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Overview of Links
(click on a name in the table below to see all the links in that section)
Last updated: December 6, 2010
CANADIAN GOVERNMENT AND AGENCIES
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Lists and describes services offered by the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care. Of pharmacy interest: ODB (Ontario Drug Benefit Plan), Trillium Drug Program. Includes information on coverage offered by provincial drug plans. |
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Access to the current ODB formulary and to a link for searching its electronic version (ODB e-Formulary). |
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Access to the current RAMQ formulary. |
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Provides scientific references and treatment guidelines from the province of Québec to health professionals. |
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Allows the user to determine drug coverage under provincial, federal or private third-party drug plans. |
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Homepage with helpful links to many Canadian Government Health Agencies. |
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Health Canada’s product safety homepage. Provides links to advisories, newsletters, adverse drug reactions reporting and others. |
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Postings of safety alerts, public health advisories, warnings, recalls, press releases and other notices from pharmaceutical manufacturers on marketed health products, including natural health products and medical devices. |
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Provides factual information on serious or unexpected adverse reactions suspected of being associated with drugs, natural health products and medical devices. |
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Provides adverse reactions reporting forms and guidelines, and access to Canadian adverse reaction online database. |
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Provides information and Canadian guidelines on public health issues, including travel health, infectious and chronic diseases, vaccination and emergency preparedness. |
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Latest Canadian immunization guidelines for adults, children and special populations, from the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC). |
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Weekly publication of the Public Health Agency of Canada. |
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Lists products (alphabetically by trade name) that have received approval (NOC) from Health Canada. Current up to the previous week. A searchable database is also available. |
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Searchable database on all marketed pharmaceutical agents in Canada (i.e., human and veterinary drugs, biological drugs and disinfectants; excludes natural products). |
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Searchable database on all natural products that have been issued a natural product number (NPN) by Health Canada. |
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Provides access to approved monographs for selected natural products. |
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Searchable database on all medical devices approved by Health Canada. |
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Provides information on the Special Access Programme and access to the electronic version of the request form. |
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Health Canada’s list of new, current and expired drug patents. |
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Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) in Canada
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ISMP Canada is an independent national not-for-profit agency committed to the advancement of medication safety in all healthcare settings. ISMP Canada works with various groups to promote safe medication practices. |
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Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH) |
CADTH is an independent, not-for-profit agency funded by Canadian federal, provincial, and territorial governments to provide credible, impartial advice and evidence-based information about the effectiveness of drugs and other health technologies to Canadian health care decision makers |
AMERICAN GOVERNMENT & AGENCIES
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Contains links to various American Government Health Agencies and includes the FDA product approvals lists, safety alerts and advisories. |
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Searchable database for products currently designated as orphans by the Office of Orphan Products Development. |
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Searchable database on all approved drugs in the USA, including therapeutically equivalent products. |
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National Institute for Health (NIH) Consensus Development Program
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Position statements from the NIH on various therapeutic areas. |
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CDC provides a single point of access to a variety of CDC reports and guidelines including travel, disease prevention, STD and emergency preparedness. |
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MMWR is the publication of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC |
PHARMACY AND PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATIONS
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Lists publications available from the Canadian Pharmacists Association, including Therapeutics Briefs, and provides information on ongoing research and practice initiatives as well as a calendar of events. |
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CSHP is the national society of pharmacists in the hospital and related health care settings. |
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Association des pharmaciens en établissement de la santé du Québec (APES) |
APES is the Québec association of pharmacists in the hospital and related health care settings. |
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Provides general information about the association, current chapters, how to become a member and a calendar of events. |
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OCP is the licensing body for Ontario pharmacists. This website contains a directory of names and e-mail links to staff at the college, as well as information regarding pharmacy practice issues and continuing education events. |
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The licensing body for Québec pharmacists. This website contains information regarding pharmacy practice issues. |
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Provides healthcare news, several articles from journals such as Pharmacy Practice and the Medical Post, e-newsletters and email alerts to physicians, pharmacists, nurses and health care managers. Free access after registration. |
