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CANADIAN GOVERNMENT & AGENCIES
Ontario
Ministry Of Health - Lists and describes services offered by the Ontario
Ministry of Health. Of pharmacy interest: ODB (Ontario Drug Benefit Plan),
Trillium Drug Program. Includes information on coverage offered by
provincial drug plans.
Drug Coverage - This site
allows the user to determine what drug is covered under either provincial drug
plans, federal drug plans, or private third party plans.
Ontario
Drug Benefit Formulary - This is the site for the current ODB
formulary. It allows the user to search through the ODB formulary on
line. There is also a link to download a pocket-book version of the
Limited Use Codes.
RAMQ -
This site will allow the user to see the most up to date list of drugs which
are covered by the RAMQ.
Canadian Adverse Drug
Reactions (ADR) Newsletter - Lists publications offered by Health
Canadian
Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting System - This link provides electronic
copies of the ADR reporting forms and guidelines on the Canadian ADR reporting
system.
Health Canada - Santé Canada -
Searchable Home Page for Health
Advisories
for Health Professionals - The Therapeutic Products Directorate (TPD) and
the Biologic and Genetic Therapies Directorate (BGTD) posts safety alerts,
public health advisories, press releases and other notices from industry
as a service to health professionals, consumers, and other interested parties.
2006 Canadian Immunization
Guide 7th edition- Latest Canadian immunization guidelines from the
Laboratory Centre for Disease Control (LCDC) for adults, children and special
populations (e.g. asplenic and HIV positive patients). Can also be
downloaded in French
Laboratory Centre for Disease
Control - Access to documents including Canada Communicable Disease Report
Canada Communicable Disease
Report - Weekly publication of the Laboratory Centre for Disease Control
Drug Product Database
- Searchable database on all marketed pharmaceutical agents in Canada. Search
by the name of the drug, the name of the drug manufacturer, or by its DIN
number.
Notices
of Compliance (NOC) Listing - Lists products (alphabetically by trade name)
that have received approval (NOC) from Health
Medical Devices -
This site will allow the user to search for any medical device that is approved
by Health
Natural
Health Products Directorate Monographs of Natural Products - This site
gives the user access to approved monographs for selected natural products.
Special Access
Programme - This link gives information on the Special Access Programme and
access to the electronic version of the request form.
Institute for Safe Medication Practices in
Canada - Official website for ISMP-Canada
CADTH - Home Page for the Canadian Agency for
Drugs and Technologies in Health
AMERICAN GOVERNMENT & AGENCIES
Orphan Drug List
- FDA list of products currently designated as orphans by the Office of
Orphan Products Development.
The Orange Book - This is the
electronic version of the book that is published each April. This
database is updated monthly. It contains all approved drugs in the
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Home Page -
Contains links to various American Government Agencies. Includes the FDA
drug approvals lists, Dear Doctor letters, and reporting of ADRs.
National Institute for Health (NIH)
Consensus Development Program
Center for Disease Control (CDC) - CDC provides
a single point of access to a variety of CDC reports and guidelines including
travel, disease prevention, STD and morbidity & mortality weekly reports
(MMWR).
Morbidity Mortality Weekly Report -
Publication of the Center for Disease Control in
PHARMACY AND PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATIONS
Canadian Society of
Hospital Pharmacists (CSHP)
Rx & D - (
Ontario College of Pharmacists - The
licensing body for
http://www.pharma.qc.ca/ - Web site that
was developed by a group that includes L'ordre des pharmaciens du
Canadian Pharmacists Association
(formerly Canadian Pharmaceutical Association) - Lists publications
available from the Canadian pharmaceutical association, copies of Drug Briefs
since 1997 and provides information on ongoing research and practice
initiatives as well as a calendar of events.
National Association of Pharmacy Regulatory
Authorities - Information on pharmacy and pharmacist licensure and
regulation in
Patented Medicine Prices Review Board
- Reviews the purpose and jurisdiction of the patented medicine price review
board. It also lists its membership and publications.
Canadian Association of Pharmacy Technicians -
Provides general information about the association, current chapters, how to
become a member and a calendar of events.
American College of Clinical Pharmacists (ACCP)
- Information about ACCP and how to become a member. It also contains news
releases and position papers from the college, meeting and event calendars and
the table of contents of the journal Pharmacotherapy.
American Society of Health-System Pharmacists
(ASHP) - Information about the society, including membership, meetings and
a list of events. The site also contains practice standards, career development
information, products and resources and a link to the ASHP journal.
American Pharmaceutical Association - Site
of the APhA.
World List
of Schools of Pharmacy - the official list of pharmacy schools prepared by
the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP)
Pharmacy Colleges in the United States - This
site is hosted by the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy. It
contains a list of schools of Pharmacy in the
University of British Columbia - Faculty of
Pharmacy - Information on the B.Sc. (Pharm), M.Sc., PhD, Pharm D and
hospital residency programs at the
University of Alberta - Faculty of
Pharmacy - Information on application procedures and a syllabus of courses
offered by the faculty of pharmacy and information on graduate studies. Faculty
positions are posted on the web site as well as a list of faculty recruiting
graduate students. Links to the Alberta Pharmacy Association and other
associated agencies.
