Drug References Flashcards
American Hospital Formulary Service (AHFS)
Comprehensive monographs with links to supporting evidence and references
Trissel’s
IV drug compatibility and stability; Stability of compounded formulation
Clinical Pharmacology, Facts and Comparison, Lexicomp, Micronedex, Epocrates
tertiary resources
NDA
New Drug Application
CDER
Center for drug evaluation and research. - NDA approval is managed through FDA’s CDER
ASHP’s Drug-Induced Diseases
Prevention, Detection, and Management of ADE
FDAble
FDA searchable database of adverse reaction is caused by medicines, devices or vaccines; includes events reported to: Medwatch, VAERS, MAUDE
MedWatch
The FDA safety information and adverse events reporting system (FAERS)
VAERS
Vaccine adverse event reporting system
MAUDE
Manufacture and user facility device experience.
Allen’s
The art, science, and technology of pharmaceutical compounding
Merck Index
An encyclopedia of chemicals, drugs, and biologicals
Remington
The science of practice of pharmacy
USP 795
Non-sterile preparation
USP 797
Sterile preparation
USP 800
Hazardous drugs- handling in healthcare setting
USP-NF
Monographs for drug substances, dosage forms, compounded preparation and excipients
pillbox (NLM)
Drug identification
Ident-A-Drug
drug identification
Hansten and Horn’s
Drug interactions
Red Book (Micromedex)
Drug pricing
References for current drug shortages
ASHP, FDA, CDC (for vaccines), AHFS Clinical Drug information (CDI)
FDA’s Orange book
drug therapeutic equivalence
FDA Purple book
biological products with reference product exclusivity and biosimilarity or interchangeability
