Where the texts come from
The patient information leaflets (PIL) and the Summaries of Product Characteristics (SPC) are the texts the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) publishes for medicines licensed in the UK. A page with an MHRA text names the source, the product licence (PL) numbers and the date the text was last revised.
Some older pages show the English texts of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for medicines authorised in the European Union. They may differ from the current UK texts.
How we work with them
- We download the documents from the MHRA website.
- We convert the text into a web page and divide it into the sections of the original.
- We do not change, shorten or rewrite the text.
Facts about the medicines
The legal category (POM, P, GSL), controlled drug schedules, the black triangle, availability, packs, other strengths and forms and the medicines still supplied with the same active substance, strength and form come from the NHS Dictionary of Medicines and Devices (dm+d), NHS Business Services Authority. We update them from every new dm+d release. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
What you will find on the site
- Lists of similar medicines by their ATC classification and active substances.
- Pages of active substances and ATC groups with the medicines on this site.
- Short plain-English descriptions of some ATC groups.
Side effects
You can report a suspected side effect of a medicine to the MHRA through the Yellow Card scheme.
Who runs the site
Dasonele a.s., Šlejnická 1547/13, 160 00 Praha 6, Czech Republic, company ID 24307998. The site is not run by the MHRA or the NHS and is funded by advertising. Please send errors in the texts and questions to info@patient-info.co.uk. More details are on the contact page.
The information on this site does not replace advice from your doctor or pharmacist.