Select Open-Access Drug Information Sources Available Via the Internet
Web Address
www.merck.com/pubs
www.nccam.nih.gov
http://ods.od.nih.gov/index.aspx
www.usp.org/USPVerified/
www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus
www.mayoclinic.com/health/druginformation/DrugHerbIndex
http://medlineplus.gov
www.talkaboutrx.org
www.webmd.com
www.globalrph.com
www.guidelines.gov
www.cochrane.org
www.ahrq.gov
www.nlm.nih.gov
www.nih.gov
Sponsor Area(s)
Merck
National Centers for Complementary and
Alternative Medicine
NIH Office of Dietary Supplements
United States Pharmacopeia
NIH MedlinePlus
Mayo Clinic
National Library of Medicine
National Council on Patient Information and
Education
WebMD LLC
GlobalRPh Inc
National Guideline Clearinghouse
The Cochrane Collaboration
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Evidence-based medicine;
National Library of Medicine General health
and education
www.fda.gov
National Institutes of Health General health
and education
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
General health and education
Food and Drug Administration
www.torsades.org
ArizonaCERT
www.cdc.gov
http://medicine.iupui.edu/clinpharm/ddis Indiana University School of Medicine
www.glutenfreedrugs.com/
Unknown, maintained by a clinical pharmacist
www.clinicaltrials.gov
www.clinicalstudyresults.org
National Institutes of Health Clinical
PhRMA
www.ashp.org
www.accp.com
www.amcp.org
www.pharmacist.com
American Society of Health System
Pharmacists
American College of Clinical Pharmacy
Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy
American Pharmacists Association
Covered
General medicine
Herbal and
alternative
medicine
Patient
information
General pharmacy;
calculators
only abstracts are
open access at the
Cochrane
Collaboration
links to
MedlinePlus,
AIDSinfo, PubMed,
and others
27 disease/organspecific institutes
traveler's health
General
information on
drugs and
biologics;
bioequivalence
information
(Orange Book)
QT-prolonging
potential of drugs
CYP450
interactions
Gluten-free
medications
trial registry
PhRMA Clinical
Study Results
Database
Pharmacy practice
resources
www.healthinfotranslations.com
Various hospitals and associations
www.asco.org
www.nccn.org
www.hematology.org
www.emedicine.com
www.orpha.net
American Society of Clinical Oncology
National Comprehensive Cancer Network
American Society of
Medscape
Orphanet
www.omnimedicalsearch.com
OmniMedicalSearch.com
www.medicines.org.uk
The electronic Medicines Compendium (eMC)
http://pharmacy.samford.edu/msop_refer
enceGuides.aspx
http://online.epocrates.com
http://qnl.qa/home
The Samford University Global Drug
Information Service
Epocrates
Qatar National Library (QNL)
Health information
translations
Hematology
Cancer-related
information
General medicine
Portal for rare
diseases and
orphan drugs
Health care
information search
engine
Drug information,
and patient
information
Pharmacy
Reference Guides
Drug information
full-text databases,,
ebooks, periodicals
and newspapers, and
special collections
Reference:

Brunetti L and Hermes-DeSantis E. The Internet as a Drug Information Resource [Internet]. US
Pharm. 2010;35(1): Epub [cited 2015 Jan 2]. Available from:
http://www.uspharmacist.com/content/d/feature/c/19130/