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Drug Information's Top Ten

1. American Society of Health-System Pharmacy - Shortages

http://www.ashp.org/shortages
Drug Shortage Resource Center with updates/management of shortages
2. Centers for Disease Control
www.cdc.gov
Public health guidelines, vaccine and travel information, and CDC publications
3. Food and Drug Administration
www.fda.gov
Drug and Biologics information (approvals, shortages, Orange Book, news,
etc.). Be sure to click CBER for biologics and CDER for drug information.
4. Google
www.google.com
A search engine for finding specific sites on the world-wide-web
5. Clinical Key
www.clinicalkey.com
Full-text books and journals, drug information, news, CME, and patient
leaflets. Requires fee and password.
6. National Guidelines Clearinghouse
www.guideline.gov
Public resource for evidence-based clinical practice guidelines established by
the governments Agency for Heathcare Research and Quality.
7. National Institutes of Health
www.nih.gov/health-information
Information on disease states, research, and federal health programs from the
NIH
8. National Library of Medicine - PubMed
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed
PubMed - a searchable listing of abstracts of medical literature
9. Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library
library.med.utah.edu
Library catalog, full-text journals, searchable databases, etc.
10. University of Utah Health Drug Information Service
pulse.utah.edu/site/dirc/Pages/Resources.aspx
Information about our service, publications, and drug shortage updates. For
internal use only.
General Drug Information

 American Hospital Formulary Service

ahfs.ashp.org/drug-assignments.aspx
Gives therapeutic classifications for new medications, and lists classification
changes for older medications.
 American Society of Health-System Pharmacy
www.ashp.org/shortage
Drug Shortage Resource Center with updates/management of shortages
 Centers for Disease Control
www.cdc.gov
Public health guidelines, vaccine and travel information, and CDC publications
 CNN Interactive
www.cnn.com/HEALTH
Consumer health information in the news
 DailyMed
dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/
Provides current package inserts for over 4,000 FDA-approved prescription
drugs. Also links to MedLine Plus patient information for each product.
 Drugs and Lactation Database (LactMed)
http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/sis/htmlgen?LACT
Information on medications and lactation, also provides American Academy of
Pediatrics (AAP) recommendation.
 DrugWatch.com
www.drugwatch.com
Drug news and product recalls are listed, along with links to health information
and news. Suitable for patients and healthcare professionals. Funded
primarily by patient advocacy groups.
 Food and Drug Administration
www.fda.gov/Drugs/default.htm
Drug information (approvals, shortages, Orange Book, news, etc.)
 Food and Drug Administration
www.fda.gov/BiologicsBloodVaccines/default.htm
Biological product information (vaccines, recombinant agents, blood products,
etc.)
 Google
www.google.com
A search engine for finding specific sites on the world-wide-web
 Medline Plus
www.medlineplus.gov
Site links to patient drug category and health monographs, medical
dictionaries, health professional directories and other resources such as
organizations and health libraries.
 National Institutes of Health
health.nih.gov
Information on disease states, research, and federal health programs from the
NIH
 National Library of Medicine
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez
PubMed - a searchable listing of abstracts of medical literature
 Partnership for Prescription Assistance
www.pparx.org/en
 Site helps healthcare professionals and patients find financial assistance
programs for prescription medications.
 RxList.com
www.rxlist.com
Provides basic drug information and links to tablet ID and NDC numbers. Lists
of alternative medications and top 200 drugs for the previous year are listed.
 Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library
www-medlib.med.utah.edu
Library catalog, full-text journals, searchable databases, etc.

Investigational Drugs

 National Institutes of Health--Clinical Trials www.clinicaltrials.gov

Directory of clinical trials in progress. Can search by disease state or specific
agent.
 PHRMA www.phrma.org/innovation
Information on drugs in the pipeline. Can search by disease state and
therapeutic categories. Good summary articles on topics related to drug
development.
 National Cancer Institute www.cancer.gov/clinicaltrials
Specific for clinical trials to treat cancer.
 University of Utah Institutional Review Board irb.utah.edu
Forms and directions for submitting a research proposal. Related links
provides access to federal documents related to research.
 Patient Advocate
Foundation www.patientadvocate.org/resources.php?p=43
Patient resource for what it means to participate in clinical trials and use
investigational drugs.
 Health and Human Resources--Office for Human Research
Protections www.hhs.gov/ohrp/
Federal IRB guidelines, policies, and news
 CenterWatch: Clinical Trials Listing Service www.centerwatch.com
Provides trial data and email-notification services to patients interested in
participating in clinical trials. Professional investigation drug information can
be found after subscribing to the service for a substantial fee.