Drug References Flashcards
List places to find General Medical Information
Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
www.cdc.gov
Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
www.cancer.gov
Washington Manual of Medical Therapeutics
List places to find Consumer Medical and Drug Information
Centers for Dx Control and Prevention (CDC): Dx and Conditions
www.cdc.gov/diseasescondition
Food and Drug Administration: Consumer page
www.fda.gov/ForConsumers
National Institutes of Health: MedlinePlus
www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus
List places to find Information on Medication Safety
Food and Drug Administration: Drug Safety Communications
www.fda.gov/Drugs/DrugSafety
Food and Drug Administration: Medication Guides
www.fda.gov/Drugs/DrugSafety/ucm085729.htm
Food and Drug Administration: MedWatch
www.fda.gov/Safety/MedWatch
Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP)
www.ismp.org
List places for Reporting Adverse Drug Reactions
FDA’s MedWatch Program (AERS, for drugs/devices)
www.fda.gov/medwatch or 1-800-FDA-1088 (1-800-332-1088)
Vaccines: FDA’s VAERS
List places for Reporting Medical Errors
In Hospital
P&T committee, staff meetings, medication safety committee
In any setting
ISMP’s Medication Errors Reporting Program (MERP)
FDA’s MedWatch
MedMARx program
List places to find Drug Interactions
Drug Interaction Facts
Hansten and Horn’s Drug Interactions Analysis and Mgt
Micromedex
LexiComp Online Database
List places to find IV Stability/Compatibily
AHFS Drug Information
King’s Guide
Micromedex
Package Inserts
Trissels’s Handbook on Injectable Drugs
List places to find Compounding and Manufacturing information
Allen’s Compounded Formulations
Handbook on Extemporaneous Formulations
International Journal of Pharmaceutical Compounding
Pediatric Drug Formulations
Remington: The Science and Practice of Pharmacy
Trissel’s stability of Compounded Formulations
US Pharmacopoeia National Formulary (USP-NF)
List places to find information about Drug Identification
Facts and Comparisons
Ident-A-Drug
Micromedex: IDENTIDEX
Mosby’s Drug Handbook
Physician’s Desk Reference (PDR)
National Library of Medicine (NLM): PillBox
pillbox.nlm.nih.gov
United States Pharmacopoeia Drug Information (USPDI)
List places to find information about Foreign Drug Identification
Diccionario de Especialiades Farmaceuticas (printed in Spanish)
European Drug Index
International Drug Directory (Index Nominum)
Martindales
Micromedex
USP Dictionary of USAN and International Drug Names
List places to find information about Natural Pdt/Alternative Medicine
Micromedex
Natural Medicines Comprehensive Database
Natural Standard
PDR for Herbal Medicines
The Complete German Commission E Monograph (quite outdated, no updates since 1994)
US Pharmacopoeia
List places to find information about Travel Medicine
Centers for Dx Control and Prevention (CDC): Travelers’ Health
www.cdc.gov/travel
International Association for Medical Assistance to Travelers (IAMAT)
www.iamat.org
Travel Medicine Advisor at http://www.travelmedicineadviaor.com/
List places to find information about Pregnancy and Lactation
Breastfeeding: A Guide for the Medical Profession
Briggs’ Drugs in Preg and Lactation
Centers for Dx Control and Prevention (CDC): Medications and Preg
www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/pregnancy_gateway/meds/index.html
Medications and Mothers’ Milk (Hales) at http://www.medsmilk.com/
Micromedex
National Library of Medicine (NLM): LactMed
toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/sis/htmlgen?LACT
List places to find information about Women’s Health
Centers for Dx Control and Prevention (CDC): Women’s Health
www.cdc.gov/women
Dept of Health and Human Services: Womenshealth.gov
www.womenshealth.gov
Food and Drug Administration: For Women
www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/ByAudience/ForWomen
National Health of Medicine (NLM): Women’s health
www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/womenshealth.html
World Health Organization (WHO): Women’s health
www.who.int/topics/womens_health/en
List places to find information about Geriatrics
Food and Drug Admin: Medicines and You: A Guide for Older Adults
