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On the Web
- MedWatch - The FDA Medical Products Reporting Program - How to report adverse events/reactions to medications, drug products or medical devices to the Food and Drug Administration voluntary reporting system.
- The Medical Directory - Drugs and Medications - Resource for students. Includes pharmacy definitions, information on clinical trials, drug interactions and toxicity as well as some commonly used drugs.
- MedicineNet: Medications and Over the Counter Drugs - A complete list of commonly prescribed medications with a user friendly food and drug interaction tool.
- The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) - Prescription Medications - Resources on prescription drug misuse, abuse, and addiction. Includes information about different drugs and partner organizations.
- The Parkinson List Drug Database Index - Comprehensive and easy-to-understand patient information from this collection of 140 drug definitions. Consumer factsheet provides drug description, explains the medicine's mechanism of action, and lists side effects and drug interactions including relative risk of using with Parkinson's medications.
- Antihistamines: Are Newer Drugs Always a Better Choice? - Medscape review of the properties and uses of these medications, including discussion of research on sedative side effects, and advice for medical professionals on how to use these drugs in treating allergic patients. [Requires free registration]
- The Anxiety Community - Medication - A collection of articles and forums on anti-anxiety medications, arranged by drug name. Includes the year that specific brand names were approved by the US FDA, a glossary, and directory.
- Polypharmacy - Article describing the harmful effects of taking too many medical drugs at the same time, and criticising the doctors who prescribe drugs as an easy option without taking the time to do a proper diagnosis.
- Mayo Clinic Drug Information - Database of prescription and over the counter drugs. Includes medication directions and side effects, reference articles on uses, and the latest pharmaceutical research.
- Drugs-about.com - Drug information online resource for consumers and healthcare professionals. Includes News, pharmaceutical manufacturers, links, and a medical search engine.
Wikipedia Articles
- Antiretroviral drug - Antiretroviral drugs are medications for the treatment of infection by retroviruses, primarily HIV. Different classes of antiretroviral drugs act at different stages of the HIV life cycle.
- Oncology Drug Advisory Committee - The Oncology Drugs Advisory Committee (ODAC) receives requests for technical and clinical evaluation of new drugs by the US FDA. The committee, consisting of members from academic and clinical oncology biostatistics, the general public, and the pharmaceutical industry, makes non-binding recommendations to both the CDER and CBER divisions of the FDA about the advisability of approving new medications to treat cancer.
- Pharmaceutical microbiology - Pharmaceutical microbiology is the part of industrial microbiology that is responsible for creating medications. All parenteral drugs, including many oral drugs, must go through rigorous microbiological testing in order to validate certain compounds by USP regulations.
- Pharmaceutical company - A pharmaceutical company, or drug company, is a commercial business whose focus is to research, develop, market and/or distribute drugs, most commonly in the context of healthcare. They can deal in generic and/or brand medications.
- Pamabrom - Pamabrom is a diuretic product included in retail drugs available in over-the-counter medications. The active diuretic ingredient is 8-bromotheophylline].