University of Saskatchewan -
Faculty of Pharmacy - Information on the faculty of pharmacy as well as
links to Canadian Association of Pharmacy Students and Interns (CAPSI),
Dial Nutrition: Ask a Dietician, Dietary Intake Analysis Service,
Nutrition Resource and Volunteer Centre, Organization for Nutrition Education,
Saskatchewan Community Nutrition Residency, Saskatchewan Continuing Pharmacy
Education Program, Saskatchewan Dial Access Drug Information Service
University of Manitoba -
Faculty of Pharmacy - Information on their B.Sc. (Pharmacy), M.Sc. and
Ph.D. programs, administration, faculty and support staff, graduate students,
Medication Information Line for the Elderly (MILE), post-graduate Pharmacy
Residency Programs and links to selected pharmacy organizations.
University of Toronto - Faculty of
Pharmacy - Information on Pharmacy undergraduate admissions, Doctor of
Pharmacy Program, Graduate Studies and Research, and the Structured Practical
Experience Program at the
Université de Montréal - Faculté de
Pharmacie
Unversité Laval - Faculté de Pharmacie
Dalhousie University - Faculty of
Pharmacy
Memorial University - Faculty of
Pharmacy
PUBLIC AND PATIENT INFORMATION
Public Citizen
- The consumer's eyes and ears in
Media Doctor.ca - This site summarizes
any health related stories which appear in the various media venues in
Sante Ontario - This site
gives consumer/patient information in French on various disease and drug
topics. The English site can be accessed at Healthy Ontario.
Health Care Information
Resources - This site was developed and is maintained by the Library of
McMaster's Health Sciences Centre. It contains an extensive list of links
to associations that offer information for patients on a variety of conditions.
MayoClinic.com - an interactive
site that covers topics including information on various diseases and
medications
Caring for kids - This web site is
developed and hosted by the Canadian Paediatric Society. It includes
information on childhood diseases, immunization, care for the newborn, etc.
Merck Manual Home Edition - A source
of complete and comprehensive information written in easy to understand English
Medline Plus Health Information
- interactive site that offers information on medications and diseases and
access to a free medical dictionary. Hosted by the National Library of
Medicine
Health Central - The commercial internet
pharmacy that also provides some information, mostly for patients.
Has very general product monographs, identification, herbals. Nice site
for Chinese Herbals and to get a good joke from time to time.
Not-2-late - This web site offers
information on emergency contraception (post-coital contraception).
Information is also available in French or Spanish.
American Academy of Family Physicians -
Run by the aforementioned Academy that has info in English and Spanish. Pt info
is derived on the USP DI II and has info on herbal/alternative data from
AltIndex. Does drug interactions as well (this is the one with the
"medicine cabinet") and gives a nice colourful printout on possible
interactions. Has info on disease states as well. Can be printed in a
printer-friendly format.
It's Your Health -
Public information on a variety of topics including drugs, devices,
environmental health and food. Prepared by Health
Canadian
Health Network - Health information you can trust on a variety of health
conditions. Sponsored by Health
Health touch- Online for
better health - Provides drug and disease information for the patient. The site
allows you to search for Medi-Span® product monographs of prescription and OTC
drugs.
Health Encyclopedia from
PersonalMD - A patient-oriented medical reference that covers more than 700
medical and surgical topics. Clinical and Reference Systems. Available in
English and Spanish.
Pharmasave Online Health Centre - Health
care information for consumers. The Pharmasave Heathnotes newsletter is
available, as well as a general summary statement on the use of vitamins and
health food products.
sexualityandU.ca provides credible and up-to-date information and
education on sexual health. This web site is made possible with the guidance
and collaboration of a team of distinguished Canadian medical organizations,
and is administered by the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of
Canada.
CYTOCHROME AND DRUG INTERACTIONS
CYTOCHROME
TABLES - Indiana University
and American College of Clinical Pharmacists
Cytochrome drug interactions program
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Grapefruit - Drug Interactions
- Home page designed to present up-to-date information on grapefruit juice/drug
interactions. Discusses mechanism, and relevant interactions.
AIDS Drug
Interactions - The
Toronto General Hospital HIV Clinic Site
Hopkins Aids Site
HIV-Drug Interactions.com
MetaCrawler
Search Engine - Site that allows
the user to search Infoseek, Thuderstone, Webcrawler, Yahoo, Excite, Lycos,
etc... all with one click of a mouse.
Ixquick - This is a metasearch engine that
allows the user to search several search engines simultaneously. It
eliminated duplicate hits, and prioritizes the search results for the user and
supports wildcards and other search parameters.
Google -
Yahoo Search Engine -
Yahoo en français
Altavista Search Engine
Netscape Search Engine
MedExlporer - A search engine that
specializes in indexing medical related web sites since 1996.
