Title: Consumer Drug Information Provider: U.S. Food & Drug Administration
Subject Heading/s: Drugs; Drugs--Side effects
LC Class: RS
Reference Category: Dictionaries
Description: "Each of the Consumer Drug Information Sheets posted on this site gives general information about newly approved prescription drugs . . . since January 1998."
Title: Drug Information Provider: U.S. National Library of Medicne
Subject Heading/s: Drugs; Drugs--Side effects
LC Class: RS
Reference Category: Dictionaries
Description: A guide to more than 9,000 prescription and over-the-counter medications provided by the United States Pharmacopeia (USP) in the USP DI Volume II, Advice for the Patient. Part of MEDLINEplus.
Title: Drug Interactions Provider: DrugDigest
Subject Heading/s: Drug Interactions
LC Class: RM302
Reference Category: Calculators
Description: "Select the desired drug, and then use the Right Arrow Button to include the drug in the Interaction List. (The Left Arrow Button can be used to remove drugs from the Interaction List.)."
"DrugDigest is a noncommercial, evidence-based, consumer health and drug information site dedicated to empowering consumers to make informed choices about drugs and treatment options. "
Title: Drugs.com Provider: Drugs.com
Subject Heading/s: Drugs; Drugs--Side effects.
LC Class: RS
Reference Category: Dictionaries
Description: "The Drugs.com drug-information database is powered by three independent leading medical-information suppliers: Physician Desk Reference, Cerner Multum and Thomson Micromedex. Individual drug (or drug-class) information content compiled by these sources is delivered complete and unaltered by Drugs.com.
The "Latest News" and "FDA Drug Alerts" sections are written by Drugs.cos in-house staff of health care journalists. The topical health information presented under "Categories" is sourced from Micromedex and summarized by our staff pharmacists."
Title: PDRhealth Provider: Thomson Healthcare
Subject Heading/s: Drugs; Drugs--Side effects.
LC Class: RS75
Reference Category: Dictionaries
Description: "For more than 50 years, doctors have relied upon the Physicians' Desk Reference for the latest, most accurate drug information. Today that trusted knowledge is available to you and your family through PDRhealth.
The drug information on PDRhealth is written in lay terms and is based on the FDA-approved drug information found in the PDR. It gives consumers plain-English explanations for the safe and effective use of prescription and nonprescription drugs—explanations that are consistent with the information professionals are referencing in the PDR. Use this section to read about a drug your doctor may have prescribed to check for side effects, drug interactions, and other important information."
Updated 11/16/06
Title: PEDro (Physiotherapy Evidence Database) Provider: Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Sydney
Subject Heading/s: Physical therapy.
LC Class: RM695
Reference Category: Bibliographies
Description: "PEDro is the Physiotherapy Evidence Database. It has been developed to give rapid access to bibliographic details and abstracts of randomised controlled trials, systematic reviews and evidence-based clinical practice guidelines in physiotherapy. Most trials on the database have been rated for quality to help you quickly discriminate between trials which are likely to be valid and interpretable and those which are not"
Records in this database also include guidelines for medical practices other than physical therapy. Records are linked to suppliers, some of whom may provide the full text.
Title: RxList Provider: RxList
Subject Heading/s: Drugs; Drugs--Side effects
LC Class: RS
Reference Category: Dictionaries
Description: Product and patient information on over 4000 prescription drugs.
Title: USDA Nutrient Database Provider: National Agricultural Library
Subject Heading/s: Food; Nutrition; Food--Caloric content.
LC Class: RM
Reference Category: Handbooks
Description: Food analysis allows selection by brand name or generic, commercially or home produced foods; "report" gives detailed analysis of portion selected. Includes a calorie chart measured in kilocalories (what we refer to as "calories").