Drug Resources
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AccessPharmacyAccessPharmacy is an online curricular resource designed to meet the changing demands of pharmacy education. A flexible resource, AccessPharmacy allows students to select a core curriculum topic, browse by organ system, review textbooks, or search across leading pharmacy online references.
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ClinicalKeyClinicalKey provides access to more than 1100 medical texts published by Elsevier, articles from more than 500 journals, practice guidelines, drug information, and patient education handouts. All can be searched together, individually, or by type of resource (books, journals, etc.) ClinicalKey replaces MDConsult.
Users must log in to (free) personal accounts to download PDFs.
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MicromedexContains the Micromedex databases: POISINDEX, DRUGDEX, EMERGINDEX, PDR, Martindale, TOMES, and Drug-Reax, and Tomes, and the drug information tools: Martindales, PDR, Material safety data sheets prepared by the U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention, and Index nominum.
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AccessMedicine Drug IndexContains drug monographs.
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Drugs@FDASearch for official information about FDA approved brand name and generic drugs.
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EpocratesProvides drug monographs and formulary information including dosing, pill identification, contraindications, interactions, and adverse reactions. This is a free resource but registration is required to access some features. Other features require an individual subscription. Mobile version (Epoctrates Rx) is available. Students can contact Epocrates at 1-800-230-2150 for information on discounts for individual subscriptions.
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National Library of Medicine Drug Information PortalUse this gateway for selected drug information on over 15,000 drugs from U.S. Government agencies spanning the time they are entered into clinical trials (Clinicaltrials.gov) through their entry in the U.S. market place (Drugs@FDA).
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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.
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PillboxIdenifcation and reference system for solid dosage medications from the USDA and NLM.
Natural Products
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Dietary Supplements Labels Database (DLSD)From National Institutes of Health (NIH). Offers 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.
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MicromedexMicromedex has a component called AltMedDex. After conducting a search using a natural product name, slect the AltMedDex monograph.
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Natural Products DatabaseThe natural product content is adapted from The Review of Natural Products, a Facts & Comparisons online database. Each monograph includes a Clinical Overview section and then additional in-depth fields that provide a detailed discussion of the use, dosing, adverse reactions, and interactions of each herbal product.
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National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)NCCAM is produced by NIH and provides information on a wide range of alternative therapies, including herbal products.
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Natural Medicines Comprehensive DatabasesAvailable at Hardin Library. Call number RM258.5 .N38
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Natural Medicines (formerly Natural Standard)Provides evidence-based information about complementary and alternative therapies.
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PubMed Dietary Supplement SubsetPreviously Bibliographic Information on Dietary Supplements (IBIDS), this database is now a subset of PubMed. It is essentially a "limit" on the PubMed database that allows users to limit the 20 million+ citations in PubMed to those that are dietary supplement-related (just over 400,000 at this time).
Mobile Drug Resources
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Mobile Device ResourcesVisit Hardin Library's Mobile Device Resources guide for a complete list of mobile resources and installation instructions.
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MicroMedex Drug Interactions and Drug Information MobileAvailable for: iOS, Android
There are three apps available: Free Micromedex Drug Reference, Micromedex Drug Interactions, and Micromedex IV Compatibility. -
DynaMed MobileAvailable for: iOS, Android
Over 2000 entries are organized in an easy to navigate structured note format; includes both overall recommendations and specific study results. -
EpocratesAvailable for iOS and Android
Call Epocrates directly at 1-800-230-2150 to learn about individual student discounts.