Editing British National Formulary (section)

==History==
It was first published in 1949,<ref name="BNF about"/> as the '''''National Formulary''''', with updated versions appearing every three years until 1976.  The fifth version in 1957 saw its name change to ''The British National Formulary''.<ref>{{Cite journal|author=Anon|title=The British National Formulary|journal=[[British Medical Journal]]|volume=2|issue=5047|pages=758–759|year=1957|pmid=13460381|pmc=1962234}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Wade|first1=O. L.|title=British National Formulary: Its birth, death, and rebirth|journal=BMJ (Clinical Research Ed.)|volume=306|issue=6884|pages=1051–1054|year=1993|pmid=8490505|pmc=1676980|doi=10.1136/bmj.306.6884.1051}}</ref>  A new-look version, under the auspices of [[Owen Wade (physician)|Owen Wade]], was released in 1981.<ref name="BNF about"/><ref>{{Cite journal|author=Anon|title=British National Formulary 1976-8|journal=[[British Medical Journal]]|volume=2|issue=6136|pages=580–581|year=1978|pmid=20792725|pmc=1606955|doi=10.1136/bmj.2.6136.580-b}}</ref>  A study in Northern Ireland, looking at prescribing in 1965, reported that the BNF was likely able to serve the requirements of prescribers in general practice, while also achieving a cost saving.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Wade|first1=O. L.|last2=McDevitt|first2=G. D.|title=Prescribing and the British National Formulary|journal=[[British Medical Journal]]|volume=2|issue=5514|pages=635–637|year=1966|pmid=20791099|pmc=1943465|doi=10.1136/bmj.2.5514.635}}</ref>  By 2003, issue 46 of the BNF contained 3000 interactions or groups of interactions, with about 900 of these marked by a bullet.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Aronson|first1=J. K.|title=Drug interactions-information, education, and the British National Formulary|doi=10.1111/j.1365-2125.2004.02125.x|journal=[[British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology]]|volume=57|issue=4|pages=371–372|year=2004|pmid=15025733|pmc=1884473}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=VNRAS.com |first=BNF 73 |title=BNF 73 |url=https://vnras.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/BNF-73-2017.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211021232748/https://vnras.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/BNF-73-2017.pdf |archive-date=2021-10-21 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=VNRAS.com |title=BNF for Children BNFC 2019-2020 |url=https://vnras.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/BNF-for-Children-BNFC-2019-2020-1.pdf |access-date=1 May 2022 |archive-date=11 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211011172320/https://vnras.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/BNF-for-Children-BNFC-2019-2020-1.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=BNF 78 |url=https://vnras.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/BNF-78-1.pdf}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=BNF for Children BNFC 2019-2020 |url=https://vnras.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/BNF-for-Children-BNFC-2019-2020-1.pdf |access-date=1 May 2022 |archive-date=11 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211011172320/https://vnras.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/BNF-for-Children-BNFC-2019-2020-1.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>