PHARMACEUTICAL RESOURCES

SEARCH ENGINES, ENCYCLOPEDIAS and GLOSSARIES

Google Google Image Search Northern Light Excite Infoseek Lycos Yahoo

SCIRUS (comprehensive scientific information search)

AskJeeves (Meta) Metacrawler (Meta) Dogpile (Meta)

Columbia Encyclopedia (6th edition)

Martindale's : The Reference Desk including Health Sciences Guide - 2002

The Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology

Kimball's Biology Page

Biotechfind - A biotech search engine

LITERATURE DATABASES

PubMed - National Library of Medicine's search service MEDLINE - free abstracts and simple search

TOXNET - Hazardous Substance Data Bank, Mutagenicity Test Data, 2D and 3D Information from NCI

MEDLINE Plus Health Information

ChemIDplus - Chemical structures and nomenclature (needs Chime plug-in)

Agricola - Agricultural Online Access (need to search for IACUC protocol)

Full-Text and Bibliographic Databases of US Patents - US patent and Trademark Office

Europe's Network of Patent Databases - Worldwide, European, US and Japan

Beilstein Abstracts - Titles, abstracts and citations from top journals of organic chemistry

Sigma-Aldrich Technical Library

BioMedNet - An online biological and medical research community

The Library of Congress - Details of published texts

Code of Federal Regulations

Pharmaceutical Century - Ten Decades of Drug Discovery

CLINICAL MEDICINE

WebMD - A comprehensive updated text of internal medicine

Doctor's Guide - Latest information !

Merck Medicus - An excellent internet clinical resources for physicians and pharmacists

Medscape CME Center - An excellent collection of Continuing Medical Education programs (papers and streaming video)

VIRTUAL Hospital - Educational materials for healthcare providers by University of Iowa Health Care

Recently Approved Drugs/Indications

Clinical Pharmacology 2000

Lab Tests Online

Lab Tests and Interpretive Guide - Lab Corporation of America, one of the world's largest clinical lab

DrugFacts.Com - A comprehensive and easy to understand information source by the publisher of Facts and Comparisons

Online Clinical Calculator - Medical College of Wisconsin

New Guidelines for Cholesterol

WHO Guide to Good Prescribing

Drugs in Pregnancy and Lactation - Harbor UCLA Medical Center - Harbor UCLA Medical Center

Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy

Alphabetical List of Specific Diseases/Disorders - Karolinska Institute

Merck Manual of Geriatrics

RxList - Comprehensive drug name cross index and TOP 200 Rx Drugs

Mosby's GenRx

ACHOO ! Healthcare Online - A great source of information for doctors and patients - also links to thousands of health-related sites across the net

Emergency Medicine - Hundreds of chapters in searchable format

Emergency Medicine Informatics - National Center for Emergency Medicine Informatics

Journal Club on the Web - An interactive medical literature reviews

Stayhealthy.com - One of the best sources of monographs with photographs of dosage forms

Illegal Drugs - Office of the National Drug Control Policy

New Guidelines for Cholesterol

World Health Organization

Merriam Webster Medical Dictionary

Medical Matrix - Ranked, peer reviewed, annotated, updated clinical medicine resources

Doctors' Guide - Medical and professional information of diseases and drugs

UpToDate - Current information on several disease states

Pharmacometrics (Mathematical treatment of biological data)

A brief anatomy and physiology of human body

History of Diseases - by Karolinska Institutet

Cardiovascular Pharmacology

ECG Library

Introduction to Cardiothoracic Imaging - Overview of chest and cardiac diagnostic imaging

Cadiovascular and Autonomic Pharmacology - The virtual lab is great!

Cardiovascular Pharmacology - A programmed text

Cardiovascular Imaging

Heart Surgery - Quick time videos of heart surgery

Clinical Trials

New Medicines in Development - PhRMA

Office of the Human Research Protection

Protection of Human Subjects (45 CFR Part 46)

Clinical Trials Listing Service - Listing of more than 35,000 clinical trials and recently approved drug therapies

ClinicalTrials.gov - Latest clinical trial listing by NIH and NLM

Seeking a Perfect Protocol - An article on study design

Medical Immunology & Infectious Diseases

Antibiotic Guide - by Medical College of Wisconsin

Clinical Antibiotics Tutorial - An excellent site for self-learners

Infectious Disease Services - AZ Dept of Health

John Hopkins Division of Infectious Diseases Antibiotic Guide - including Palm antibiotic guide

Dr Stuart's Immunology Lecture

Medical Microbiology

Bacteriology at University of Wisconsin - Madison

Infection & Immunity - University of Leicester

Virtual Bacterial ID Lab - Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Traveladvice - Center for Disease Control and Department of Health, UK

Neuropharmacology and Alzheimer's Research

Neuroscience on the Internet

Alzheimer Web Page

Beta Amyloid as a Potential Target

The Whole Brain Atlas

Explore the Brain and Spinal Cord

Actions of Drugs on CNS - Very resourceful

CNS Pharmacology

Neurotransmitters and Chemical Signaling Agents - A brief compilation

Neurosciences on the Internet

Combating Alzheimer's - A news story

MRI of Brain - Animated GIF

Neurological Disorders - National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

