Chapter 5 - Drug References

Question 1

The Harriet Lane Handbook

Answer 1

A pediatric resource such as The Harriet Lane Handbook includes pediatric dosing

Question 2

PACKAGE INSERT LOCATIONS

Answer 2

• DailyMed (NLM)
• Drugs@FDA

Question 3

ADVERSE REACTIONS

Answer 3

• ASHP’s Drug-Induced Diseases: Prevention, Detection, and Management
• FDAble: FDA searchable database of adverse reactions caused by medicines, vaccines, devices, tobacco products, dietary supplements
  ■ MedWatch: FDA’s Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS)
  ■ Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS)
  ■ Manufacturer and User Facility Device Experience (MAUDE)
  ■ Safety Reporting Portal
• Meyler’s Side Effects of Drugs

Question 4

COMPOUNDING AND PHARMACEUTICS

Answer 4

• Allen’s The Art, Science, and Technology of Pharmaceutical Compounding
• ASHP Guidelines on Compounding Sterile Preparations
• Handbook of Pharmaceutical Excipients
• Safety Data Sheets (SDS},previously called Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS}
• Merck Index: An Encyclopedia of Chemicals, Drugs, and
• Biologicals Remington: The Science and Practice of Pharmacy
• Trissel’s Stability of Compounded Formulations
• USP Compounding Compendium:
  ■ USP 795: Non-Sterile Preparations
  ■ USP 797: Sterile Preparations
  ■ USP 800: Hazardous Drugs - Handling in Healthcare Settings
  ■ USP-NF: monographs for drug substances, dosage forms, compounded preparations and excipients
• ASHP’s Extemporaneous Formulations for Pediatric, Geriatric, and Special Needs Patients
• Pediatric Drug Formulations
• International Journal of Pharmaceutical Compounding

Question 5

DRUG INTERACTIONS

Answer 5

Hansten and Horn’s Drug Interactions Analysis and Management

Question 6

DRUG PRICING

Answer 6

Red Book (Micromedex)

Question 7

DRUG SHORTAGES

Answer 7

ASHP Current Drug Shortages
FDA Drug Shortages

Question 8

DRUG SUBSTITUTION

Answer 8

• FDA’s Orange Book: Approved Drug Products with Therapeutic Equivalence Evaluations
• FDA’s Purple Book: Lists of Licensed Biological Products with Reference Product Exclusivity and Biosimilarity or Interchangeability Evaluations

Question 9

GERIATRICS

Answer 9

• American Geriatrics Society (AGS) Beers Criteria for Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use in Older Adult

Question 10

IMMUNIZATIONS (ADULT AND PEDIATRIC)

Answer 10

CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)
■ Updates published in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)

• CDC Pink Book: Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases
• Immunization Action Coalition

Question 11

INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Answer 11

• Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) Practice Guidelines
• Sanford Guide to Antimicrobial Therapy

Question 12

Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)

Answer 12

HIVlnfo.NIH.govf

Question 13

Travel Medicine

Answer 13

World Health Organization (WHO)
CDC
■ Yellow Book: Health Information for International Travel
■ Travelers’ Health: resources for travelers and healthcare professionals