About us
A joint initiative of the Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town and the South African Medical Association.
Based within the Division of Clinical Pharmacology at the University of Cape Town, the SAMF is edited by Tashni Naidu , with Marc Blockman as managing editor and a number of co-editors.
Editor
Tashni Naidu, BPharm MPharm
Managing Editor
Marc Blockman, MBChB BPharm PG Dip Int Res Ethics MMed (Clin Pharmacol)
We wish to acknowledge and thank:
- our colleagues in the Medicines Information Centre and Division of Clinical Pharmacology, UCT;
- all those contributing to previous editions;
- the pharmaceutical industry (for product information)
Co-editors
Karen I Barnes, MBChB MMed (Clin Pharmacol)
Mohamed F Chughlay, MBChB MMed FCCP Dip HIV Man (SA)
Karen Cohen, MBChB MMed (Clin Pharmacol) FCFP(SA) MSc (Epid)
Dip HIV Man Dip Obst
Richard Court, MBChB MMed FCP(SA) Dip HIV Man (SA)
Joel A Dave MBChB (UCT) PhD (UCT) FCP (SA) Cert Endocrinology
Eric Decloedt, MBChB BSc Pharmacology (Hons) MMed (Clin Pharmacol) FCCP(SA) PhD
Reneé de Waal, MBChB MPH (Health Econ) Dip Pharm Med
Gary Maartens, MBChB MMed FCP(SA) DTM&H
Phumla Z Sinxadi, MBChB MMed (Clin Pharmacol) PhD (Clin Pharmacol) DA(SA)
Cert (Human Pharmacol)
Gayle Tatz MBChB
Contributors and consultants (15th ed)
Ms F Abrahams (Medicines Information Centre, UCT)
Dr M Ariefdien (Medicines Information Centre, UCT)
Dr ZA Barday (Division of Nephrology, UCT)
Prof KI Barnes (Division of Clinical Pharmacology, UCT)
Prof M Blockman (Division of Clinical Pharmacology, UCT)
Prof D Blom (Division of Lipidology, UCT)
Prof L Blumberg (National Institute for Communicable Diseases)
Prof A Brink (Division of Medical Microbiology, UCT)
Dr K Brouard (Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, UCT)
Ms B Chisholm (Medicines Information Centre, UCT)
Dr MF Chughlay (Division of Clinical Pharmacology, UCT)
Dr K Cohen (Division of Clinical Pharmacology, UCT)
Prof M Combrinck (Division of Geriatric Medicine, UCT)
Prof PJ Commerford (Division of Cardiology, UCT)
Dr M Conradie (Division of Diabetes and Endocrinology, University of Stellenbosch)
Ms Riana Dippenaar (Medicines Information Centre, UCT)
Prof J Dave (Division of Endocrinology, UCT)
Dr S Dalvie (Division of Radiation Oncology, UCT)
Ms S Davis (Amayeza Info Centre)
Prof E Decloedt (Division of Pharmacology, University of Stellenbosch)
Dr PR de Jong (Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, UCT)
Dr R de Waal (School of Public Health and Family Medicine, UCT)
Dr CE Du Toit (Division of Haematology, UCT)
Prof N Du Toit (Division of Ophthalmology, UCT)
Dr P Frankenfeld (Division of Geriatric Medicine, UCT)
Prof J Frean (National Institute for Communicable Diseases)
Dr T Harris (Division of Otorhinolaryngology, UCT)
Prof J Heckmann (Division of Neurology, UCT)
Dr J Hitzeroth (Division of Cardiology, UCT)
Dr T Isaacs (Division of Dermatology, UCT)
Dr A Jeftha (Oral Medicine and Periodontology, UWC)
Dr E Jones (Division of Nephrology, UCT)
Mrs J Jones (Medicines Information Centre, UCT)
Prof J Joska (Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, UCT)
Prof IA Joubert (Department of Anaesthesia, UCT)
Dr SZ Kalula (Division of Geriatric Medicine, UCT)
Dr R Krause (School of Public Health and Family Medicine, UCT)
Dr EB Lee Pan (Division of Neurology, UCT)
Prof RJ Lehloenya (Division of Dermatology, UCT)
Prof G Maartens (Division of Clinical Pharmacology, UCT)
Dr N Madikizela (Division of Clinical Pharmacology, UCT)
Prof AD Marais (Division of Lipidology, UCT)
Prof S Moosa (Department of Radiation Medicine, UCT)
