Resources for Alumni and Unaffiliated Health Providers: Drugs and Pharmacy

Casebook covering a broad array of topics relevant to pharmacy applications of public health.

The publication Approved Drug Products with Therapeutic Equivalence Evaluations (commonly known as the Orange Book) identifies drug products approved on the basis of safety and effectiveness by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and related patent and exclusivity information.

A portal for health care professionals with links to Drugs@FDA, recalls and safety information, news, announcements, and more.

Basic drug information, interactions, pill identifiers. Data sources include IBM Watson Micromedex (updated 6 July 2022), Cerner Multum™ (updated 5 July 2022), ASHP (updated 1 July 2022) and others.

The DailyMed database contains almost 150 thousand labels for human and animal drugs submitted to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) by companies. Entries include links to consumer versions.

Information about dietary supplements and their ingredients, including vitamins, minerals, herbs and botanicals, probiotics, and more. From NIH Office of Dietary Supplements.

Clinical drug information, interactions, calculators and guidelines.

Open access database of chemical information on over 400 million substances and compounds, and growing. Search chemicals by name, molecular formula, structure, and other identifiers. Includes a 3D viewer and bio-activity markers.

Access is free for manuscripts published after Jan. 1, 2023.

Articles more than a year old are free.

Calculators for addiction medicine, medical imaging, surgery, and much more, from MedScape.

Over 500 medical calculators and guidelines.