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General Drug Information

A curated list of resources for practitioners

Websites Useful In Finding Drug Information

  • American Hospital Formulary Service
    Gives therapeutic classifications for new medications, and lists classification changes for older medications.
     
  • DailyMed
    Provides current package inserts for over 4,000 FDA-approved prescription drugs. Also links to MedLine Plus patient information for each product.
     
  • Drugs and Lactation Database (LactMed)
    Information on medications and lactation, also provides American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommendation.
     
  • DrugWatch.com
    Drug news and product recalls are listed, along with links to health information and news. Suitable for patients and healthcare professionals. Funded primarily by patient advocacy groups.
     
  • PhRMA's Medicine Assistance Tool (MAT)
    Ssearch engine designed to help patients, caregivers and health care providers learn more about the resources available through the various biopharmaceutical industry programs.
     
  • RxList.com
    Provides basic drug information and links to tablet ID and NDC numbers. Lists of alternative medications and top 200 drugs for the previous year are listed.
     

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