LibraryGuides: Pharmacy: General Resources

USP Access Points

United States Pharmacopeia National Formulary (USP-NF)
*Requires creation of a free account using your Creighton email address to access.
Contains standards for medicines, dosage forms, drug substances, excipients, biologics, compounded preparations, medical devices, dietary supplements, and other therapeutics.
United States Pharmacopeia Food Chemicals Codex (USP FCC)
*Requires creation of a free account using your Creighton email address to access.
Contains standards for characterizing ingredients used in food. This resource also includes tests and specifications for identification, assay and impurities, as well as other tests that help describe the purity and quality of the ingredient.

Handbooks

AccessPharmacy
This curricular resource for pharmacy education includes curriculum topics, organ systems, textbooks, drug monographs, lab tests, calculators, videos, case studies, and more.

AHFS via STAT!Ref
Briggs Drugs in Pregnancy and Lactation (via Lexicomp)
Clinical Pharmacology powered by ClinicalKey website
On 'Choose Organization,' be sure to select the 2nd option: Creighton University Health Sciences Library, Creighton_Shibboleth, if you are off-campus.
Detailed Drug Information for the Consumer
DrugPoints® System
Drugs @ FDA
Drug labeling and approval information updated daily.
ECRI Guideline Trust
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.

Facts and Comparisons
See: Lexicomp > More Clinical Tools > Indexes. Scroll towards the bottom on the left-hand side to Facts and Comparisons A to Z Drugs, Facts and Comparisons Off-Label, or Facts and Comparisons REMS.

Handbook on Injectable Drugs (Trissel)

Harriet Lane Handbook, The, 23rd ed

International Journal of Pharmaceutical Compounding
Access to this resource is limited to library staff. Request Materials
King Guide to Parenteral Admixtures
The King Guide is no longer part of Lexi-Comp. It has been replaced by Trissel's IV Compatibility.
LactMed
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.

Lexicomp Online
A suite of drug databases that provide concise point-of-care drug information and provides access to drug information via a global search or via a range of clinical tools.

Meyler's Side Effects of Drugs 16th edition

Micromedex Academic
A variety of databases covering topics such as medicine, drugs, alternative and complementary medicine, patient education and occupational health. Includes access to NeoFax, Pediatrics, and Red Book. NEW: Click on the blue box that says Micromedex when on the landing page.