Pharmacy Guide: Drugs, Medications and Alternative Medicine
Find targeted resources for research and referencing
Drug Information Databases
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AusDI : Australian drug information for the health care professionalAusDI delivers rapid access to Australia's most comprehensive and up-to-date database of independent drug monographs, pharmaceutical company product information (PI), consumer medicine information (CMI) documents, product summaries, drug product images and Interactions and Safety monographs.
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Australian Medicines HandbookAMH provides a concise, up-to-date source of independent drug information to facilitate effective, rational, safe and economical prescribing and dispensing.
Includes 'class' information about types of drugs, 'monographs' on individual drugs including lists of commercially available forms and 'treatment' documents for some common diseases where drugs are an important part of management.
Please note: Only three concurrent users can access AMH at any time.
AMH drug monographs can also be accessed via ClinicalKey -
ClinicalKeyClinicalKey is a clinical search engine that supports clinical decisions by making it easier to find and apply relevant knowledge. The drug monographs include AMH Guidelines.
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MIMS OnlineCurrently, only one person can use this resource at any given time. Please log off as soon as possible to allow other users to log on.. Provides access to information on prescription and non-prescription medicines, new launches of medicines and current PBS information. Comes with decision support modules that are internationally referenced and continuously reviewed to indicate possible interactions between medicines, food, health conditions and patient allergies.
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Merck Index OnlineThe Merck Index Online offers a convenient and easily searchable full text database of information on chemicals, drugs and biologicals.
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Natural MedicinesFormerly Natural Standard and Natural Medicines Comprehensive Database, Natural Medicine was founded by healthcare providers and researchers to provide high-quality, evidence-based information about complementary and alternative medicine including dietary supplements and integrative therapies. Grades reflect the level of available scientific data for or against the use of each therapy for a specific medical condition.
Medications
This box contains links to online services which may be useful. JCU does not subscribe to these services, so you may not have access to all the features.
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CenterWatch Clinical Trials Listing ServiceResults of the latest clinical trials and information on new FDA approved drug therapies
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Drug InteractionsA hypothesis testing, teaching and reference tool for drug interactions on the human cytochrome P450 system [Indiana University]
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electronic Medicines Compendium (eMC)Information on branded prescription medicines available in the UK with Data Sheets, Summaries of Product Characteristics and Patient Information Leaflets; free registration required [Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry]
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Material Safety Data sheetsLinks to sources of chemical and other hazardous or toxic substances safety data
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Medication InformationA website which allows searching of a database of Consumer Medicine Information from Australian pharmaceutical companies. (MIMS)
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Medline PlusA guide to 9000+ prescription and over-the-counter medications (from the US Pharmacopeia etc.)
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Medscape Drug InformationIndications, side effects and precautions for medical professionals based on the National Drug Data File and the American Hospital Formulary Service Drug Information
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Rxlist: The Internet drug indexDrug information, patient education materials, top 200 prescriptions, drug research bulletins, links to other websites
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Safemedicationdrug information from Medication Teaching Manual: The Guide to Patient Drug Information - why the medication has been prescribed, how it should be used, dietary instructions, side effects, precautions and storage measures [American Society of Health-System Pharmacists]
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US PharmacopeiaThe organisation which establishes officially recognised standards for the use of medicines
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WHO Guide to Good Prescribing: a Practical ManualCovers the process of prescribing drugs, understanding standard treatment guidelines, suitability of drugs, writing prescriptions, basic pharmacology, essential references etc. [Australian mirror]
Veterinary Drugs
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MIMS IVS CloudMIMS IVS Cloud gives detailed product and prescribing information for veterinary practitioners, classified by therapeutic category, on veterinary medicines and products available throughout Australia. The IVS Annual contains information on over 2,500 products, one-third of which are revised each year.
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APVMA PubCRIS database searchSearch tool for finding details of agricultural and veterinary chemical products that are registered for use in Australia.
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Saunders Handbook of Veterinary Drugs by ISBN: 9780323244855Publication Date: 2015-11-25Iincludes entries for 550 drugs, with convenient appendices summarizing clinically relevant information at a glance. New to this edition are 25 new drug monographs and easy access to drug content on any mobile device. It helps you find the specific drug facts and dosage recommendations you need to treat small and large animals, right when you need them! Contains a Discontinued Drugs index.
Drug & Alcohol
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FDA Safety Information and Adverse Event Reporting Program"Your FDA gateway for finding clinically important safety information and reporting serious problems with human medical products"
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Streetdrugs.orgThis website has a listing of the most common street drugs and providing information on the dangers of the drugs
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Pick Your Poison: Intoxication Pleasures & Medical PrescriptionsNational Library of Medicine's exhibition on medicinal and recreational use of drugs such as cocaine, cannibis and alcohol.
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