subheadings, so that all the drugs of similar action were to be found together.The antidepressives are a case in point.Instead of all antidepressives being listed alphabetically, as in MIMS, Medindex classified them into monoamine oxidase inhibitors, thymoleptics, and others.Other useful sections were the paragraphs of indications and safety factors at the beginning of each section, and the index of official and other approved names.I am sure there must be many general practitioners who regret the passing of Medindex as much as I do.
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P. H. Addison (1968) studied this question.