Drugs and Pharmaceuticals

For information on supplements, vitamins, herbal, botanical and other products, please also check the Complementary and Alternative Health Research Guide, or the Nutrition Research Guide.

U.S. Food and Drug Administration: Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER)

Information from the FDA including drug approvals, consumer drug information sheets, over-the-counter drugs, and drug news. This web site also provides the Orange Book, the National Drug Code Directory, and an Inactive Ingredient Database.

DailyMed

Provided by the National Library of Medicine. Find FDA package insert information (product labels) for medications. Links out to clinical trials, research articles, and biochemical data.

Drugs.com - Drug Information Online

Comprehensive drug information database provided by Micromedex. Provides information about prescription and non-prescription drugs. The site also has a drug interaction checker, a pill identifier, an image search, and the latest news about medications.

Drugs Information Portal - NLM

Drug information resource from the National Library of Medicine. Links to information for consumers, as well as references to toxicological and scientific journals, manufacturer's drug labels, chemical structures, and synonyms of a drug name.

MEDLINEplus Drug Information

Information for consumers about prescription and over-the-counter drugs. Provided by the National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health.

Medscape - Drug Reference

The Medscape site is free but requires registration. Provides detailed drug information for consumers and physicians. The site also has an easy-to-use drug interaction checker.

RxList: The Internet Drug Index

Consists primarily of products currently on the U.S. market or close to approval.  Searchable by drug name.

RxMed

A peer-reviewed resource for family physicians. Includes medication prescribing information, and patient handouts providing facts on over four hundred illnesses.

SafeMedication.com

From the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists. Information on pharmaceuticals and how to administer medications of different forms.

USP: U.S. Pharmacopeia

Provides information on close to 800 generic medicines for health care professionals, pharmaceutical manufacturers, patients and consumers.

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