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Drug Information
This site contains an extensive annotated list of quality sites for information on drugs, which are duplicated below.
Information on thousands of prescription and over-the-counter medications is provided through two drug resources -- MedMaster™, a product of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP), and the USP DI® Advice for the Patient®, a product of the United States Pharmacopeia (USP).
Provides descriptions of FDA recently approved prescription drugs, as well as listings of drugs approved in previous years, back to 1995. The drugs are organized by therapeutic area.
Provides easy-to-read reference materials on topics ranging from drugs, vitamins, and herbs to breakthrough medical research and state-of-the-art disease management. Offers a free eBulletin service, which includes the latest news and research on the health conditions. In addition, DrugDigest provides a Drug Interactions database, where you can check interactions between two or more drugs and get detailed information regarding potentially harmful drug interactions.
Provides both information and links to areas on the web concerning healthcare and pharmaceutical-related topics. Includes links to drug information, government sites, healthcare news, health information, and pharmaceutical manufacturer information.
From the U.S. Food and Drug Administration; provides links to drug information sheets, drug approvals, drug shortages, inactive ingredient database, and news information.
Offers summaries of drugs approved by the Food and Drug Administration since 1998. A searchable drug listing includes prescription and over-the-counter medications and discontinued drugs.
Provides information about pharmaceutical manufacturers' special programs to assist people who can't afford to purchase medications they need.
Developed by Jon W. Wahrenberger, M.D., Section of Cardiology, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. Includes information about ways to obtain medications in a safe and cost-effective manner. Intended to be used in conjunction with your doctor's recommendations.
Free drug index, with a search engine which allows for searching by brand name, generic name, and category.
Includes drug standards, drug information, dietary supplements, and veterinary medicine.
Please note the following link in addition to the above from Dartmouth:
This database includes information from the labels of over 2,000 brands of dietary supplements in the marketplace, including vitamins, minerals, herbs or other botanicals, amino acids, and other specialty supplements. It is designed to help both the general public and health care providers find information about ingredients in brand-name products, including name, form, active and inactive ingredients, amount of active ingredient/unit, manufacturer/distributor information, suggested dose, label claims, warnings, percentage of daily value, and further label information."
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