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Drug Information
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Listed below are drug databases available through the Gumberg Library.

Lexicomp Online (Clinical Reference Library)
Drug and other health care information
The Medical Letter
Includes the Medical Letter, Treatment Guidelines, Adverse Drug Interactions, Antimicrobial Therapy, and more.
Meyler's Side Effects of Drugs
International encyclopedia of adverse drug reactions and interactions
Micromedex Healthcare Series
Clinical information about drugs and diseases; also available as PDA and mobile browser-optimized version. The Neofax database currently works only when using Internet Explorer.
ECRI Guidelines Trust
Public resource for evidence-based clinical practice guidelines, similar to the discontinued AHRQ National Guidelines Clearinghouse
Ovid Medline
Ovid version of Medline.
Drugs in Pregnancy and Lactation (Briggs)
Includes Briggs' monographs for drugs in pregnancy and lactation.
PubMed@Duquesne
This version of PubMed includes links to Duquesne's full text electronic journals.
Scopus
Includes articles indexed in PubMed and EMBASE as well as additional scientific literature.
Stedman’s Medical Dictionary, 28th ed. (MediLexicon)
Full text of the medical dictionary through a free public website.
UpToDate
Medical information with links to Lexicomp Online for drug information. For mobile access, see the UpToDate Guide

The National Library of Medicine produces the following drug-related resources.

Drug Information Guide
NLM tutorial for searching for drugs & chemicals in PubMed
DailyMed
NLM drug information portal that includes FDA drug labels
LactMed
Database of drugs to which breastfeeding mothers may be exposed
Drug Information Portal
Portal to drug information provided by the NLM and other US government agencies, such as the FDA and CDC
Pillbox
Users can quickly identify unknown drugs by color, shape, size, imprint, and scoring
TOXNET
Portal search of a collection of databases (LactMed, ChemIDplus, TOXLINE, DART, HSDB) on hazardous chemicals, toxic releases, and environmental health

These drug resources focus on consumer needs.

DrugDigest
Evidence-based drug information resource with a consumer focus; includes drug information and interaction-checker
Drug Information Portal
Search drug information by name or category
Easy to Read Drug Facts
From the National Institute on Drug Abuse
FDA Information for Consumers
Drug information from the FDA focused toward consumers
MedlinePlus: Drugs & Supplements
Consumer-oriented drug and herbal supplement information from the NLM
Safe Medication
Drug information from the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists

These resources and organizations confront drug abuse and addiction.

These are additional drug resources from commerical organizations and the FDA.

Drugs.com
This drug information website includes information on prescription drugs and herbal supplements, a pill identifier, interaction checker, drug alerts, and phonetic drug name search.
DrugLib.com
Drug information portal including information on both prescription and over-the-counter drugs as well as information on active ingredients, FDA drug alerts, and an index of recently reported adverse events.
FDA: Drugs
Drug information from the FDA

This includes several drug-related databases, mobile websites, and apps, such as Clinical Pharmacology, Micromedex, ePocratesRx, and TOXNET