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Drug Database

General drugs data

• RxList (Prescribing information similar to PDR)

• RxList Tablet/Capsule Imprint codes Search by tablet imprint codes

• SCHOLZ Healthcare (DITonline) (Prescribing information for most drugs approved in  the USA; direct links to drug company sites; very up-to-date.)

• Onhealth (includes OTC meds -  less technical, more patient oriented - powered by Multum Information Services.)

• NURSE'S DRUG LIST - Nurses PDR Reference Center, Delmar Publishers For more information see Nurse's Handbook or Nurses PDR Reference Center

• DRUG DATABASE - MedicineNet, Inc. "...drug class and actions, proper use, precautions, drug interactions and side effects" For more information see the MedicineNet

• Rx Med (contains monographs of most drugs you can search by drug name.)

• Druginfonet Database (official package inserts -searchable drug database by Generic Name, trade name manufacturer, or therapeutic class.)

• Infodrug.com (One of the best sources for monographs - photos of medicine often included - very up-to date and easy to use.)

• Medline Plus ( provided by the United States Pharmacopeia (USP);)

• Physician Desk Reference Medical Economics, the publisher of PDR gives free online access of the PDR to doctors and PA's but  patients, pharmacists and other health professionals must pay $99.00 per year.
  Use the RxList Database or SCHOLZ Healthcare (DITonline) Database these databases are 100% free and contain the same exact data as the PDR.

• American Hospital Formulary Service Drug Information/National Drug Data File via - CBS HealthWatch

• Drug Information - Drug InfoNet

• Drug Information Database - StayHealthy.com

• Pharminfonet  Database (search by Generic name or trade name.)

• RxList Tablet/Capsule Imprint codes (search by tablet imprint codes - very useful)

• DRUG DATABASE WITH PRICES - Doc Morris, The Netherlands

• DRUG DATABASE WITH PRICES - Walgreen Co. For more information see Walgreens Health Library or Walgreens

• DRUG DATABASE WITH PRICES - Drugstore.Com, Redmond, Washington

• DRUG DATABASE - Facts and Comparisons, a division of Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc. For more information see Drug Facts

• NATIONAL DRUG CODE DIRECTORY - Center for Drug Evaluation & Research (CDER), FDA Multimedia Database (Text & Images). "The NDC serves as a universal product identifier for human drugs. The National Drug Code Query (NDCQ) content is limited to prescription drugs and a few selected OTC products..." For more information see the Drug Information; Center for Drug Evaluation & Research (CDER) or the FDA

• U.S. PHARMACOPEIA (USP) DRUG INFORMATION - National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health (NIH) & the United States Pharmacopeia (USP), Micromedex, Inc. "more than 9,000 prescription and over-the-counter medications..." For more information see MEDLINEplus; National Library of Medicine NIH Health Information or NIH

• U.S. PHARMACOPEIA (USP) INFORMATION DRUG DATABASE - WebMD, Inc. "...You'll find what you need and more in the U.S. Pharmacopeia Drug Information Database." For more information see Medical Library or WebMD

• U.S. PHARMACOPEIA (USP) DRUG DATABASE - Content: The United States Pharmacopeial Convention, Inc., and hosted by the Mayo Clinic, Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research "A guide to more than 8,000 prescription and over-the-counter medications." For more information see the Mayo Clinic

• U.S. PHARMACOPEIA (USP) DRUG DATABASE - Content: The United States Pharmacopeial Convention, Inc., and hosted by Inteli-Health, Inc. - Home to Johns Hopkins Health Information, Johns Hopkins University For more information see Welcome to InteliHealth

• DRUG DATABASE - Familydoctor.org, American Academy of Family Physicans For more information see Drug Information on Familydoctor.com; Familydoctor.org or the American Academy of Family Physicans

• DRUG DATABASE & PILL IDENTIFIER - Drugs.com

• DRUG DATABASE - Medical Strategies, Inc. "Find information about more than 10,000 prescription and over-the-counter medications." For more information see HealthTouch Online

• DRUG DATABASE - Yahoo! Inc. & Medical Economics Company, Inc. For more information see Yahoo Health

• DRUG DATABASE (FULL-TEXT MONOGRAPHS) (PDF) - Drug Information Technologies, Inc. For more information see Scholz Healthcare

• RXLIST LIST (MONOGRAPHS, IMPRINT CODE IDENTIFICATION ETC.) - N. Sandow, RxList "Search for drug names, keywords, imprint codes, and medical terminology from a single page..." For more information see RxList: The Internet Drug Index

• MEDICATION INFORMATION INDEX - Department of Pharmacology, The Cheshire Medical Center, UK "It is the intention of the Cheshire Medical Center to make information available concerning the appropriate use of medications as a service to our on-line visitors." For more information see the Cheshire Medical Center

• PHARMA NORD RESEARCH MANUAL - Pharma Nord, Denmark "The Pharma Nord Research Manual is a work of reference that has evolved out of our efforts to chart the scientific developments, and the body of scientific literature, connected with the relatively new scientific field of preventive medicine and nutrition." For more information see Pharma Nord

• OVER-THE-COUNTER DRUG PAGE (PDF) - U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) "This area has information for consumers and industry about non-prescription drugs." For more information see The CDER Handbook; Drug Databases or the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

• INFOMED DRUG GUIDE - Infomed-Verlags AG, Switzerland Multimedia Tutorial (Text & Images). Available in German. "The Infomed Drug Guide provides information on 100 drugs..." For more information see Infomed Online Homepage

• PRESCRIPTION DRUG CALCULATOR: COMPARE DRUG PRICES IN THE U.S., CANADA & MEXICO - Congressman B. Sanders (Independent - Vermont), U.S. Congress For more information see Drug Costs; Prescription Drug Pricing Reform or Congressman Bernard Sanders Home Page

• The Top 200 Prescriptions for 2000 by Number of US Prescriptions Dispensed

Disease related

• AIDS/HIV Drug Database (from aidsinfoNYC.org The best one on the internet.)

