Drug Information for Dentists, Hygienists, and Students of These Professions

Please note that some of the resources listed below are limited to University of Michigan users or persons on the University of Michigan campuses. These are DrugFacts, NDA Pipeline, EMBASE, MDConsult, Micromedex, and Stat!Ref. At the time this page was created, all other resources listed are free.

General Drug Information Resources

• CenterWatch: Newly Approved Drug Therapies
• Drug Facts
• FDA: CDER: Drug Information Page
• FDA: CDER: National Drug Code Directory
• FDA: CDER: Orange Book: Approved Drug Products with Therapeutic Equivalence Evaluations
• FDC Reports: NDA Pipeline
• EMBASE (in UM-MEDSEARCH)
• HealthWeb: Pharmacy & Pharmacology
• MDConsult: Mosby's Drug Reference
• MicroMedex
• RXlist (RXlist Top 200)
• Stat!Ref: USP DI
• Taubman Medical Library: Pharmacy: Guide

Alternative & Complementary

• About Herbs, Botanicals & Other Products (Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center)
• CIMER: Complementary/Integrative Medicine Education Resources (MD Anderson Cancer Center)
• Drug Facts: Review of Natural Products
• HealthWeb: Alternative Medicine
• Natural Medicines Comprehensive Database
• RXlist: Alternatives

Patient Information & Assistance Programs

Patient Drug Information

• Family Doctor (AAFP): Drug Information
• MEDLINEplus: Drug Information

Patient Assistance Programs

• Patient Assistance Programs:
  • General Resources:
    • MedlinePlus: Financial Assistance
    • NeedyMeds
    • Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of American (Phrma): Partnership for Prescription Assistance / Helping Patients
    • Volunteers in Healthcare / Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: RxAssist
  • Regional Resources:
    • American Society of Health-System Pharmacists: State PAP Resource Sites
  • Resources for Specific Populations:
    • AARP Pharmacy Services: Rx Drugs
    • Access Project: Patient Assistance Programs
    • American College of Rheumatology (ACR): Patient Assistance Programs for Rheumatology-Related Drugs
    • Center on Financing for Children with Special Health Care Needs
    • NAMI: Patient Prescription Drug Assistance Programs
    • National Human Genome Research Institute: Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center: Financial Assistance Information
    • Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS): State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP)
    • Together Rx: Savings for Seniors
• Compassionate Use, Expanded Access Protocols, and New Drugs in Development
  • Abigail Alliance For Better Access to Developmental Drugs
  • Access Project: Patient Assistance Programs
  • CancerActionNow.org: Compassionate UseCompassionate Use
  • ClinicalTrials.gov: What is an Expanded Access Protocol?
  • Phrma: New Medicines in Development
  • Cancer.gov: Understanding the Approval Process for New Cancer Drug: Special Needs
  • NCI Cancer Information Service: Access to Investigational Drugs: Questions and Answers
  • FDA: CDER: Access to Unapproved Drugs

Poisons and Toxicology Information

• American Association of Poison Control Centers
• Toxicology and Environmental Health Information

Also see:

• Haz-Map: Occupational Exposure to Hazardous Agents
• Household Products Database
• MEDLINEplus: Poisoning, Toxicology and Environmental Health
• Toxics Release Inventory
• ToxTown (consumers)