MEDLINE SITES
PubMed MedLine - Free access to
Medline, Pre-Medline and more
Medline via
Polaris - On Ottawa Hospital Library web site. Note: requires a logon
ID and password to access
National Center for
Complementary and Alternative Medicine -
TOXNET - A cluster of databases on
toxicology, hazardous chemicals and related issues.
PHARMACY
Allied
Journal Club - A site designed to keep users up to date on medical
literature by e-mailing users with the table of contents from 50
journals. The site also e-mails out e-updates on 150 topics of
interest. Site is run by Muhammad Zuberi, a pharmacist at the University
Health Network,
Alternative Medicine Review
- AMR is a peer-reviewed journal dedicated to providing accurate, timely and
clinically relevant original articles on alternative medicine. It
includes monographs on selected agents.
American Journal of Health-System Pharmacists -
Annals of Pharmacotherapy -
Access to full-text version of the journal. It is presently FREE but will
eventually have a password to allow access to subscribers of the journal only.
The Australian Prescriber -
Medical journal that offers full text access to their entire collection.
Site also has its own search engine.
Canada
Communicable Disease Report - Weekly publication of the Laboratory Centre
for Disease Control
Canadian Journal of Clinical Pharmacology -
Site allows for free electronic access to current and previous issues of the
journal.
Canadian Journal of
Hospital Pharmacy - Official journal of the Canadian Society of Hospital
Pharmacists. Full-text articles from 2001 onwards. Previous issues
only contains titles with some abstracts. Requires password to access
full-text articles.
Canadian
Pharmacists Journal – CPJ is a peer-reviewed journal that is the
voice of Canadian pharmacists, a forum where pharmacists can share the best of
progressive, patient-centred practice with their colleagues. Its audience
includes practicing pharmacists, professional organizations, administrators,
academics/researchers, consultants, and health policy makers.
DRUGDEX Drug
Evaluations - This site is hosted by Micromedex and presents drug
evaluation monographs on new and investigational products. These monographs
will be included in the next DRUGDEX system update.
Drugs - Journal by
Adis Press that contains in-depth reviews on new drugs, accessed via
Ingenta. Requires a password to access full-text.
Drug Safety - Journal
by Adis Press that contains articles that focus on adverse reactions of drugs,
accessed via Ingenta. Requires a password to access full-text.
Drugs and Aging -
Journal by Adis Press that focuses on geriatric issues, accessed via
Ingenta. Requires a password to access full-text.
Drugs and Therapy
Perspectives - Newsletter by Adis Press that contains general articles on
drugs (typically containing comparison tables or algorithms for diseases),
accessed via Ingenta. Requires a password to access.
DrugTopics.com - An online
magazine for pharmacist. No charge
The Formulary -
International Journal of Pharmaceutical Compounding
- Site offers full text of articles from the archived issues (requires a
password).
Journal of the American Pharmaceutical
Association -
The Journal of Informed
Pharmacotherapy - Electronic journal only. Peer-reviewed,
evidence-based journals that deal with pharmacotherapy.
Le Pharmacien Hospitalier -
This is a publication from
Lippincott's
Hospital Pharmacy - Peer reviewed monthly journal by Facts and
Comparisons. Includes many regularly featured columns and excellent
reviews on newer drugs.
The Medical Letter on Drugs and
Therapeutics - Useful newsletter on new drugs. Requires a user name
and password.
Morbidity Mortality Weekly Report -
Publication of the Center for Disease Control in
Pharmactuel - Site that
allows the user access to full-text articles that appear in Pharmactuel back to
1999.
The Pharmaceutical Journal - The official
publication of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain. Professional
journal for
Pharmacy Practice, Hospital Pharmacy Practice,
Pharmacy Post, L'actualite pharmaceutique - Site for the Roger's
Communication Pharmacy publications. Selected articles are available in full
text.
The Pharmacist's Letter - Web site
where subscribers can download the complete text articles that are highlighted
in the newsletter.
Pharmacotherapy - The official
journal of the American
Quebec Pharmacie - French Pharmacy
journal that contains several useful clinical articles per issue.
Reactions via Winspirs
- Database containing adverse drug reactions and drug interaction.
Requires a password.
Therapeutics Letter -
This is a bi-monthly letter targeting identified problematic therapeutic issues
(brief, simple, practical messages). The process involves a literature review
and development of the message by different working groups of the Therapeutics
Initiative. The letter is reviewed by specialists who are expert in the
particular therapeutic area and members of the Scientific Information and
Education Committee prior to dissemination.
US Pharmacist - An on-line edition of
U.S pharmacist. It includes access to the front cover of the most recent
journal. In addition, they offer full-text of the articles appearing in their
journal. It is possible to search for topics of interest appearing in U.S
pharmacist between September 1996 to the present.
MEDICAL
Free
Medical Journals - A site that links web sites of free medical journals by
alphabetical listing or by area of interest.
Hardin Meta Directory -
Contains an extensive list of free medical journals on the internet.