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National Association of Pharmacy Regulatory Authorities (NAPRA) |
Information on pharmacy and pharmacist licensure and regulation in Canada. This website allows you to search drug schedules for specific products. |
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Reviews the purpose and jurisdiction of the patented medicine price review board. It also lists its membership and publications. |
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Information from researchers and manufacturers of brand name prescription drugs in Canada. The website contains a list of member companies, articles of interest to the pharmaceutical industry and link to the IFPMA clinical trials portal. |
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Provides information about ACCP, including membership, news releases, and position papers from the college and a link to the journal Pharmacotherapy. |
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Provides information about the society, including membership, meetings and a list of events. The website also contains practice standards and a link to the ASHP journal. |
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APhA is the largest association of pharmacists in the United States. APhA provides a forum for discussion, consensus building, and policy setting for the profession of pharmacy |
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Access to health-related news, clinical guidelines and disease information for patients. |
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Information on the Society's positional papers. |
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Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (SOGC) of Canada |
Contains consensus guidelines positions statements from the SOGC. |
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Information on recent news releases, legislative issues and medical research as well as links to medical journals such as JAMA and ARCHIVES Specialty |
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Access to news from the college as well as to recent literature appearing in both the Evidence-Based Medicine and ACP journals. It provides links to ACP journal, including the Annals of Internal Medicine. |
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Provides information on health issues, publications and resource books on pediatrics. |
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Provides disease and drug information for patients and clinical guidelines. |
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American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN) |
Provides information on clinical nutrition and metabolic support, as well as a link to the Journal of Enteral and Parenteral Nutrition (JEPN). |
MEDIA/PRESS RELEASE/NEWS RELEASES
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Lists current health-related articles in the news. The entire article can be read online. |
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Listings of daily press releases in Canada (not restricted to health care issues). |
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Medical news, alerts and other news – the latest medical news from conferences, the literature, newswires and the internet. New medical websites of the week, new drugs or indications, medical conferences and CME/CHE events, and Internet medical resources. |
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| Cyberpresse | Provides news from French-Canadian media (French only). |
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This website 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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Worldwide latest news on health issues. |
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A website designed to keep users up-to-date on medical literature by e-mailing users with the table of contents from 50 journals. The website also e-mails out e-updates on 150 topics of interest. The website is run by Muhammad Zuberi, a pharmacist at the University Health Network, Toronto General Hospital. |
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A website that links websites of free medical journals by alphabetical listing or by area of interest. |
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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. |
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The official journal of the American Society of Health Systems Pharmacists (ASHP). Password required for full-text access. |
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Access to full-text version of the journal. |
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The website allows for free electronic access to current and previous issues of the journal. |
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Official journal of the Canadian Society of Hospital Pharmacists (CSHP). Full-text articles from 2000 onwards. Password required for full-text access. |
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CPJ is the official journal of the Canadian Pharmacists Association (CPhA). Provides access to full-text version of the journal. |
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Journal by Adis Press that contains in-depth reviews on new drugs, accessed via Ingenta. Password required for full-text access. |
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Journal by Adis Press that contains articles that focus on adverse drug reactions, accessed via Ingenta. Password required for full-text access. |
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Journal by Adis Press that focuses on geriatric issues, accessed via Ingenta. Password required for full-text access. |
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Newsletter by Adis Press that contains general articles on drugs (typically containing comparison tables or algorithms for disease management), accessed via Ingenta. Password required. |
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A US monthly news magazine for pharmacists. |
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US journal that contains in-depth reviews on newer drugs, and newsy political content. |
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Peer reviewed monthly journal. Password required for full-text access. |
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IJPC emphasizes on pharmaceutical compounding. Password required for full-text access. |
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JAPhA is the official journal of the American Pharmacists Association. Password required for full-text access. |
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Useful newsletter on new drugs. Password required for full-text access. |
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This is a publication from France. Password required for full-text access. |
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Quebec journal on pharmaceutical practice in the hospital-related health care settings. |
