drug lit tertiary resources Flashcards
ADVERSE REACTIONS
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)
COMPOUNDING AND PHARMACEUTICS
Allen’s The Art, Science, and Technology of Pharmaceutical Compounding
ASHP Guidelines on Compounding Sterile Preparations Handbook of Pharmaceutical Excipients
Safely 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
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
DRUG INTERACTIONS
Hansten and Horn’s Drug Interactions Analysis and Management
DRUG PRICING
Red Book (Micromedex)
DRUG SHORTAGES
ASHP Current Drug Shortages
FDA Drug Shortages
DRUG SUBSTITUTION
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
GERIATRICS
American Geriatrics Society (AGS) Beers Criteria for Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use in Older Adults
IMMUNIZATIONS (ADULT AND PEDIATRIC)
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
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) Practice Guidelines
Sanford Guide to Antimicrobial Therapy
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
HIVlnfo.NIH.gov from the US Dept. of Health and Human Services
Travel Medicine
World Health Organization (WHO)
CDC
- Yellow Book: Health Information for International Travel
- Traveler’s’ Health: resources for travelers and healthcare professionals
International Society of Travel Medicine (ISTM)
INTERNATIONAL DRUG INFORMATION
Index Nominum: International Drug Directory
Martindale: The Complete Drug Reference
USP Dictionary of United States Adopted Names (USAN) and International Drug Names
INVESTIGATIONAL DRUGS
Clinicaltrials.gov (NIH)
IV DRUG COMPATIBILITY AND STABILITY
ASHP’s Handbook on Injectable Drugs
King Guide to Parenteral Admixtures
Trissel’s 2 Clinical Pharmaceutics Database
MEDICATION SAFETY
FDA MedWatch (report adverse events and medication errors)
Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP)
Report medication errors to the ISMP Medication Errors Reporting Program (ISMP MERP)
NIOSH List of Antineoplastic (Chemotherapy) and Other Hazardous Drugs in Healthcare Settings
