Useful Drug Information & Pharmacy Links


As most of you know, the net is loaded with resources that can be used to help answer some drug information questions, especially is the question originated from somewhere in this space. Below are a few links that you may find useful. I will update them periodically. If you know of a site that should be added, let me know.
If any of the links are expired or have the wrong address, please let me know.

Canadian Resources

Health Canada - large # of links to resources at Health Canada; news releases, speeches, fact sheets, health information
Ontario College of Pharmacists
Canadian Medical Association - clinical practice guidelines, link to the CMA Journal, policy information/guidelines, links to online medical journals and newsletters
Canadian Pediatric Society - guidelines/position papers from CPS, meeting listings, parents section

American Resources

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - large # of links to resources at the CDC, traveller information, publications, statistics, press releases, events, MMRW
National Institutes of Health - large # of links within the NIH
Federal Drug Administration
American Association of Pediatrics - publications, research information, info for parents
American Medical Association - press releases, data resources, link to other medical sites, link to JAMA

Other Pharmacy and Medical Sites

OncolinkVery large resource list for oncology. Information on disease, medical specialities, psychosocial support, cancer causes/screening/prevention, clinical trials, resourse information.
NeonatologyPage devoted to clinical resources for neonatal and perinatal medicine. Includes reference material which is quite extensive, a dosing formulary for neonates, resource information for teaching. Also includes a java program, but in beginning stages.
Pharmweb - large site for pharmacy related information
Pharmacy Information - very large and complete Pharmacy site, likely one of the most extensive, drug information, publications, info on diseases, meeting highlights, discussions groups, links....
Pediatric Pharmacy Page - good for pediatric information
Hospital Web - listing of numerous hospitals on the net
Health Touch - contains parent/patient counselling material
Cincinatti Children's Hospital Medical Ctr , contains some patient counselling material
Medical News

The next 3 are primarily links to electronic journals on the net:
Medicine Online
WebDoctor
Multimedia reference library

World Health Organization - complete link to the WHO, policy information, guidelines
Medscape - can search Medline database
Virtual Pharmacy Center
Algy's Herb Page: Medicinal - herbal medicine information
RxList - large listing of drugs, primarily American but may be helpful with product identification

Search Engines: for locating Internet sites

PedInfo An index of resources specific to the pediatric population. Likely one of the most complete linkage pages that I've seen. Broken up into medical specialities. Excellent resource for any pediatric institution.
Achoo Healthcare Directory
Alta Vista
Health A to Z
HotBot
InfoSeek
Internet Sleuth
Lycos
WebCrawler
Yahoo

Shareware/Freeware

Tucows excellent site if you are looking for specific shareware programs

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