Sponsored by the
The Ottawa
Hospital Library - Lists journals that are accessible electronically
through the library. Note you need a password to access the list.
American Family Physician - Official
journal of the
Annals of Internal Medicine - Full text
journal access. No password required.
Archives of Internal Medicine - Users
can view the current table of contents and abstracts for the articles, as well as
archived issues of the journal. Registration required to get an e-mail of the
table of contents.
British Medical Journal - Generally considered
to be the best site of a medical journal on the internet. Full-text articles
with back issues.
Canadian Journal of Surgery - Full
text journal. No password required.
Canadian Medical Association Journal - (CMAJ).
Offers selected articles from their most recent issue, recent
press-releases, and on-line subscription.
Geriatrics - Full text journal. No
password required.
Journal of American Medical Association-
(JAMA). Offers abstracts of articles in their most recent issues, and a small
number of full -text articles chosen from the editors of the journal.
The Lancet - Full subscribers to the
Lancet can have free access to full text edition of Lancet on-line, a selection
of features from the journal which also includes "
New England Journal of Medicine - (NEJM).
Offers the weekly cover page of the journal. In addition, a search command
allows you to search for the titles of articles which appeared in the journal
between 1990 and the present time, on a particular topic or written by a
certain author. There are full texts available on: Breast Cancer, Kidney
Disease, and Molecular Biology.
British National
Formulary (BNF) - The BNF is a rapid reference that provides up-to-date
guidance on the selection, prescribing, dispensing and administration of drugs.
It is updated every six months. It is published jointly by the British Medical
Association and the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain. It
requires a user name and password, but it is free.
Electronic Medicines Compendium (eMC) -
This is the British equivalent to the CPS in
AHFS-DI (Statref.com) - This site will allow
electronic subscribers to access the latest full text electronic version of the
American Hospital Formulary Service - Drug Information. This site is user
name protected.
AHFS-DI - This site houses the monograph
updates, new monographs as well as monographs on diagnostic agents for the
American Hospital Formulary Service - Drug Information. Monographs for diagnostic
agents were removed from the textbook due to space limitations. Note: a
user name and password are required but can be found on the last page in the
Preface of the textbook.
Clin-eguide™: Clinical Decision Support is an on-line clinical
decision support tool that provides evidence-based information for healthcare
practitioners in the clinical setting. It integrates content from Ovid, Facts
and Comparisons, Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins and other publishers.
Facts and Comparisons - This
site will allow the user to access various textbooks in electronic format
including Facts and Comparisons, The Review of Natural Products, Drug
Interaction Facts, Drug Imprint Index, Manufacturer's Index (US
companies). This is a pay site.
The Merck Manual
- Includes the Merck Manual of Geriatrics and the Merck Manual of Drug
Information
King's Guide to Parenteral Admixture - The
electronic version of the binders. It requires a password.
Emergency Medicine Online
Text Search - A search utility for a carefully edited and constantly
updated online multimedia textbook. Boston Medical Publishing Corporation.
The Merck Geriatrics
Manual - Hypertext presentation of this widely read medical text.
Covers human diseases, symptoms, common clinical procedures, and laboratory
tests of the elderly. Full-text. Merck Co.
Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body -
Excellent site for complete anatomy of the body
Family
Practice Handbook - Covers the diagnosis and treatment of common clinical
problems facing practitioners of family medicine. Searchable.
On-line Medical Dictionary - A search interface to detailed
definitions of medical terms. Links words in entries to their definitions
within the resource. Academic Medical Publishing and Cancerweb.
Virtual
Hospital: Multimedia Textbooks - Large collection of electronic texts and
image databases, including dermatology, pathology, anatomy, differential
diagnosis and other topics. Virtual Hospital/University of
DRUG INFORMATION CENTRES AND DI RESOURCES
Sunnybrook
Drug Information Centre - Includes IV Manual information on selected
medications, abstracts of stability articles completed at Sunnybrook Hospital,
minibag stability information, pharmacokinetic summaries, etc ...
London Health Sciences
Centre Drug Information Service -
Drug Information
Resources for the Pharmacist - This site is hosted by the University of
Dalhousie and contains extensive information on several areas of interest to
pharmacists.
The Rx Files - This site contains several
comparison tables on classes of medications. It is developed and hosted
by a group in
RPhWorld.com - This site was created by two
Merck Medicus - A useful
site that connects the user to several free medical journals, textbooks,
treatment guidelines, patient information, etc...
1 Up Health - This site offers the user
access to medical resources that provide comprehensive and authoritative
information and news on diseases, symptoms, tests, surgery, injuries,
nutrition, medications, and poisons. Focuses on family and community health.
OPA-Drug Information and Research Centre -
OPA-DIRC site that introduces the staff of the centre, and the services and
fees associated with the service. Contains links to other useful sites.
UNLONDIS - Contains
information about the services provided by UH-LONDIS and how to
subscribe. Also contains some frequently asked questions.
