LibGuides: IREACH: Drugs, Herbs, Supplements etc.

Prescription & Non-Prescription Drugs

UpToDate Lexidrug This link opens in a new window
A series of databases providing drug identification, interaction analysis, news on drugs such as FDA recalls, shortages, alerts and new drugs.
Stat!Ref (Teton Data Systems) This link opens in a new window
Provides access to full-text electronic information in latest editions of medical, chemical and pharmacological texts, dictionaries and indexes.
MedlinePlus (NLM) This link opens in a new window
Quality consumer health information from the National Library of Medicine. Access to extensive information about specific diseases and conditions. ##Links to: Consumer health information, Dictionaries, Lists of hospitals and physicians,and Clinical trials.

DailyMed
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) labeling for prescription drugs, OTC medicines, medical foods, and supplements
RxNav
Use RXNav to access RxNorm normalized naming system for prescription and OTC medications, and a tool for facilitating the interoperability of drug terminologies and pharmacy knowledge base systems
PubChem
Large-scale chemistry database with comprehensive information on chemicals, including molecular structures, properties, bioactivities, and many others
LactMed
Information on drugs and chemicals to which lactating people and nursing infants may be exposed.

Office of Dietary Supplements(NIH)
The Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS) fact sheets give a current overview of individual vitamins, minerals and other dietary supplements.

MedlinePlus (NLM) This link opens in a new window
Quality consumer health information from the National Library of Medicine. Access to extensive information about specific diseases and conditions. ##Links to: Consumer health information, Dictionaries, Lists of hospitals and physicians,and Clinical trials.
NatMed Pro This link opens in a new window
Contains information on all sorts of products that are generally thought of as "natural" medicines including herbal and non-herbal supplements.

Herbs at a Glance (NCCAM)
A series of fact sheets from the that National Center for Complementary & Alternative Medicine that provides basic information about specific herbs or botanicals—common names, uses, potential side effects, and resources for more information.