Alternative Therapy Web
Sites
The American Society of
Pharmacognosy
Its scope includes the study of the physical, chemical,
biochemical and biological properties of drugs, drug substances, or
potential drugs or drug substances of natural origin as well as the
search for new drugs from natural sources. Research problems in
pharmacognosy include studies in the areas of phytochemistry, microbial
chemistry, biosynthesis, biotransformation, chemotaxonomy, and other
biological and chemical sciences.
National Center For Complementary &
Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)
Quackwatch
Continuing Education
(C.E.)
CME-CE.com
Medscape CME [some
free C.E.]
The Pharmacist's
Letter
This product is a great subscription for pharmacists and
others wanting to stay current on drug news and issues patients
currently are bringing up to the pharmacy counter. There is the offer of
C.E. in a Letter and Site offers sign up for monthly email of table of
contents. Lastly, Pharmacist's Letter offers a free PDA download with
your subscription. Site offers sign up for monthly email of table of
contents.
PowerPak C. E.
This site offers free continuing education articles for
nurses and pharmacists. Caution, C.E. articles are often funded by a
drug company, so some bias may be present.
US Pharmacist (some free
C.E., register for site access.)
Drug Interactions and Adverse Effects
AIDSinfo
National Institutes of Health site that includes HIV drugs
and vaccine information.
Drug Digest--
Check Interactions
HIV InSite
Are you look for interactions among HIV drugs and interactions of some HIV
drugs with non-HIV drugs? Then consider HIV InSite from University of
California. "On the home, page click 'Medical'. Then click 'Drug Interactions
Database' in the column on the left. Then you get three choices. You can pick an
FDA-approved antiretroviral and see all the interactions with it that are in the database.
Or you can pick any drug in the database and get all of its interactions with the
antiretrovirals. Or you can pick any of about 20 drug classes and see their interactions with
antiretrovirals."
Medscape Multi-Drug Interaction
Checker
You must sign in or login for free to use this web site.
Medical Letter Adverse Drug Reaction Program
This quick drug-drug interaction checker is based on The Medical
Letter's Handbook of Adverse Drug Interactions. (There is also a PDA version of this software.) Many drugs can be located by brand or generic
name and added to a user's list of drugs for interaction look up. Interactions on up to 12 drugs
can be found at one time. Some herbal products and/or dietary supplements such as ginseng are
included in the program's index of searchable drugs, but many others such as saw palmetto are absent
from the program index and therefore users can not locate drug interactions for those substances.
Lastly, if you like the Medical Letter's Adverse Drug Interaction Checker, consider reviewing
other Medical Letter products under
Drug Therapy on UMDNJ's Electronic Books page.
Med Lexicon Drug Search
Medwatch The FDA Safety Information and Adverse Event Reporting Program
Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy
Drugs & Patient Assistance
Benefits Check Up
A National Council of Aging site that helps those over 55
locate available federal, state, some public and private drug assistance
sources.
Centers for Medicaid and Medicare
Services
Consumer Reports Best Buy
Drugs
Producers of the site highlight helping both consumers and
prescribers to realize "evidence-based" or proven alternatives to common
drug prescriptions.
Needy Meds
Use this site to find the right patient assistance programs
that can cover full price of a drug for eligible patients.
Pharmaceutical Research and
Manufacturers of America (PhRMA)
Visit the patient assistance directory on this
site.
Pharmacy Checker
Pillbot
Rxamine
Informatics
Drug Bank
Bioinformatics and cheminformatics resource from Canada that includes chemical, pharmaceutical and pharmacology drug and target information.
Monographs
Drugs.com
Johns Hopkins Antibiotic
Guide
PDRhealth
This site is great for health and allied health
professionals not provided free access to PDR.net.
PDR.net
PDA and online version accessible--free register for online
version if you are a doctor, nurse practitioner, medical student,
physician's assistant.
Prescribing
Reference
RxList
This easy to use site possessing a fairly clean interface
includes drug monographs, patient education, and top 200 prescribed
drugs. The search engine employs "fuzzy logic" to find sound alike terms
- useful for hard to spell drug names. Some outdated references, as drug
knowledge landscape has potential to change daily.
News
Biospace
Biospace, like First Word allows you to subscribe to a free
daily email alert. Key site features include the Biospace portal with
links to news feed for researchers in the life sciences, as well as
researchers in other health related fields. Pharmaceutical industry and
drug news are also included in this gem making it a must have for any
researcher looking for competitive intelligence information on the
web.
Doctor's
Guide-Global Edition
This guide includes the section "Recently Approved
Drugs/Indications."