Compendium of Smoking
Cessation Services and Programs was developed by the Clinical Tobacco Intervention
(CTI) program and is a cooperative effort between the Ontario
Medical Association (OMA), the Ontario Pharmacists’ Association (OPA) and the
Ontario Dental Association (ODA). CTI
provides a systematic approach to help medical, dental, and pharmacy professionals
assist their patients with smoking cessation and prevent younger patients from
starting. The Compendium provides practitioners with
contact and content information about local interactive smoking cessation
programs as well as a tool to help ensure continuity of care by referring
patients to local programs and services.
MEDIA/PRESS RELEASE/NEWS RELEASES
CNN
- Health- Lists current health related articles in the news. The entire
article can be read online.
PR Newswire Home Page-Worldwide news from
media, business, and finance. Two health care links of interest are Health
care/biotechnology (contains the latest news releases from drug companies,
institutions and government) and Your Health Daily (lists news stories from the
New York Times Syndicate related to health). Both sites allow keyword searches
to locate stories of interest.
Canada NewsWire - Listings of daily press
releases in
Doctor's Guide to the Internet -
Doctor's Guide HomePage - Medical news, alerts and other news - the latest
medical news from conferences, the literature, newswires and the net. New
medical sites of the week, new drugs or indications, medical conferences and
CME/CHE events, and Internet medical resources.
Media
Doctor.ca - This site summarizes any health related stories which appear in
the various media venues in
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Unconventional
Cancer Therapies: Manual for patients - Offers patients information and a
professional critique (which are solely the opinion of the cited authors) of
unconventional cancer therapies.
National Comprehensive Cancer Network - The US
National Comprehensive Cancer Network issues several guidelines, based on site
of cancer, detection, prevention, risk reduction, supportive care.
Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center,
Information on Herbs and Botanicals - Information on alternative therapies
for Cancer patients.
Cancer
Treatment Protocols - This site by Cancer Care
BC Cancer Manual
- An excellent resource for pharmacists dealing with chemotherapy agents.
Contains monographs on various antineoplastic agents as well as information
sheets for patients and other health care professionals.
Patient
Information Sheets - This site is hosted by Cancer Care
Canadian Cancer Society - Lists location of
cancer society centres in the country with their services (e.g. Patient
Services Program, Public Education, projects to prevent smoking, increase the
screening of certain cancers), as well as social events and conferences.
American Cancer Society - Information on research progress
and treatment options (including unconventional therapies) for various cancers.
Cancer Care Ontario (CCO) Program in
Evidence-Based Care - An excellent site with various evidence-based
clinical practice guidelines developed by CCO as well as those developed
internationally. Contains an extensive database of links to oncology related
sites.
Cancer Net Info on cancer
treatment, prevention and supportive care for health care professionals and
patients, as well as ongoing clinical trials.
OncoLink -
Canadian Diabetes Association (CDA)- Information
on programs and services of the CDA as well as links to other sites. The
professional section allows access to CDA position statements and clinical
guidelines.
The Healing Handbook for
Persons with Diabetes - A reference for newly diagnosed diabetic patients.
The Diabetes Centre
- For pharmacists. Includes current information on the disease,
medications and clinical trials.
American Diabetes Association - Wide
selection of information, including a professional site.
Juvenile Diabetes Foundation International (JDF)is
a nonprofit, nongovernmental organization that funds diabetes research. Site
provides information on research and clinical trials and access to publications
for diabetics.
The
Body: AIDS Clinical Trials - Designed for AIDS or HIV infected patients interested
in taking part in experimental studies. It outlines the pros and cons of the
studies and lists the names of various centers conducting these studies.
CDC National AIDS Clearinghouse
- A service of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Lists
HIV/AIDS and STD resources and information on education and prevention,
published materials and research findings.
HIVinsite - This site
contains useful drug interaction databases. It was created and is
maintained by the UCSF centre for HIV information.
AIDS/HIV- Doctor's Guide to the
Internet - The latest medical news and information for patients or
friends/relatives of patients diagnosed with AIDS/HIV and related disorders.
CDC- Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention
(DHAP) Home Page - CDC's HIV mission is to prevent HIV infection and reduce
the incidence of HIV-related illness and death, in collaboration with
community, state, national, and international partners. Various HIV/AIDS issues
can be searched for a list of appropriate references.
National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of
AIDS Research (OAR) - Responsible for the scientific, budgetary,
legislative, and policy elements of the NIH AIDS research program. Outlines the
responsibilities of the OAR in the NIH as well as providing links into other
offices within the institute.
Canadian Clinical Trials Network (CTN)
- Information on clinical trials in HIV/AIDS in addition to links to other
useful HIV/AIDS sites.
ACTIS (sponsored by CDC, FDA, NIAID,
National Library of Medicine) - The AIDS Clinical Trials Information
Service provides information on the location and purpose of each study,
eligibility requirements, exclusion criteria and contact names and telephone
numbers. ACTIS maintains two online databases, one on trial protocols and one
on drug.
