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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
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 -
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
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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 University of Iowa Library.
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 American Academy of Family
Physicians. Full-text journal for free.
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
"Arcade", a new information center.
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
Canada. It contains product monographs as well as patient
information. It requires a user name and password (same as the BNF) and
is free.
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. University of
Iowa and Mosby-Year Book, Inc.
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 Iowa.
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 Saskatchewan.
RPhWorld.com -
This site was created by two Toronto pharmacists and includes several links to
useful sites.
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 Canada (not restricted to health care
issues). Can be searched by industry, keyword and subject.
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
Canada. It is useful for finding out what laypeople are hearing on the
news. Also useful for when we get questions that start with 'my client
heard it on the radio or TV...."
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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 Ontario, presents the
various treatment protocols for several types of cancers along with the
guidelines prepared by Cancer Care Ontario.
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 Ontario and
includes patient information sheets on many chemotherapeutic agents and related
drugs (Also
in French).
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
- University of Pennsylvania Cancer Centre. Useful site with search engine, as
well as links to complementary medicine sites.
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 University of Louisville and contains
a database of dosing recommendations for renal failure patients.
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 Canada. It includes
useful information for patients and healthcare practitioners about travel and
immunization. The site includes a list of travel clinics by province and
the sites that are approved for the yellow-fever vaccine. All the
information is presented in French and English
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 Alberta. Allows the user full access to the Palliative Care Guide and
a Caregivers Guide.
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 Ontario, by encouraging
physicians to use the best available clinical practice guidelines.
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 France)
Identification
of foreign medications - This site links the user to several internet sites
that contain lists of foreign medications. Over 32 countries from Europe,
Asia and the Americas.
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 Oxford as the
first of several centres around the country whose broad aim is to promote evidence-based
health care and provide support and resources to anyone who wants to make use
of them