General Sources / Drug Monographs

AccessPharmacy
AccessPharmacy is an online curricular resource designed to meet the changing demands of pharmacy education. A flexible resource, AccessPharmacy allows students to select a core curriculum topic, browse by organ system, review textbooks, or search across leading pharmacy online references.

MICROMEDEX (R)
Contains extensive monographs (entries) with references to journal literature for trade and generic drugs, and herbals, including information on toxicology, drug interactions, adverse effects, and CareNotes™ patient education pamphlets. 

Facts & Comparisons
Information on nonprescription and prescription drugs, drug interactions, herbal interactions, off-label uses, manufacturers, and drugs in the news. Also has patient handouts, pill identifier, black box warnings and pregnancy/lactation warnings.

Gold Standard (via MDConsult)
Provides monographs for U.S. prescription drugs, as well as herbal supplements, nutritional and over-the-counter products. Entries include generic and brand name, chemical structure, dosing information, adverse reactions, indications/contraindications, and many color photos.

AHFS drug information (part of Stat!Ref)

Natural Standard
An international research collaboration that synthesizes data on complementary and alternative therapies, using a comprehensive methodology and reproducible grading scales with the aim of providing objective information to aid clinicians in making safe therapeutic decisions. Information is evidence-based, consensus-based, and peer-reviewed by a multi-disciplinary editorial board.

Natural Medicines Comprehensive Database
This database contains information on herbal and dietary supplements, including monographs giving synonyms, uses, safety, interactions, efficacy, mechanism of action, dosage and administration, cited references, and brand names.

Adverse Drug Reactions / Drug Interactions / Medication Safety

MedWatch: FDA Safety Information and Adverse Event Reporting Program

Institute for Safe Medication Practices

Drug Reax (part of MICROMEDEX (R))

Meyler’s side effects of drugs Side effects of drugs annual
Taubman Medical Library:  RM 301 .S57 and RM 301 .S573 Latest edition in Reference

Managing Clinically Important Drug Interactions (Hansten and Horn)
Taubman Medical Library: RM 302 .H266

Drug Interaction Facts
Taubman Medical Library: RM 302 .D7812

Effects of Drugs on Clinical Laboratory Tests
Taubman Medical Library RM 302 .Y68

"Foreign" (non-U.S.) Drugs

Martindale : the complete drug reference (part of MICROMEDEX (R))

Merck index :an encyclopedia of chemicals, drugs, and biologicals
Taubman Medical Library: RS 356 .M555

Organic-chemical drugs and their synonyms : an international survey (Negwer)
Taubman Medical Library:  RS 51 .N42813

Index nominum
Taubman Medical Library:  RS 139 .I38

PJ Online: Identification of foreign medicines

Pill Images & Imprints

Mosby’s Drug Consult (part of MD Consult)

Facts & Comparisons

Physicians’ desk reference (part of MICROMEDEX (R))

Indentidex (part of MICROMEDEX (R))

Drug topics red book.
Taubman Medical Library: HD 9666.1 .D78

Drug Digest Pill Images

Investigational Drugs / Drugs in Clinical Trials / Newly Approved Drugs

U.S. Drug Review Process (CDER Handbook)
Includes information on New Drug Development and Review, Generic Drug Review, Over-the-Counter Drug Review, and Post Drug Approval Activities.

Pink sheet : prescription pharmaceuticals and biotechnology (weekly newsletter)
Taubman Medical Library:  Journals

PHRMA New Medicines Database
“This database includes medicines currently in clinical trials or at FDA for review. All the information is courtesy of Wolters Kluwer Health’s Adis R&D Insight database and has not been reviewed or verified by PhRMA. Search by drug name, disease or company.”

ClinicalTrials.gov

Centerwatch.com

Catalog of U.S. FDA Approved Drug Products (information from FDA Orange Book)

Non-Prescription Drugs

Handbook of Non-Prescription Drugs
Taubman Medical Library: RM 671 .A1 H236

PDR for nonprescription drugs, dietary supplements, and herbs : the definitive guide to OTC medications. (part of MICROMEDEX (R))

Prices of Drugs

Drug topics red book
Location Taubman Medical HD 9666.1 .D78.

PriceAlert : the official guide to AWP pricing.
Location Taubman Medical Library - Journals