Drug Information Resources

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Drug Information Resources

• Kathy Davies
• Summer 2005

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Drug/Pharmacy Databases

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

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Micromedex

• Drug ID Search
• Trade/Generic Names
• Drug Topic Search
• Therapeutic Use, Dosage
• Contraindications Interactions
• Drug Databases Include
• Martindales Drug Guide, USP DI
• Alternative Medicines, DRUG DEX
• Drug IV Compatibility

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Micromedex Drug Interaction
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Micromedex Drug IV Compatibility
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InfoPoems

• Clinical summaries links to MEDLINE for more
  information
• Griffiths Five Minute Consult
• Drug Treatment
• Prognosis
• Drugs of Choice
• Photographic atlas

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Info Poems Drug Data
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Drug search Indications
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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

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STAT!Ref

• Sort Results by categories
• Point of Care
• Discipline
• Suggests similar/related terms to search
• Links to medical calculators, decision trees
• Steadmans Medical Dictionary

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STAT!Ref
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Drug Search Cox Inhibitors
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Drug Information Page

• Selection of drug resource links
• http//www.mcg.edu/library/eresources/professdrinf
  o.html
• Orange Book
• TOXNET
• FDA Adverse Event Reporting System
• Drug Imprint Code Search
• Formulary Information (MCGHI)
• FDA Drug Approval List

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Drug Information Page
Link on Library Home Page
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MCG Formulary(Campus Access Only)
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MEDLINEPlus

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

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Clinical Pharmacology

• Galileo, in Academic Search Premier
• Choose Database option
• Includes the following information
• OTC products, US prescription drugs
• Investigational drugs
• Herbal/nutritional supplements

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Clinical Pharmacology
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Clinical Pharmacology Patients

• Patient Education materials
• Spanish/English versions
• Basic information includes
• Drug usage
• Possible side effects,
• When to notify health care provider

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Clinical Pharmacology Patients
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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

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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

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Complementary Medicine (CAM)

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

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PDA Resources

• MICROMEDEX
• Drug Interaction Tool
• InfoPoems PDA version
• Need Memory Card
• Multiple databases
• Clinical Pearls

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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

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MICROMEDEX Download
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InfoPoems PDA Views
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PDA Resources

• PDA Reference Books
• Requires Acrobat Reader
• Get password form Library Information
• 721-3441
• Handbook of Psychiatric Drugs
• Pediatric Drug Reference
• PDA Resources page
• http//www.lib.mcg.edu/resources/pda/index.php