Neuroguide

Nuclear Medicine and Radiology

Radiopharmaceutical Drug Information - University of Kansas, School of Pharmacy

Nuclear Medicine Case Study

Indiana University, Department of Radiology

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Oncology

Apoptosis - A general scheme

Advanced Body Surface Area Calculator

Cancer Track - A compilation of valuable links on Cancer, Signal Transduction and Gene Expression by Dr. Appu Rathinavelu

OncoLink - Disease oriented menus, medical specialty oriented menus

ONCOLOGY.COM - A comprehensive source of neoplastic diseases and drugs in use

A brief cancer tutorial

Understanding Angiogenesis - A simple site on basics of angiogenesis

Anti-Angiogenesis

Recent Trends in Cancer Care

Methods of administering liposomal encapsulated taxane

Pancreatic Cancer Action Network

List of Approved Oncology Drugs with Approved Indications - by FDA

Naturally Ocuring Rodent Carcinogens in human diet

Pediatrics

Pediatrics Emergency Manual

Pediatric e-Medicine

FDA's Pediatric Information

Monthly Review of Pediatric Pharmacotherapy

Pharmacology

Medical Pharmacology Modules - Lecture handouts and QuickTime audio

Study Questions for Pharmacology

Nuclear Receptor Resources - A short overview of receptors

Autonomic Pharmacology - A programmed text

Lecture notes of Autonomic Pharmacology

Endocrine Systems Lectures

Active Learning in Pharmacology - Test your knowledge of pharmacology !

Pharmacology Self-Assessment Exam

Virtual Pharmacology

Osteoporosis and Bone Physiology

11th Hour - A great site for last minute exam preparation

Poison control

Poison information monographs

Poisonus plants

Chemical safety information

Canadian poisonous plant information system - Information on over 250 plants that are poisonous in livestock, pets and human.

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PHARMACY PRACTICE

PDR (Physicians' Desk Reference) - Searchable database of prescription drugs, multiple drug interaction checker trusted by the physicians - Searchable database of prescription drugs, multiple drug interaction checker trusted by the physicians - Searchable database of prescription drugs, multiple drug interaction checker trusted by the physicians

PharmaLexicon - A dictionary of pharmaceutical medicine

Drug Information - by Drug facts and Comparisons

US Drug Identification List - 600 color photographs of tablets and capsules

BioDefinitions - A collection of commonly used terms in pharmacy and biotechnology

Electronic Orange Book - AUTHENTIC info on approved drug products with therapeutic equivalence

VIRTUAL Pharmacy - Pharmacy, Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology

Drug Doses of Commonly Prescribed Medications - University of Iowa Family Practice Handbook

Tablet/Capsule Imprint Code

FDA's MedWatch - Safety notifications, labeling changes, recalls and legal notifications

Consumer Web Site of American Pharmaceutical Association

Top 200 Prescriptions in 2001 by number of US prescriptions dispensed

Top 200 Brand-Name Drugs by Retail Sales in 2001

Top 200 Generic Drugs by Retail Sales in 2001

Buying Medical Products Online ? Is it safe ?

BioSpace.com - Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology news

Measuring Units Conversion Tables

A Guide to Biotechnology Company products

Pharmaceutical Companies

Drug Interactions

Cytochrome P 450 Interactions - An excellent compilation

Grapefruit Juice and Drug Interactions

Food and Drug Interactions - by FDA and National Consumers League

Online Interaction Checker - Drug facts

Statistics

Statistical Calculation Pages - Interactive pages on all statistical tests, from analysis to experimental design

Statistical Calculators - interactive calculators on which you can run your stats

Statistical Analysis Tools

Web Pages that Perform Statistical Calculations

Introduction to SPSS for Windows

SPSS Introductory Tutorial

SPSS 10.0 Tutorial

Pharmacokinetics

Acid - Base Tutorial - An excellent page biopharmaceutics and clinical aspects of acid - base physiology and pharmacology

A First Course in Pharmacokinetics & Biopharmaceutics - Dr. David Bourne, University of Oklahoma

Basic Pharmacokinetics on the Web - Creighton University

Online Pharmacokinetic Simulations

Pharmacokinetics Case Studies

Basic and Clinical Pharmacokinetics Handouts - Purdue University

A Short Course on Clinical Pharmacokinetics - University of South Carolina; Logon : Any name, Password : ps676

Extemporaneous Compounding

Secundum Artem - Techniques and procedures for extemporaneous compounding

The Practice of Pharmacy Compounding - FDA regulations on compounding practice

Professional Compounding Centers of America (PCCA)

PharmacyOneSource - Drug info, career resources, student resources, directories, surveys etc

Vaginal Excipients - A comprehensive source of vaginal excipients

Compounding Formulas from Recent Journal Literature

FLAVORx - To make the medicines a lot less yucky !

