Pharmacy

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Agency that focuses on research relating to EBP, patient safety, specific populations, public health preparedness, and other specialized health initiatives.

Open access journal site covering the areas of medicine and biology.

The National Library of Medicine (NLM)’s DailyMed searchable database provides the most recent labeling submitted to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) by companies and currently in use (i.e., "in use" labeling). DailyMed contains labeling for prescription and nonprescription drugs for human and animal use, and for additional products such as medical gases, devices, cosmetics, dietary supplements, and medical foods.

The National Institutes of Health's Dietary Supplement Label Database (DSLD) includes current and historical label information from products marketed in the U.S. Includes information from the labels of over 2,000 brands of dietary supplements in the marketplace, including vitamins, minerals, herbs or other botanicals, amino acids, and other specialty supplements.

Contains multiple databases including Drug Safety-related Labeling Changes, Drug Shortages, FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS), OTC Monographs@FDA, Purple Book, and more.

includes most of the drug products approved since 1939. The majority of patient information, labels, approval letters, reviews, and other information are available for drug products approved since 1998.

The ECRI Guidelines Trust® is a publicly available online repository of objective, evidence-based clinical practice guideline content. Its purpose is to provide physicians, nurses, other healthcare providers and professionals, and members of the healthcare community with current clinical practices to advance safe and effective patient care globally. This centralized repository includes evidence-based guidance developed by nationally and internationally recognized medical organizations and medical specialty societies.

This web page lists a number of information resources developed for health care professionals. Includes news, drug recalls, drug shortages, drug safety and availability, hematology/oncology approvals & safety notifications, and links to many more pertinent FDA web pages.

Contains demographic information of refugees settled in Omaha, Nebraska including native languages spoken and percentage of populations that have trouble understanding oral and/or written health information.

Over 28,000 free multilingual resources and counting. Use the top navigation to search for translated patient handouts by language or by topic.

The LactMed® database contains information on drugs and other chemicals to which breastfeeding mothers may be exposed. It includes information on the levels of such substances in breast milk and infant blood, and the possible adverse effects in the nursing infant. Suggested therapeutic alternatives to those drugs are provided, where appropriate.

Medication Guides are paper handouts that come with many prescription medicines. The guides address issues that are specific to particular drugs and drug classes, and they contain FDA-approved information that can help patients avoid serious adverse events.

MedlinePlus has extensive information from the NIH and other sources on over 650 diseases and conditions. There are also lists of hospitals and physicians, a medical encyclopedia and a medical dictionary, health information in Spanish (use the site map to find other languages), extensive information on prescription and nonprescription drugs, health information from the media, and links to thousands of clinical trials.

The National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) is the Federal Government’s lead agency for scientific research on complementary and integrative health approaches.

FDA’s National Drug Code (NDC) Directory contains information about finished drug products, unfinished drugs and compounded drug products.

Contains links for: NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms, NCI Dictionary of Genetics Terms, and NCI Drug Dictionary.

Contains demographic information of refugees settled in Nebraska including native languages spoken and percentage of populations that have trouble understanding oral and/or written health information.

NIH web page that allows you to search for health web sites created by NIH offices and divisions. Has science and wellness community resources.

The Orange Book has long been a reliable resource for information about FDA-approved drugs. The electronic availability of the Orange Book brings this valuable tool to the web for healthcare professionals. FDA Drug Info Rounds pharmacists discuss how to search the Electronic Orange Book for generic equivalents, patents, and exclusivity.

This site is an open-source site dedicated to compounding information. The site has content, laboratory exercises used in this academic setting, a library of over 150 instructional videos, and more than 700 study questions. It has been online since 1996, and listed as a Basic Resource in Pharmacy Education by the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy since 1999.

(CDC) The Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases, a.k.a. the “Pink Book,” provides physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, pharmacists, and other healthcare professionals with the most comprehensive information on routinely used vaccines and the diseases they prevent. The 14th edition of the Pink Book includes:
General immunization recommendations
Vaccine safety, storage and handling, and administration information
Detailed information about vaccine-preventable diseases, including disease pathogenesis, clinical features, epidemiology, and secular trends in the U.S.
Detailed information about vaccines, including vaccine characteristics, schedule and use, efficacy, safety, and contraindications and precautions
Four appendices provide reference materials, including: vaccine minimum age and intervals, vaccine excipients, catch-up schedules, and more.

PLoS publishes peer-reviewed, open access scientific and medical journals that include original research. Creighton is an institutional member. Author guidelines are available online.
http://www.plos.org/

Information on the biological activities of small molecules, including chemical compounds, substances, and structures.

PubMed is the National Library of Medicine database which contains more than 23 million citations, many of them free full text

A free full-text archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature at the U.S. National Institutes of Health's National Library of Medicine.

FDA Purple Book: he Purple Book database contains information on all FDA-licensed (approved) biological products regulated by the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER), including licensed biosimilar and interchangeable products, and their reference products.
The Purple Book also contains information about all FDA-licensed allergenic, cellular and gene therapy, hematologic, and vaccine products regulated by the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER).
Enter a product's proprietary (brand) name or the nonproprietary (proper) name to find biological products. As you type, a list of potential results will begin to appear below the search box based on what you are typing. Click on a product from the auto-populated results list below to view the results page. The results page for your selected product will include all biological products that share a core name (i.e., biosimilar, interchangeable, reference, and related biological products).

Aggregates links that focus on health frauds, myths, fads, fallacies, and misconduct. Sections include: Quackery; Historic Reports; Questionable Products, Services, and Theories; Questionable Advertisements; Nonrecommended Sources of Health Advice; Consumer Protection; Consumer Strategy: Health Promotion; Consumer Strategy: Tips for Provider Selection; Consumer Strategy: Disease Management; Education for Consumers and Health Professionals; Legal and Political Activities; and Recommended Links.

Click on the Secundum Artem tab to find compounding resources.

CDC Yellow Book: Health Information for International Travel is a resource for health professionals providing care to international travelers. It compiles the US government’s most current travel health guidelines, including pretravel vaccine recommendations, destination-specific health advice, and easy-to-reference maps, tables, and charts.