900 (internal) or (03) 364-0900 or 0800-378-446

Fax: 80902 (internal) or (03) 364-0902

Email: medicines.information@cdhb.health.nz

Topic Code: 195081