HIV- Insite - Contains patient
information fact sheets (on specific drugs and general HIV infection issues) as
well as treatment guidelines, case studies, newsletters and links to other HIV
information sites.
HIV Medication Guide - Provides
patient information on HIV treatment as well as drug interactions with HIV
meds. (English and French).
E-Neph - The official web site of the journal
'Dialysis and Transplantation'
Renal Pharmacists Network - This is the
official site of the Canadian Renal Pharmacists Network. This site allows
access to patient information, articles of interest, the group's newsletter as
well as a discussion forum. A password is required, but it is free.
Table
on drug removal by dialysis
Drug Dosing in Renal
Failure - This site is hosted by the
The National Kidney Foundation -
Nephron -
International Society of Nephrology -
MOTHERISK
- Provides evidence-based information and guidance on potential risks to the
developing fetus or infant, from exposure to drugs, chemicals, diseases,
radiation and environmental agents. The site describes their programs and
long-term objectives, highlights important findings in maternal-fetal health,
toxicology, treatment and care, and links to other medical resources.
Perinatology.com -
A website that offers limited information on many drugs. The site allows
the user to find the medication in question and some information about the
risks associated with their use in pregnancy. It is intended for the
general population
SafeFetus.com - This is a web
site that allows the user to search for the safety of using medications during
pregnancy. For use by pregnant women, physicians and pharmacists.
National
Institute Of Mental Health- Offers practitioners information on diagnosis
and treatment of mental disorders (anxiety, depression), clinical trials,
patient education materials and consensus conference reports.
Psychiatry Expert Consensus Guideline Series
- Offers consensus guidelines for the treatment of bipolar disorders,
schizophrenia, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and agitation in older demented
patients.
Internet Mental Health - A free
encyclopaedia of mental health that is Canadian.
American Psychiatric Association - Home page
of the association.
Drugs and
Diving - Information about the safety of the use of drugs while scuba
diving.
Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sports (CCES) - A
site that contains lists of banned and restricted drugs for athletes.
CDC
Travel Site - Reviews
from the CDC on vaccination requirements for travel
Travel Medicine Program - This
site is hosted by Health
WHO International Travel and Health -
Vaccination requirements and health advise
2006 Canadian Immunization
Guide 7th edition- Latest Canadian immunization guidelines from the
Laboratory Centre for Disease Control (LCDC) for adults, children and special
populations (e.g. asplenic and HIV positive patients). Can also be
downloaded in French
WHO vaccination - World Health Organization site
on infection and tropical disease, vaccines and health policies.
John Hopkins Antimicrobial Guide
- This useful site allows the user to search by type of infection, name of
pathogen or name of antibiotic.
DoctorFungus.org - Provides a wide
range of scholarly, peer-reviewed, contemporary, and historical information
regarding fungi. The authors seek to promote an understanding of fungi and the
ways that fungal diseases of humans, animals, and plants affect people living
throughout the world. For use by both professionals and the public.
Palliative Care Formulary - A
complete guide to palliative care available electronically. You must
register to access the reference, but it is FREE.
Alberta Palliative.net - A useful
web site developed by the palliative care groups in
Canadian Medical
Association (CMA) Online - Information on clinical resources: CPG Infobase
:easy access to more than 300 clinical practice guidelines. Clinical Q&A
discussion group: private, physicians-only forum for clinical discussion is a
popular destination for "cyberspace consultations" among physicians
from all over the world. WebMed Links: CMA compilation of health- and
medicine-related Internet sites. BC Doctors' Stop-Smoking Program: Basic
package of materials to help physicians start noting their patients'
smoking-cessation status and intervening in a simple, effective way.
Canadian Paediatric Society - Information on the
Society's positional papers.
Society of Obstetricians and
Gynaecologists of Canada - Contains consensus guidelines prepared by the
society as well as positions that the society has taken.
AMA Home Page
- American Medical Association. Information on recent news releases,
legislative issues and medical research as well as links to medical journals
such as : JAMA, ARCHIVES Specialty Journals and American Medical News.
American College of Physicians -(ACP).
Access to news from the college as well as to recent literature appearing in
both the Evidence-Based Medicine and ACP journals. The ACP journal section
allows access to past issues dating from 1996 to the present. The archives are
reserved for members.
American Medical Association Publishing Home
Page - Access to recent medical literature appearing in the following
archive journals: Journal of the American Medical Association | American
Medical News | Archives of Internal Medicine | Archives of Ophthalmology |
Archives of Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery | Archives of Neurology |
Archives of Surgery | Archives of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine |
Archives of Family Medicine | Archives of Dermatology | Archives of General
Psychiatry | Archives Journal Club and Women Health. The reader is provided
with their most recent table of contents and selected articles which appeared
in past issues dating from 1996.
American Academy of Paediatrics -Provides
information on continuing education, publications and resource books on
paediatrics.
