Drug Information 3

UpToDate LexiComp®

• offers drug monographs for prescription and OTC drugs, including toxicology information, brand names and medication safety issues. utilizes a variety of compendia that can be searched simultaneously.

• Drug Monographs

• Contains drug pronunciations

Merative Micromedex®

• offers drug, disease, toxicology, laboratory test, acute care and patient education information through a variety of compendia that can be searched simultaneously.

• Drug Monographs

trc

• offers an authoritative resource on dietary supplements, natural medicines, and complementary and integrative therapies.

• Professional Monographs

• Commercial Products

DailyMed®

• provides trustworthy information about marketed drugs in the United States. is the official provider of FDA label information (package inserts). The web site provides a standard, comprehensive, up-to-date, look-up and download resource of medication content and labeling found in medication package inserts.

• Package Labels

PubMed®

• Produced by National Library of Medicine, which is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)

• Largest database of indexed journals for health sciences literature

• Open-source (search and abstracts are free to the public)

• Use Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) searching

  • Controlled vocabulary terms

  • Example:

    • Title 1: treatment for gastric cancer

    • Title 2: technical considerations in laparoscopic resection of gastric neoplasms

    • MeSH term for both: stomach neoplasms