Dr R Mpofu (Division of Pharmacology, UCT)
Prof N Myburgh (Community Dentistry, UWC)
Dr S Nightingale (Division of Neurology, UCT)
Dr R Ori (Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, UCT)
Dr A Osman (Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, UCT)
Dr M Patel (Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, UCT)
Dr S Patel (Division of Geriatric Medicine, UCT)
Prof J Peter (Allergology and Clinical Immunology, UCT)
Dr S Pillay ((Division of Neonatology, UCT)
Prof P Raubenheimer (Division of General Medicine, UCT)
Dr A Reed (Department of Anaesthesia, UCT)
Prof H Reuter (Department of Medicine, University of Stellenbosch)
Prof I Ross (Division of Endocrinology/Diabetology, UCT)
Prof HS Schaaf (Desmond Tutu TB Centre, University of Stellenbosch)
Prof M Senekal (Division of Physiological Sciences, UCT)
Dr P Sinxadi (nces, UCT)
Dr P Sinxadi (Division of Clinical Pharmacology, UCT)
Prof MW Sonderup (Division of Hepatology, UCT)
Prof CWN Spearman (Division of Hepatology, UCT)
Mrs A Swart (Medicines Information Centre, UCT)
Dr G Tatz (Division of Clinical Pharmacology, UCT)
Dr H Temmingh (Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, UCT)
Dr W Toet (Division of Endocrinology/Diabetology, UCT)
Dr L Tooke (Division of Neonatology, UCT)
Mr E Tommy (Medicines Information Centre, UCT)
Mrs A Uys (Medicines Information Centre, UCT)
Dr T Van Der Lecq (Division of Ophthalmology, UCT)
Prof R Van Zyl-Smit (Division of Pulmonology/Lung Institute, UCT)
Prof E Verburgh (Division of Haematology, UCT)
Dr C Warden (Division of General Surgery, UCT)
Dr S Wasserman (Department of Medicine, UCT)
Dr G Watermeyer (Division of Gastroenterology, UCT)
Dr N Wearne ((Division of Nephrology, UCT)
Dr Wentzel Dowling (Division of Medical Microbiology, UCT)
Dr J Wetter (Division of Radiation Oncology, UCT)
Dr A Wilson (Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, UCT)
Dr D Wilson (Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, UCT)
Previous editors and co-editors
First edition:
EA Conradie, JL Straughan
Second edition:
MJ Holderness, JL Straughan
Third edition:
CJ Gibbon, CR Swanepoel
Fourth edition:
CJ Gibbon, CR Swanepoel
Fifth edition:
CJ Gibbon, KI Barnes, M Blockman, PI Folb, H McIlleron, C Orrell, AH Robins
Sixth edition:
CJ Gibbon, KI Barnes, M Blockman, K Cohen, PI Folb, H McIlleron, R Onia, C Orrell, AH Robins, CR Swanepoel
Seventh edition:
CJ Gibbon, M Blockman, J Arens, KI Barnes, K Cohen, T Kredo, G Maartens, H McIlleron, R Onia, C Orrell, AH Robins, JL Straughan
Eighth edition:
CJ Gibbon, M Blockman, KI Barnes, K Cohen, R Gounden, T Kredo, G Maartens, H McIlleron, C Orrell, AH Robins, P Sinxadi, J-S van der Walt
Ninth edition:
DP Rossiter, M Blockman, KI Barnes, K Cohen, E Decloedt, R Gounden, T Kredo, G Maartens, H McIlleron, C Orrell, P Sinxadi, J-S van der Walt
Tenth edition:
DP Rossiter, M Blockman, KI Barnes, K Cohen, E Decloedt, R de Waal, T Kredo, G Maartens, H McIlleron, P Sinxadi
Eleventh edition:
DP Rossiter, M Blockman, KI Barnes, MF Chughlay, K Cohen, E Decloedt, R de Waal, R Gounden, M Irhuma, G Maartens, H McIlleron, M Pandie, P Sinxadi
Twelfth edition:
DP Rossiter, M Blockman, KI Barnes, MF Chuglay, K Cohen, E Decloedt, R de Waal, I Ebrahim, M Irhuma, G Maartens, H McIlleron, P Sinxadi
Thirteenth edition:
DP Rossiter, M Blockman, KI Barnes, MF Chuglay, K Cohen, E Decloedt, R de Waal, I Ebrahim, G Maartens, H McIlleron, P Sinxadi
Fourteenth edition:
DP Rossiter, M Blockman, KI Barnes, MF Chuglay, K Cohen, R Court, E Decloedt, R de Waal, R Mpofu, I Ebrahim, G Maartens, H McIlleron, P Sinxadi
