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Health
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Drug Information
Drug Digest
Subject:
Health
Category:
Drug Information
Description:
A noncommercial, evidence-based consumer health and drug information site.
Drugwatch.com
Subject:
Health
Category:
Drug Information
Description:
Drugwatch.com features up to date information on the drug side effects of prescription and over-the-counter medications.
FDA Catalog of Approved Drugs
Subject:
Health
Category:
Drug Information
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Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Subject:
Health
Category:
Drug Information
Description:
The Food and Drug Administration oversees pharmaceuticals as well as medical devices and their approval. Searching the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research section will link to original approval letters as well as professional and consumer information on prescription and over-the-counter drugs.
Institute for Safe Medication Practices
Subject:
Health
Category:
Drug Information
Description:
The Institute provides an independent review of medication errors that have been voluntarily submitted by practitioners to a national Medication Errors Reporting Program (MERP) operated by the United States Pharmacopeia (USP) in the USA.
KidsMeds
Subject:
Health
Category:
Drug Information
Description:
Provides pediatric drug information for parents, including dosing calculators, a seasonal topics page and information on administering medications.
PDR Family Guide to Prescription Drugs
Subject:
Health
Category:
Drug Information
Description:
Drug information written for the consumer from the publishers of the Physician's Desk Reference. Registration is required, but free.
RxList - The Internet Drug Index
Subject:
Health
Category:
Drug Information
Description:
A very useful drug index, It has an excellent search engine and provides information on both a consumer and professional level. Information on various disease categories is also provided as is Taber's Medical Encyclopedia. An advanced search engine is also available which allows searching by drug name, keyword, imprint code, NDC and medical terminology as well.
Safemedication.com
Subject:
Health
Category:
Drug Information
Description:
Features complete, easy-to-read information on more than 800 drugs.