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Pharmacy Program Guide

Resource guide for the College of Pharmacy

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1. Find the right information resource to use for your drug question category.

2. Use Drug Databases to:

  • Get information on how to safely use individual drugs from drug monographs
  • Check for interactions
  • Check IV compatitbility
  • Identify pills

Exercise: Compare major drug databases. How they arrange information and what information they contain will matter to you.

3. Use medical reference tools or textbooks, like DiPiro's, to:

  • Review a disease or condition
  • Review treatment options

4. Use Clinical Practice Guidelines to:

  • Identify current therapeutic standards for specific conditions

5. Use clinical trials and other research articles to:

  • Identify new treatments in development and investigational drugs
  • Find research relevant to a complex or specific clinical situation or patient
  • Perform background research or literature review on a topic

6. Check for mobile apps.

7. Prepare for journal club.

Drug Information Databases


Medical Reference Tools


Free Drug Information Websites


Drug Information Databases by Question Category

General, Product-Related


Drug Databases

(Provided by Roseman University Library)

Package Insert

Adverse Effects


Medical Quick Reference

Drug Databases

Administration, Drug


Drug Databases

Antimicrobial Therapy


Drug Databases

Bioequivalence


(free option)

Calculators (pharmaceutical; medical)


Drug Databases

Medical Quick Reference

Free Options

Clinical Trials, Investigational Drugs


Comparative Tables


Contraindications


Drug Databases

Compounding


Cost


Free Option

Dietary/Herbal Supplements


Free options

Drug Databases

Diseases, Diagnosis


Free Option

Dosage


Drug Databases

See the Clinical Practice Guidelines sections:

Free Option

Drug Identification


Drug Databases

Free Option

Drug Interactions


Drug Databases

Foreign/International Drugs


Free Options

 

Immunization Schedules


Free Options

IV Compatibility


Drug Databases

Nonprescription/Over-the-Counter products



Drug Databases

Patient Counseling/Education


Drug Databases

Free Option

Pharmacokinetics


Drug Databases


Pharmacotherapeutics


(see also Therapeutics)

Pharmacy/Medical News


Free Options

Pregnancy/Lactation


Briggs is also available via UpToDate Lexidrugs

Free Option

Therapeutics


(See also Pharmacotherapeutics)

Condition-specific

Search for Clinical Practice Guidelines

Toxicology/Poisoning


Drug Databases

Go to Toxicology sections

Patient Safety


 

Do Not Crush Lists

Do Not Crush List is under the "Lists" heading on the front page

Patient Education Resources


Read beneath each link to find a pathway to handouts and information patient education.

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