DrugLinx--Pharmaceutical
News Daily
This site is also accessible via a link from the larger
MDLinx portal.
Drug Topics
First Word-Light Edition
Sign up for free daily Auto-Alerts of the Light Edition via email. (Other editions--First WordPLUS and First Word
ExecutivePLUS are for a fee.) Light offers headlines on the top three most mentioned companies and/or drug products
of the day. This can include information on the
latest drug regimens for a specific condition, as well as drug industry
news such as mergers and pharmaceutical company losses.
The Medical Letter
Pharmacy Times
Yahoo! News
Click on Health > Medication & Drugs (usually found
in the menu located on the left side of the page).
Portals
AIDSinfo
National Institutes of Health site that includes HIV drugs
and vaccine information.
Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality (AHRQ)
The site includes prescription and wellness brochures for
consumer include aspirin therapy, smoking cessation.
The Body: The
Complete HIV/AIDS Resource--Medical Dictionaries and Databases
This is an information source for AIDS/HIV patients,
families, and caregivers. A comprehensive compilation of HIV drug
information, including news, interactions, dictionaries, and links to
general medical databases is provided.
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
Travel information, vaccines and immunization links are
among the drug information links available.
DrugInfoNet.com
The site provides official & patient package insert
information on pharmaceuticals--by brand name, generic name,
manufacturer and therapeutic class.
Drug
Information Pathfinder
Links to many federal drug sites such as Center for Drug
Evaluation and Research (CDER), National Institutes of Health (NIH), and
U. S. FDA's web site for reporting adverse drug events, as well as other
non-government drug info. sites.
Halls.MD
For an advanced BSA or Body Surface Area calculator visit this related
link: http://www.halls.md/body-surface-area/bsa.htm
Immunofacts.com
From makers of Facts & Comparisons comes this gateway to
current vaccine recommendations from U.S. and Canada, vaccine trials,
and more vaccine-related news.
Institute for Safe Medication
Practices
Martindale's
Calculators On-Line Center
The Center includes multi-disciplinary calculators useful
to pharmacists such as links to a Total Parenteral Nutrition Calculator
from Washington University School of Medicine.
Martindale's
Pharmacy, Pharmacology, Toxicology Center
MedNets--Pharmacology
Databases
The site includes many relevant links though actual portal
not updated since 5/31/02.
Medscape DrugInfo
This database is a joint effort of First DataBank, the
American Society of Health-System Pharmacists and Medscape. It combines
information from the National Drug Data File with information from the
American Hospital Formulary Service Drug Information. Search for
information using specific drug name or disease. Also visit Medscape for
Pharmacists Resource page for more drug links.
NLM Drug Information Portal
Drug resources from the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM), National Institutes of Health and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services cover a variety of drug topics such as medications and breastfeeding, chemical structures and toxicology.
Pharmweb.net
This is a British-based site geared towards the
pharmaceutical professional that contains current information on
upcoming conferences and meetings, links to related websites, and
discussion forums.
Prescribing
Reference
Register for free access to a Web version of this product
also available via print subscription. A free print offer for
physicians, physician assistants and nurse practitioners exists.
Producers of the product choose to include the top 3,000 most prescribed
drugs according to IMS (an independent research company) market
research. Noteworthy sections include a place to search for drug
manufactures' contact information, as well as the company's
corresponding Medical Affairs phone number. There is also a "New
Products" section, "Charts" on such topics as common antibiotics for the
pediatric population (including antibiotic dosage and flavor), and some
"Guidelines" with reference links back to HSTAT (NLM's Health
Services/Technology Assessment Database) and AHCPR (Agency for Health
Care Research and Quality).
USP Pharmacopeia
This portal includes sections on drug information and
dietary supplements. There are links to other federal sites as
well.
Vaccine Adverse Event
Reporting System (VAERS)
The World Wide Web Virtual Library:
Pharmacy
Select Specialty Drug Information Sites
RxNorm
RxNorm is a National Library of Medicine (NLM ) endeavor on unifying clinical drug names "(active ingredient +
strength + dose form)." Brand and generic drug names are included as well as relational information such as NDCs (National Drug Codes) and related brand names. For those involved in bioinformatics this site is worth a look, as it seeks to integrate drug
vocabularies across pharmacy software.
WISER
This is the National Library of Medicine's site on Wireless Information System for Emergency Responders (WISER).
Select any from over 350 listed hazardous substances and obtain information on compound verification, medical
management of symptoms and more. Also, the site facilitates identification of unknown hazardous substances via a series of options to
narrow down the possible offender. Download WISER for free for use on the Windows platform, Palm OS or Pocket PC.
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