This is the 30th edition of The Extra Pharmacopoeia. It offers up-to-date information on drugs and medicines that are used throughout the world. It is written for practising pharmacists and physicians and for all those involved in the field of drugs and medicines. This edition of The Extra Pharmacopoeia offers increased information on the proprietary medicines; a shift to a more clinical emphasis; and an increase in the number of referenced reviews. Altogether there are 5132 monographs, grouped either in clinical terms or in pharmaceutical terms. Supplementary drugs are also covered. At the same time, new information is offered on preparations (46,000 from 14 countries - also some preparations from Japan). Each entry provides the proprietary name, the manufacturer or distributor, the active ingredients and a summary of the indications. The indexes are important in this work, offering 153,786 entries in 450 pages. Every drug is listed with its name, synonym, code and chemical name.