drug lit tertiary resources

Question 1

ADVERSE REACTIONS

Answer 1

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)

Question 2

COMPOUNDING AND PHARMACEUTICS

Answer 2

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

Question 3

DRUG INTERACTIONS

Answer 3

Hansten and Horn’s Drug Interactions Analysis and Management

Question 4

DRUG PRICING

Answer 4

Red Book (Micromedex)

Question 5

DRUG SHORTAGES

Answer 5

ASHP Current Drug Shortages

FDA Drug Shortages

Question 6

DRUG SUBSTITUTION

Answer 6

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 7

GERIATRICS

Answer 7

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

Question 8

IMMUNIZATIONS (ADULT AND PEDIATRIC)

Answer 8

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 9

INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Answer 9

Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) Practice Guidelines

Sanford Guide to Antimicrobial Therapy

Question 10

Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)

Answer 10

HIVlnfo.NIH.gov from the US Dept. of Health and Human Services

Question 11

Travel Medicine

Answer 11

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)

Question 12

INTERNATIONAL DRUG INFORMATION

Answer 12

Index Nominum: International Drug Directory

Martindale: The Complete Drug Reference

USP Dictionary of United States Adopted Names (USAN) and International Drug Names

Question 13

INVESTIGATIONAL DRUGS

Answer 13

Clinicaltrials.gov (NIH)

Question 14

IV DRUG COMPATIBILITY AND STABILITY

Answer 14

ASHP’s Handbook on Injectable Drugs

King Guide to Parenteral Admixtures

Trissel’s 2 Clinical Pharmaceutics Database

Question 15

MEDICATION SAFETY

Answer 15

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

Question 16

NATURAL PRODUCTS/ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE

Answer 16

Natural Medicines Database (Therapeutic Research Center)

Question 17

OVERDOSES, POISONING AND TOXICOLOGY

Answer 17

Lexi-Tox (Lexicomp)

Micromedex Toxicology Management (previously POISINDEX)

TOXLINE in PubMed

Question 18

PEDIATRICS

Answer 18

NeoFax and Pediatrics (Micromedex)

Pediatric & Neonatal Dosage Handbook (Lexicomp)

Red Book: Report of the Committee on Infectious Diseases (AAP)

The Harriet Lane Handbook

American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)

Question 19

PHARMACOLOGY

Answer 19

Goodman and Gilman’s The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics

Question 20

PREGNANCY AND LACTATION

Answer 20

Briggs’ Drugs in Pregnancy and Lactation

CDC: Medications during
Pregnancy/Breastfeeding

Hale’s Medications and Mothers’ Milk
LactMed (NLM)

Reprotox and Reprorisk (Micromedex)

Question 21

REGULATORY AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

Answer 21

FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER)

Pink Sheet

Question 22

THERAPEUTICS AND DISEASE MANAGEMENT

Answer 22

DiPiro’s Pharmacotherapy: A Pathophysiologic Approach

Handbook of Nonprescription Drugs: An Interactive Approach to Self-Care (OTC)

Koda-Kimble’s Applied Therapeutics: The Clinical Use of Drugs

The Merck Manual

UpToDate

Medscape

DynaMed

Question 23

VETERINARY

Answer 23

Plumb’s Veterinary Drug Handbook

Question 24

Others

Answer 24

Pharmacist’s Letter (monthly newsletter)