• HIV Insite Anti-HIV Drug Database (searchable index of HIV medications.)

• Prescription Drugs for Lung Diseases (searchable drug database from the Canadian Lung Association.)

• Handbook of Parenteral Drug administration  (injectable drugs; a MUST for hospital practice.)

• CRITICAL CARE DRUG MANUAL INDEX - Richard Ivey, Critical Care/Trauma Centre, Critical Care at the University of Western Ontario Multimedia (Text & Images). For more information see the CCTC Protocols & Procedures; Richard Ivey Critical Care/Trauma Centre or Critical Care at the University of Western Ontario

Country related

• DRUGS IN EGYPT: SEARCH - Egyptian Drug Information Center, Drug Policy and Planning (DPPC), Ministry of Health, Egypt CURRENTLY AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH ONLY - WORKING ON ARABIC. "You have the choice either to search by tradename or by generic or by pharmaceutical firm." For more information see Drugs in Egypt Home Page or Egypt's HealtnNet
                                                          Drug Databases in French/Français

• BASE DE DONNÉES SUR LES PRODUITS PHARMACEUTIQUES (BDPP) - Santé Canada, Canada Multimedia Database (Text & Images). "...L'information sur le produit contient au minimum les renseignements suivants: nom de marque, nom de l'entreprise, ingrédients, voie d'administration, forme, classification thérapeutique..." For more information see Base de données sur les produits pharmaceutiques; Direction des produits thérapeutiques: Web-DPT or Santé Canada

• PHARMACEUTIQUES FRANÇAISES - Banque de Données Automatisée sur les Médicaments (BIAM), & Ecole des Mines de Paris, France "In French/Français." For more information see BIAM
  BIAM  (French Database (in French, login required))

                                 Some Examples of Drug Databases include

• Liste des Spécialités (Choisissez la première lettre)/Drugs by name

• Niveaux d'Interaction des Substances/Drug Interactions

• Liste des Pays d'Origine des Spécialités Etrangères/Alphabetical index of Durgs by Country

• DRUG PRODUCT DATABASE - Health Canada Multimedia Database (Text & Images). "...provides product and company information for drug products marketed in Canada. Product information includes, but is not limited to: Brand Name, Company Name, Ingredients, Route of Administration, Pharmaceutical Form, Therapeutic Classification (AHFS and ATC) and packaging information..." For more information see Drug Product Database Home Page; Therapeutic Products Directorate: TPD-Web or Health Canada

• Australian Prescription Products Guide   (sign in required)

• Electronic Medicines Compendium (United Kingdom (registration required) - information about 2,500 medicines available in the UK.

• Canadian Drug Database

• Drug Base (South Africa)

• SAEPI (South Africa - very comprehensive; similar to PDR.)

 Antibiotics

ANTIBIOTIC GUIDE - Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Control, The Johns Hopkins University "This site is designed for primary care providers and other non-infectious disease specialists as a tool that can be used at the point of care to assist in prescribing antibiotics..." For more information see Division of Infectious Diseases; Johns Hopkins Medicine or the Johns Hopkins University

ANTIBIOTICS - S. Oliver & D. Roditi, Groote Schuur Hospital, University of Cape Town, South Africa Multimedia (Text & Images). For more information see Medical Microbiology Department, University of Cape Town and Groote Schuur Hospital or the University of Cape Town
 

Antimicrobial
ANTIMICROBIAL USE GUIDELINES - Web version by D. Gaston and S. Thomas, University of Wisconsin Hospital, University of Wisconsin, Madison Multimedia (Text & Images). "This is an electronic version of the Antimicrobial Use Guidelines published by the Department of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics." Search: Alphabetically by Drug; by Organism; by Empiric Therapy by Site; or by Antimicrobial Treatment of HIV Infected Patient. For more information see Clinical Sciences & Resources

           Antimicrobial Search Guidelines include

           Generic Drugs

• Canadian Drug Manufacturers Association What are Generic Drugs?

• CBS Evening News Fighting Generic Drugs

• Detroit News, Friday, April 26, 2002 Providers push generic drugs to trim costs

• FDA/Center for Drug Evaluation and Research Office of Generic Drugs

• Federal Trade Commission Generic Drugs: Saving Money at the Pharmacy

• HealthPages, the Voice of the Health Care Consumer Generic Drugs: What's in a Name?

• Merck Manual of Medical Information--Home Edition - Generic Drugs

• Michigan Attorney General Consumer Alert Are You Paying Too Much for Your Prescription Drugs?

• The stalling game - Sweetheart Deals and Patent Extensions Keep Lower-Cost Generic Drugs from Consumers Consumer Reports

• Texas State Board of Pharmacy Generic Drugs