Drug Information Resources

Kathy DaviesSummer 2005

Drug/Pharmacy Databases

MICROMEDEX InfoPoems STAT!Ref Drug Information Page Clinical Pharmacology MEDLINEPlus (Consumer level)

Micromedex Drug ID Search Trade/Generic Names Drug Topic Search

Therapeutic Use, Dosage Contraindications & Interactions

Drug Databases Include Martindale’s Drug Guide, USP DI Alternative Medicines, DRUG DEX Drug IV Compatibility

Micromedex: Drug Interaction

Micromedex: Drug IV Compatibility

InfoPoems

Clinical summaries; links to MEDLINE for more information Griffith’s Five Minute Consult Drug Treatment Prognosis

Drugs of Choice Photographic atlas

Info Poems: Drug Data

Drug search: Indications

STAT!Ref

Search single/multiple texts for topics Multidisciplinary coverage Key texts include:

ACP PIER Review of Natural Products Basic and Clinical Pharmacology Davis's Drug Guide for Nurses

STAT!Ref

Sort Results by categories Point of Care Discipline

Suggests similar/related terms to search Links to medical calculators, decision

trees Steadman’s Medical Dictionary

STAT!Ref

Drug Search: Cox Inhibitors

Drug Information Page

Selection of drug resource links http://www.mcg.edu/library/eresources/professdrinfo.html

Orange Book TOXNET FDA Adverse Event Reporting System Drug Imprint Code Search Formulary Information (MCGHI) FDA Drug Approval List

Drug Information Page

* Link on Library Home Page

MCG Formulary(Campus Access Only)

MEDLINEPlus

Consumer health topics Physician/Health Care Directories Tutorials Drug Information for patients Basic medical encyclopedia

Clinical Pharmacology

Galileo, in Academic Search Premier Choose Database option

Includes the following information: OTC products, US prescription drugs Investigational drugs Herbal/nutritional supplements

Clinical Pharmacology

Clinical Pharmacology: Patients

Patient Education materials Spanish/English versions Basic information includes:

Drug usage Possible side effects, When to notify health care provider

Clinical Pharmacology: Patients

Complementary Medicine (CAM)

Herbal/Nutritional Medicine Links IBIDS (International Supplements) CARDS (US diet supplement research) CHID Combined Health Database

Complementary medicine subset Phytotherapies

Alternative practitioners herb data

Complementary Medicine (CAM)

CAM page http://www.mcg.edu/Library/eresources/cam.html

MEDLINE has complementary medicine subset GALILEO

AltHealthWatch: herbal medicine, yoga, etc Clinical Trials

Includes drug information & CAM trials

Complementary Medicine (CAM)

HerbMed Efficacy & Safety Information Preparation & Blends Pharmacology Links to MEDLINE references

PDA Resources

MICROMEDEX Drug Interaction Tool

InfoPoems PDA version Need Memory Card Multiple databases Clinical Pearls

Mobile MICROMEDEX

Must have customer number from website

Resources Include: Drug Interaction Tool Toxicology Information Alternative Medicine

Can choose which sections to download to save memory on device

MICROMEDEX Download

InfoPoems: PDA Views

PDA Resources

PDA Reference Books Requires Acrobat Reader Get password form Library Information

721-3441 Handbook of Psychiatric Drugs Pediatric Drug ReferencePDA Resources pagehttp://www.lib.mcg.edu/resources/pda/index.php