www.fda.gov/Drugs/ResourcesForYou/ucm163959.htm
Geriatric Dosage Handbook (LexiComp)
National Institutes of Health: Senior Health
nihseniorhealth.gov
The Ametican Geriatrics Society (AGS) Guidelines & Recommendation
www.americangeriatrics.org/health_care_professionals/clinical_practice/clinical_guidelines_recommendations
List places to find information about Pediatrics
AHFS Drug Information
Centers for Dx Control & Prevention (CDC): Vaccines & Immunizations
www.cdc.gov/vaccines
Harriet Lane Handbook
Micromedex
Nelson: Textbook of Pediatrics
Neofax
Pediatric Dosage Handbook (LexiComp)
Pediatric Injectable Drugs (ASHP)
List places to find information on Psychiatry
Clinical Handbook of Psychotropic Drugs
DSM-V (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders: Fifth edition)
List places to find information on Pharmcology
Applied Therapeutics: The Clinical Use of Drugs (Koda-Kimble)
Drugs of Choice from the Medical Letter
Goodman and Gilman’s: The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics
Handbook of Nonprescription Drugs (OTC)
Pharmacist’s Letter
Pharmacotherapy: A Pathophysiologic Approach (DiPiro)
Sanford Guide (for ID)
List places to find information on Pharmceutics
Handbook of Pharmaceutical Excipients
Merck Index
Remington: The Science and Practice of Pharmacy
List places to find information on Guidelines
National Guideline Clearinghouse
www guideline.gov
Select Key Guidelines
- National Cholesterol Education Project Adult Tx Panel (NCEP ATP 3), Cholesterol
- Joint National Commission (JNC) 8 and American Heart Association (AHA) Update, HTN
- American Diabetes Assoc (ADA) Clinical Practice Recommendations and America Association of Clinical Endocrinologists/American College of Endocrinology Consensus Statement (AACE), Diabetes
- CHEST guidelines for anti thrombotic therapy
List places to find information on Clinical Trials
National Institutes of Health: ClinicalTrials.gov
www.clinicaltrials.gov
List places to find information on Professional Organizations
American Academy of Pediatrics
www.aap.org
American Cancer Society
www.cancer.org
American Diabetes Association (ADA)
www.diabetes.org
American Heart Association (AHA)
www.heart.org/HEARTORG
American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)
www.asco.org
Infectious Dx Society of America (IDSA)- http://www.idsociety.org/
National Library of Medicine (NLM): Organizations
www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/organizations/all_organizations.html
List places to find information on Pharmacy Organizations
Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP)
www.amcp.org
American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP)
www.accp.com
American Pharmacists Association (APhA)
www.pharmacist.com
American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP)
www.ashp.org
Where do you go for Literature Search?
Excerpta Medica (EMBASE)
International Pharmaceutical Abstracts (IPA)
National Library of Medicine (NLM): PubMed
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed
Miscellaneous Resources
National Library of Medicine (NLM): Gallery of Mobile Apps and Sites
www.nlm.nih.gov/mobile
List places to find information about Legislative and Business Developments
The Pink Sheet
Pharmacist’s Letter
FDA Website
What’s INN?
International Nonproprietary Names for Pharmaceutical Substances
What’s NDC?
National Drug Code (NDC) is the universal pdt identifier for human drugs
List places to find General Drug Information
American Hospital Formulary Service (AHFS) Drug Information
Drug Information Handbook (LexiComp)
Drug Topics: Red Book (includes ave wholesale price (AWP) and suggested retail price. Useful to determine pdt presentations (eg dosage form, strength and package size) and availability
Facts and Comparisons
Food and Drug Admin: Drugs Home Page (www.fad.gov/Drugs)
Food and Drug Admin: Drugs@FDA
(www.accessdata.fad.gov/scripts/cider/drugsatfda
Micromedex
National Library of Medicine (NLM): Dailymed
dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed
National Library of Medicine (NLM): Drug Information Portal
druginfo.nlm.nih.gov/drugportal
Physician’s Desk Reference (PDR)
(Collecting of pdt package inserts)
