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Don't Know Where to Start Your Drug Information Search?

Table 3-2 in Drug Information: A Guide for Pharmacists (Malone) can be a good start point. It lists resources for specific categories of drug information requests.

 

Drug Monographs

NOTE: Resources designated as COP-Affiliated are only available to faculty, staff, and students currently affiliated with the University of Iowa College of Pharmacy. 

  • American Hospital Formulary Service (AHFS) Drug Information via Lexi-Comp (COP-Affiliated)
    Copy copy is also available at the Reserve section in Hardin Library.
    Call number RS125 .A48
  • Clinical Pharmacology (COP-Affiliated)
  • Facts and Comparisons eAnswers (COP-Affiliated)
    Drug Facts and Comparisons is available at the Reserve section in Hardin Library. Call number RM300 .F28
  • Lexi-Comp (COP-Affiliated)
  • Martindale: The Complete Drug Reference (via Lexi-Comp) (COP-Affiliated)
    This link takes you directly to Martindale in Lexi-Comp. When you are on Lexi-Comp homepage, click the "More Clinical Tools" link on the top right corner and "Indexes".
    Print copies are also available at the Reserve Section in Hardin Library.
  • Martindale: The Complete Drug Reference (via Micromedex)
    Martindale is also included within the drug information in Micromedex. No direct link is available. Print copies are also available at the Reserve Section in Hardin Library. Call number RS141.3 .M4
  • AccessMedicine Drug Index
  • DrugPoints System
    DrugPoints System provides summarized drug information.
  • MD Consult  Icon
    MD Consult drug information is provided by Gold Standard (Clinical Pharmacology). Click "Drugs" link on the top blue banner. The MD Consult drug interface allows you to browse drugs by name of drug, indication, contraindication and adverse reactions.
  • Micromedex  Icon
    Micromedex’s Academic Program subscription is available when one is using a computer physically located in the COP building [PHAR]. More about this program at http://www.micromedex.com/products/academics/
  • Physicians' Desk Reference (PDR) (Via Micromedex)
    PDR is included within the drug information in Micromedex. No direct link is available. Print copies are also available at the Reserve Section in Hardin Library.
  • USP-NF Online
    The USP-NF (United States Pharmacopeia–National Formulary) is a combination of two official compendia, the United States Pharmacopeia (USP) and the National Formulary (NF). It contains standards for medicines, dosage forms, drug substances, excipients, biologics, compounded preparations, medical devices, dietary supplements, and other therapeutics.
    Click on Log On to begin.
  • The United States Pharmacopeia (USP) (print copy)
    Available at the Reserve section in Hardin Library. Call number RS141.2 .P5
  • Epocrates Online  Icon
    Free but registration is required. Provides drug monographs and formulary information including dosing, pill identification, contraindications, interactions, and adverse reactions. Its mobile version is Epocrates Rx. Epocrates Essentials is only free to medical students. Comparison table: http://www.epocrates.com/products/comparison_table
  • GlobalRph
  • NLM Drug Information Portal
    This is a gateway to selected drug information from the U.S. National Library of Medicine and other key U.S. Government agencies. It allows you to search several NLM/NIH drug information resources at once including PubMed, Toxnet, PubChem, ChemIDplus, ClinicalTrials, and MedlinePlus. Its mobile site can be accessed at http://druginfo.nlm.nih.gov/m.drugportal/
 

Tablet/Capsule Identification

This list is compiled by Vern Duba at the University of Iowa College of Pharmacy. 
NOTE: Resources designated as COP-Affiliated are only available to faculty, staff, and students currently affiliated with the University of Iowa College of Pharmacy.   

 

Drug Labels/Package Inserts

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