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The 25 drugs you'll counsel on every single shift.

Dose, side effects, interactions — and the exact words to say to the patient in front of you. Written by a practising pharmacist, built for the counter, not the exam hall.

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Cover of the Top 25 Drugs Counselling Guide
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25Drugs
177Counselling points
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What's inside

Seven things for every single drug

Not a wall of text. Each drug gets the same clean structure, so you can find what you need mid-conversation without losing your thread.

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Indication

What it's actually for — and the common off-licence uses you'll be asked about.

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Dose

Typical adult dosing, titration and the numbers worth committing to memory.

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Counselling points

The exact phrasing to use with a patient. This is the bulk of the guide — 177 points in total.

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Side effects

What's common, what's serious, and what you must tell them to report.

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Interactions

The clinically important ones that come up at the counter — not an exhaustive BNF dump.

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Administration & mechanism

How to take it properly, plus a plain-English mechanism so the advice finally sticks.

See it before you commit

Real pages, not a teaser

These are actual screenshots from the PDF you're about to download.

Ramipril page from the guide: indication, dose, counselling points, side effects, interactions and a mechanism-of-action flowchart
A second drug page from the guide, laid out in the same format

Colour-coded sections, a mechanism-of-action flowchart, and the counselling points written the way you'd actually say them. All 25 drugs follow this exact layout.

What's covered

The 25 you'll meet most

Ranked by dispensing frequency — the drugs that come over the counter again and again. They're the first 25 of my full Top 100, so you're starting with the ones that earn their place fastest.

Cardiovascular

  • Atorvastatin
  • Amlodipine
  • Ramipril
  • Bisoprolol

Haematology

  • Warfarin
  • Apixaban

Endocrine & thyroid

  • Metformin
  • Gliclazide
  • Insulin Glargine
  • Levothyroxine

Respiratory

  • Salbutamol
  • Fluticasone/Salmeterol
  • Tiotropium
  • Montelukast

Gastrointestinal

  • Omeprazole
  • Metoclopramide
  • Lactulose
  • Mesalazine

Infection

  • Amoxicillin
  • Co-amoxiclav
  • Doxycycline
  • Trimethoprim
  • Nitrofurantoin
  • Fluconazole

Pain

  • Ibuprofen

Who it's for

Built for the people on the front line

Foundation trainees heading into their first solo shifts
Students on placement who freeze when asked a question
GPhC candidates who know the theory but not the phrasing
Overseas pharmacists adapting to UK counselling style
Locums walking into an unfamiliar pharmacy tomorrow
Anyone who's ever said "let me just check that for you"

Know what to say tomorrow.

177 counselling points across the 25 drugs you'll see most. Free, instant, yours to keep.

The complete version

These 25 are the easy ones.

The drugs that trip people up aren't the ones you dispense every hour — they're methotrexate, lithium, clozapine, amiodarone. The Top 100 Drugs Counselling Guide covers all of them in this same format, plus three bonus sections: Interaction Red Flags, The Counselling Phrase Book and High-Alert Drugs: The Final Check.

See the full Top 100 guide →

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