DRUG SOURCES (METASITES)

Compiled by Frank Stitt MBBS FRACP
Online Medical Education, Sydney, Australia

Antibiotics Guide
"site is designed to assist primary care providers in the prescribing of antibiotics; contains an antibiotics database, searchable by diagnosis, antibiotic, or pathogen; and a news and features section; maintained by Johns Hopkins University"
British National Formulary
"provides healthcare professionals with authoritative and practical information on the selection and clinical use of medicines in a clear, concise and accessible manner; revised twice yearly; published by the British Medical Association and the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain"
Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin (DTB)
DTB contains rigorous and independent evaluations of drugs and other treatments, aimed primarily at doctors and pharmacists in the UK but, like the British National Formulary, the contents of the DTB are potentially valuable worldwide"
ECHO International Health Services
ECHO is a UK registered charity which supplies low-cost, quality assured pharmaceuticals, consumables, medical equipment and publications to developing countries; the site also includes the illustrated, full-text publication, 'How to build a medical incinerator'"
Essential Drug List (WHO)
"a listing drugs that satisfy the health care needs of the majority of the population, at a price they and the community can afford; these drugs should be available at all times and in adequate amounts; organized by therapeutic category and drug name"
Food and Drug Administration. Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (U.S.)
"drug information, regulatory guidance for the manufacturing of drugs, and a search engine for searching the (U.S.) Federal Drug Administration, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research WWW site"
Health Technology and Pharmaceutics (WHO)
"contains subject based information on pharmaceutical and health technology developments that are relevant for developing country environments; includes links to 'blood safety and clinical technology', 'essential drugs and medicines' and 'vaccines and biologicals"
International Network of Drug Information Centres (INDICES)
INDICES is a global network of drug information centres, which advocates rational drug therapy particularly in developing countries; it runs an e-mail list which provides a forum for discussion of all matters relating to drug information, and helps with specific drug information enquiries"
Listing of Newly Approved Drug Therapies
"a regularly updated listing of drugs recently approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration; organized by therapeutic area; contains over 41,000 industry and (U.S.) government sponsored clinicial trials"
Medical Matrix: Pharmacy
"a series of annotated format category links to sites on pharmacy; includes News, Full Text Journals, Abstracts, Reviews, Reviews and Digests, Articles, Meeting Reports, Practice Guidelines, Textbooks and more"
PDR Online
"access to the online version of Physicians' Desk Reference, PDR for Herbal medicines and PDR Multi-Drug Interactions; individuals must register by filling out registration form (click on link to any of the resources); there is no fee for registering"
PharmWeb
"a series of category links to pharmaceutical information on the Internet; a wide range of organisations are indexed by PharmSearch (a specialised search engine designed to focus on pharmaceutical and health-related information) including pharmaceutical companies, government and regulatory bodies, societies, and publishers"
PharmWeb: Yellow Pages
"a keyword and category searchable database for drug company, pharmaceutical studies and hospital links on the Internet; PharmSearch is a specialised search engine designed to focus on pharmaceutical and health-related information"
RxList: Internet Drug Index
"a searchable database about prescription and over the counter drugs; includes information about indications and side effects; contains a key word search index; is a U.S., commercially based site"
U.S. Pharmacopia: Drug Information
"contains links to the USP DI (current and authoritative information on more than 11,000 generic and brand name drugs), Standard Elements, Medication Counseling Behavior Guidelines, Practitioners' Reporting News, and Quality Review"
Virtual Library: Pharmacy
"contains links to www sites on databases, journals, companies, toxicology, conferences and organizations and other categories; includes keyword search engine; is the pharmacy page for the WWW Virtual Library"
Virtual Pharmacy Center
"an organized, annotated subject gateway to information on the Internet; includes links to pharmacy, pharmacology, clinical pharmacology and toxicology and related conferences and organizations; part of Martindale's Health Science Guide"