American College of Rheumatology
Home Page - Provides information on education, research, clinical and
pharmacological management. Of interests to pharmacists: ACR clinical
guidelines monograph, patient information fact sheets, the titles of articles
appearing in Arthritis and Rheumatism, and Arthritis Care and Research.
American Society for Parenteral and Enteral
Nutrition - (A.S.P.E.N.) Provides information on clinical nutrition and
metabolic support. The site provides the Tables of Contents and abstracts
beginning with the November–December 1996 issue
(vol. 20, no.
6) of the Journal of Enteral and Parenteral Nutrition (JEPN). In addition,
full-text is available for selected articles such as editorials.
National
Guideline Clearinghouse -(NGC):Offers evidence-based clinical practice
guidelines. Site sponsored by the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research in
partnership with the American Medical Association and the American Association
of Health Plans.
CMA:Clinical Practice Guidelines - Access to
clinical practice guidelines (e.g., anaesthesia, cardiology, clinical
pharmacology, infectious diseases, etc.) as well as links to various
publications and newsletters. The Table of Contents of the most recent of these
Canadian journals may be accessed: Canadian Association of Radiologists Journal,
Canadian Journal of Respiratory Therapy, Canadian Journal of Rural Medicine,
Canadian Journal of Surgery, Canadian Medical Association Journal, Cancer
Prevention and Control, and Clinical and Investigative Medicine. As for the
newsletters: CMA News, Canadian Bioethics Report, Conjoint Accreditation
Newsletter and the Forum.
Health Knowledge
Central (HKC) - is a project of the Ontario Program for Optimal
Therapeutics (OPOT), which receives arms length funding from the Ontario
Ministry of Health. The directive of HKC is to create multi-faceted health
knowledge support to enable best practice.
National Institute for Clinical Excellence -
Part of the National Health Service (NHS), and its role is to provide patients,
health professionals and the public with authoritative, robust and reliable
guidance on current “best practice”. The guidance
will cover both individual health technologies (including medicines, medical
devices, diagnostic techniques, and procedures) and the clinical management of
specific conditions.
Recommended Clinical Practice Guidelines
- The Guidelines Advisory Committee (GAC) is empowered by the Ministry of
Health and Long-Term Care and the Ontario Medical Association to promote
evidence-based health care in
Health
Services Technology Assessment Texts (HSTAT) - contains full text documents
including clinical practice guidelines.
Canadian Coordinating Office of Health Technology Assessment
(CCOHTA) - contains documents prepared by CCOHTA on various drugs and
non-drug products. It is bilingual.
Natural Products Database - This is
the Pharmacist's Letter Database of Natural Products. Requires membership
and can only be assessed with a password. Database is constantly being
updated. Contains useful concise reviews on several hundred natural products.
Alternative Medicine Review
- AMR is a peer-reviewed journal dedicated to providing accurate, timely and
clinically relevant original articles on alternative medicine. It
includes monographs on selected agents.
HerbaLinks- This site was
developed by the Iowa Drug Information Service (IDIS). It contains links
to other useful web sites that focus on herbal medicine. Each site is
rated for Pharmacy Information, Information Quality and Web site design.
Complementary
and Alternative Medicine Center of Excellence - Authored by the Healthgate
Data Corporation, but can access for free via the Shoppers Drug Mart site.
Botanical.com - an interactive
site that provides brief monographs to various herbal products.
Quack Watch - Quackwatch, Inc., a member
of Consumer Federation of America, is a nonprofit corporation whose purpose is
to combat health-related frauds, myths, fads, and fallacies. Its primary focus
is on quackery-related information that is difficult or impossible to get
elsewhere.
Longwood Herbal Task Force - A site
developed by the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, the
Children's Hospital and the Dana Farber Cancer Institute.
Herb Med - an interactive, electronic herbal
database – provides hyperlinked access to the
scientific data underlying the use of herbs for health. It is an
evidence-based information resource for professionals, researchers, and
general public. HerbMed® is a project of the Alternative Medicine
Foundation, Inc, provided as a freely available, public resource.
Howie Brounstein's Home Page
- A web site where the person has access to wildcrafting links, herbal
information, botany, herbs, plant databases, mailing lists and newsletters.
Healing Choices Cancer Reports - The Moss
Reports are based on the concept of scientific complementary oncology. Dr.
Moss, who has spent decades researching different cancers, offers a
distillation of his findings in the form of clear and up-to-date reports on
each kind of cancer.
Tico
Ethnobotanical Dictionary -- TOC - A dictionary where the names and place
of origins of various botanical herbal agents can be looked up.
A Modern Herbal Home Page
- A Modern Herbal, first published in 1931, by Mrs. Grieve, contains Medicinal,
Culinary, Cosmetic and economic Properties, Cultivation and Folk-Lore of Herbs.
Plant & Herb Index More than 800 varieties of herbs & plants. Word
Search Word search of the 860 page text. Index of Recipes A listing of 29
plants that include recipes. Index of Poisons A listing of 44 plants that are listed
as poisonous.