ONLINE CONTINUING EDUCATION

Pharmacists' Learning Assistance Network (PLAN) - by ACPE

American Society of Health-System Pharmacists

Inet Continuing Education

National Community Pharmacists Association

A Compilation of Continuing Education by USPHS - Pharmacy Programs

US Pharmacist - FREE CE

Free C E - Free CE

POWER PAK C.E. - Free CE

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ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE

Alternative Medicine Center - A comprehensive collection of most popular alternative medicines

HerbMed - Evidence based herbal database - an excellent source with PubMed links

Basic Principles of "Ayurveda" - A holistic system of healing which evolved some 3000-5000 years ago in India

Ayurvedic Institute and Incompatible Food Combinations

Ayurvedwebline.com - The art of living

National Center for Complimentary & Alternative Medicine at NIH

A Modern Herbal by Mrs. M. Grieve - The HTML version of the text first published in 1931

Alternative and Complimentary Medicine Center - Lists herbal remedies specific to each disease state

Herbal Doctor

Medherb.com - Information on pharmacology and adverse effects of herbs

American Herbal Pharmacopoeia

Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia Convention of the US

Homeopathic Pathophysiology and Therapeutics

DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS

International Bibliographic Information on Dietary Supplements (IBIDIS) Database

Nutrition and Dietetics Interactive site

Mayo Clinic Health Oasis

Food and Nutrition Information Center - National Agricultural Library and USDA - links to 70 sites on herbal substances, vitamins, minerals and dietary supplements

Nutrition Table for Foods

Vitamins and Mineral Information - Links to authentic sites on vitamins and minerals

Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition - Sponsored by Food and Drug Administration

Health Finder - A service of the US Department of Health and Human Services

Dr. Koop.com - Fronted by Dr. C. Everett Koop - former surgeon general

Medscape - By doctors for doctors

Netwellness - "Ask an expert" feature

Healthwell - Log on to a healthier life

Delicious-Online - Natural doctor and delicious kitchen

Drug InfoNet - Information and links concerning healthcare and pharmaceutical topics

Public Health Resources

YAHOO Health

Nutrition.Gov

ONLINE PHARMACEUTICAL/MEDICAL JOURNALS (.pdf or .html files)

Pharmacy Practice and Clinical Medicine Journals - most journals offer full .pdf texts

Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics - Abstracts

American Family Physician - Includes a series of clinical quizzes !

American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy

Annals of Internal Medicine

Annals of Oncology - Kluwer E-Journal abstracts

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Breast Cancer Research & Treatment - Kluwer E-Journal abstracts

Cancer Causes and Control - Kluwer E-Journal abstracts

Colorectal Disease - Abstracts

Drug Topics

FDA Consumer - A magazine of the US FDA

Helicobacter - Abstracts

International Journal of Pharmaceutical Compounding

Investigational New Drugs - Kluwer E-Journal abstracts

International Journal of Cosmetic Science – Abstracts

Journals of the American Medical Association - Including JAMA, Archives of Internal Medicine, Archives of Family Medicine, Archives of Neurology etc.

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology – Abstracts

Liver - Abstracts

New England Journal of Medicine

Pediatrics

Pharmacy and Therapeutics

Pharmacy Times - You can ask a compounding question !

Pharmacy World and Science - Kluwer E-Journal abstracts

Substance Abuse - Kluwer E-Journal abstracts

The Journal of Pharmacy Technology

The Lancet

The Pfizer Journal - Perspectives on Health Care and Biomedical Research

US Pharmacist


Pharmaceutics and Drug Delivery Journals

Adsorption - Kluwer E-Journal abstracts

Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews – Abstracts

Advanced Performance Materials - Kluwer E-Journal abstracts

Biological & Pharmaceutical Bulletin - Free full texts

Biomaterials – Abstracts

Chemical & Pharmaceutical Bulletin - Free full texts

Colloid Journal - Kluwer E-Journal abstracts

Colloids and Surfaces A : Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects - Table of contents only

Critical Reviews in Therapeutic Drug Carrier Systems - Table of contents only

Drug Delivery - Abstracts

Drug Delivery Technology

Drug Development and Industrial Pharmacy - Abstracts only

Encyclopedia of Materials - Trial subscription

European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics - Abstracts

European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences - Abstracts

International Journal of Pharmaceutics - Abstracts

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Abstracts

Journal of Chromatography B : Biomedical Sciences & Applications

Journal of Controlled Release - Abstracts and my personal subscription

Journal of Drug Targeting – Abstracts

Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine - Kluwer E-Journal abstracts

Journal of Microencapsulation - Abstracts

Journal of Nanoparticle Research - Kluwer E-Journal abstracts

Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences - Abstracts

Journal of Pharmaceutical & Biomedical Analysis - Abstracts

Journal of Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics - Kluwer E-Journal abstracts

Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology – Abstracts

Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences - Online journal of Canadian Society for Pharmaceutical Sciences - Free full texts

Journal of Polymer Research - Kluwer E-Journal abstracts