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Drugs at Point-of-Care

This guide will help you find resources related to pharmacotherapy at the point of care.

Drug Information

Type of Question

Adverse drug reactions
Preferred Source: Meyler’s Side Effects of Drugs
Secondary Resource(s): AHFS Drug Information
Compounding
Preferred Source: Trissel's stability of compounded formulations
Secondary Resource(s): The art, science, and technology of pharmaceutical compounding
Current research, primary literature
Preferred Source: PubMed@PCOM
Secondary Resource(s): Embase
MEDLINE@OVID
Drug-drug interaction
Preferred Source: Stockley's drug interactions
Secondary Resource(s): Lexicomp
Drug Interaction Facts
Drug-food interaction
Preferred Source: Food medication interactions
Disease information
Preferred Source: DynaMed
Secondary Resource(s): AccessMedicine
Equivalent products
Preferred Source: The Orange Book: Approved drug products with therapeutic equivalence
Geriatric dosing
Preferred Source: Fundamentals of Geriatric Pharmacotherapy
Secondary Resource(s): Lexicomp
Guidelines
Preferred Source: Dynamed
Secondary Resource(s): Access Medicine Guidelines in Primary Care
Access Medicine Guidelines in Inpatient Medicine
Infectious Diseases
Preferred Source: Sanford Guide to Antimicrobial Therapy
Secondary Resource(s): Pharmacist's guide to antimicrobial therapy and stewardship
Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett's principles and practice of infectious diseases
International Drugs
Preferred Source: Martindale: the Complete Drug Reference
IV Compatibility
Preferred Source: Handbook on Injectable Drugs
Secondary Resource(s): Clinical Pharmacology
Natural products
Preferred Source: Natural Medicines
Off-label use
Preferred Source: AHFS Drug Information
Primary literature via PubMed@PCOM
OTC medications
Preferred Source: Handbook of Non-Prescription Drugs
Package inserts
Preferred Source: DailyMed
Secondary Resource(s): Product or manufacturer website
Patient counseling points
Preferred Source: Handbook of Non-Prescription Drugs
Secondary Resource(s): AHFS Drug Information
Pediatric dosing
Preferred Source: Pediatric Dosage Handbook
Secondary Resource(s): Lexicomp
Pharmaceutics / Pharmacokinetics
Preferred Source: Remington: The Science and Practice of Pharmacy
Secondary Resource(s): Winter's Basic Clinical Pharmacokinetics
Clinical Pharmacokinetics
Pharmacology
Preferred Source: Goodman and Gilman's Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics
Secondary Resource(s): Basic & Clinical Pharmacology
Physical / Chemical properties
Preferred Source: Merck Index
Secondary Resource(s): PubChem
Policy Recommendations
Preferred Source: AHFS Drug Information
Pregnancy and Lactation
Preferred Source: Drugs in pregnancy and lactation
Secondary Resource(s): LactMed
Pricing
Preferred Source: Red Book (via Micromedex)
Stability & compatibility
Preferred Source: Handbook on Injectable Drugs
Secondary Resource(s): Extended stability for parenteral drugs
Toxicology
Preferred Source: Poisoning and toxicology handbook
Secondary Resource(s): Lexicomp

Tertiary Drug Databases/Compendia

Information or Type of Use Database

Contraindications, dosing, dosage forms, mechanism of action, pharmacokinetics, pill ID

Clinical Pharmacology
Black Box warnings Black Box RX
Off-label uses, audio pronunciation, calculators, pharmacogenomics, international brand names, drug and herbal interaction analysis, patient education, pill identifier Lexicomp
Contraindications, dosing, pill ID Micromedex