Michael Moore - SW School of Botanical
Medicine Home Page - Web site where we have access to various illustrations
of botanical and medicinal plants. In addition, various herb manuals, files and
texts can be accessed via acrobat files.
National Center for Complementary &
Alternative Medicine - NIH-The National Institutes of Health (NIH), Office
of Alternative Medicine (OAM) facilitates research and evaluation of
unconventional medical practices and disseminates this information to the
public. The site provides information on the OMA and its activities, resources
on acupuncture, behavioural and relaxation approaches for the treatment of
chronic pain and insomnia as well as information on conferences and meetings
dealing with complementary and alternative medicine events worldwide
Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
- One can search for information by plant, chemicals or activity. Other
browsable subject data bases on this website are plant ecological ranges,
plant uses, Native American food plants, and medicinal plants of Native America
Herb Research Foundation - Herbs and Herbal
Medicine for Health - Information on the herb research foundation and how
to become a member. Also contains links to web sites that contain herbal
information.
UW Medicinal Herb Garden Home
Page - This web site contains pictures of herbs as well as links to Pubmed
and other sites.
Homeopathic Education Services -
Introduction to homeopathy, treatments for specific ailments, resources and links
to other homeopathic sites
Biam - Site for identifying
European drugs and specifically for French products
Vidal - Electronic
copy of the Dictionnaire Vidal (CPS equivalent in
Identification
of foreign medications - This site links the user to several internet sites
that contain lists of foreign medications. Over 32 countries from
Le Nouveau Grand
Dictionnaire Terminologique - This web site is offered by the Government of
Quebec and provides quick translations to English words/terms. Excellent
for medical terminology.
USDA Nutrient
Database - A great place for finding out the nutrient content of a wide
variety of foods
IFPMA Clinical Trials Portal
- The International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers & Association
have developed a portal that list active clinical trials.
Pharma-Lexicon - A site that has a
dictionary of pharmaceutical medicine with definitions of acronyms and
abbreviations. Other useful information can also be found.
Canada Post - Useful for finding postal
codes of Canadian addresses, postal rates and other services offered by Canada
Post
Drug Info Net - Links to drug and
disease information sites, US Pharmaceutical Manufacturer Information site,
health care news, a Health Information site dealing with pregnancy and
contraceptives, Associations and Government Sites as well as links to medical
libraries, hospitals, medical schools and managed care organizations. The
Ask the Experts site allows users to submit questions to Doctors and
Pharmacists.
TheWorld-Wide Web Virtual Library: Pharmacy
- Links to medical/pharmacy related web sites. Unfortunately it may take
several steps to find the information you are looking for.
PharmWeb - Links to pharmacy related web
sites. The contents of each web site are described.
MEDICAL MATRIX Forums: -Posts
peer-reviewed, annotated, clinical medical resources on the internet. Ranks
other sites on their usefulness.
Mayo Clinic Health site - Designed for
the non-health professional to search for information on drugs (USP Drug
Guide). Various resources include: Cancer Center, Diet and Nutrition, Heart
Center, Pregnancy & Children, Medicine Center, and Women's Health.
Virtual Medical Center - Martindale's
Health Science Guide - An extensive site dealing with a myriad of different
topics. The pharmacy centre contains links to dictionaries, on-line journals,
pharmacology courses and more.
MedZone- Provides
links to various search sites. Sites, with descriptors, are categorized
according to topic (Association, Disease, Government, Medline, Journals).
Medscape- Provides links to various search
sites. Sites, with descriptors, are categorized according to topic
(Association, Disease, Government, Medline, Journals).
MEDIC:HEALTH EXPLORER -
Information for patients on health and healthy lifestyles, including brief
reviews on medical conditions, instructions for lab tests and other health
related information.
Center Watch Clinical Trials Listing Service
- Information on clinical trials both for patients interested in participating
in clinical trials and for research professionals.
Clinical Pharmacology Online-
Provides drug information for medical professionals, however only brief
excerpts of drug monographs are provided free. To obtain full information you
must purchase the CD-ROM
Bandolier: Evidence-Based Health Care
- Great reviews on common therapeutic questions
Canadian Centres for Health Evidence
- The Centre for Health Evidence promote evidence-based health care by
presenting knowledge-based resources to health professionals in ways that
facilitate their optimum use
Centre for Evidence-based Child
Care - From the United Kingdom
ACP Journal on line - Electronic journal
of the American College of Physicians and the American Society of Internal
Medicine
Therapeutic Letter -
This is a bi-monthly letter targeting identified problematic therapeutic issues
(brief, simple, practical messages). The process involves a literature review
and development of the message by different working groups of the Therapeutics
Initiative. A draft of the letter is reviewed by specialists who are expert in
the particular therapeutic area and members of the Scientific Information and Education
Committee before the letter is disseminated.
Netting the Evidence -
Netting the Evidence is intended to facilitate evidence-based healthcare by
providing support and access to helpful organisations and useful learning
resources, such as an evidence-based virtual library, software and journals.
Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine - The Centre
has been established in