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The official publication of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain. Professional journal for UK pharmacists. Typically contains at least one clinical article. This website also gives access to other UK pharmacy publications. |
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Pharmacy Practice, Drugstore Canada, L'actualité pharmaceutique, Québec Pharmacie, Canadian Healthcare Manager, GestionSanté |
The website for the Roger's Communication Pharmacy publications. Selected articles are available in full-text. Free access after registration. |
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Access to the full-text articles that are highlighted in the newsletter. Password required for full-text access. |
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The official journal of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP). Password required for full-text access. |
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Newsletter developed by the Departments of Pharmacology and Therapeutics and of Family Practice at The University of British Columbia. |
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US journal. Free access to full-text articles. |
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Official journal of the American Academy of Family Physicians. Free access to full-text articles one year after publication. |
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Full-text journal access. |
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Users can view the current table of contents and abstracts for the articles. Free access to full-text articles 6 months after their publication. |
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Medical journal that offers full-text access to their entire collection. The website also has its own search engine. |
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Generally considered to be the best website of a medical journal on the internet. Some full-text articles available. |
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Weekly publication of the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC). |
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Full-text journal access. |
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Offers selected articles from their most recent issue, recent press-releases, and on-line subscription. Free access to full-text articles one year after publication. |
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Full-text journal access. |
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Users can view the current table of contents and abstracts for the articles. Free access to full-text articles 6 months after publication. |
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Users can view the current table of contents and abstracts for the articles of The Lancet, The Lancet Infectious Diseases, The Lancet Neurology and The Lancet Oncology. Some free full-text articles available after registration. |
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Publication of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). |
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Users can view the current table of contents and abstracts for the articles. Free access to some full-text articles. |
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This website will allow electronic subscribers to access the latest full-text electronic version of the American Hospital Formulary Service – Drug Information. Subscription required. |
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This website houses the monograph updates, new monographs as well as monographs on diagnostic agents for the American Hospital Formulary Service – Drug Information. A username and password are required but can be found on the last page in the Preface of the textbook. |
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The BNF is a rapid reference for UK residents published by the British Medical Association and the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain. It offers tools such as calculators for BMI, CrCL, BSA and imperial-metric conversion. |
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This is the British equivalent to the CPS in Canada. It contains product monographs as well as patient information. |
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Electronic version. Password required. |
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Medscape’s updated online medical textbook. |
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This website will allow the user to access various textbooks in electronic format including Facts and Comparisons, The Review of Natural Products, Drug Interaction Facts, Drug Identifier. Subscription required. |
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Excellent website for complete anatomy of the body |
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Provides stability and compatibility information of parenteral drugs. Subscription required. |
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Includes The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy, The Merck Manual of Health and Aging, The Merck Manual of Geriatrics, The Merck Index and 2 other Merck references for veterinary care. |
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A useful website that connects the user to several free medical journals, textbooks, treatment guidelines, patient information, etc… |
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This website contains several comparison tables on classes of medications. It is developed and hosted by a group in Saskatchewan. Password required. |
OTHER DRUG INFORMATION RESOURCES
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This US website offers the user access to medical resources that provide information and news on diseases, symptoms, tests, surgery, injuries, nutrition, medications, and poisons. Focuses on family and community health. |
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This 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. Subscription required. |
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This website is hosted by the University of Dalhousie and contains extensive information on several areas of interest to pharmacists. |
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This website was created by Toronto pharmacists and includes several links to useful websites. |
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A great place for finding out the nutrient content of a wide variety of foods. |
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Provides brief information on ongoing or recently completed clinical trials. |
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The International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers & Associations have developed a portal that list active clinical trials and study results. |
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Information on ongoing clinical trials and contact information for research professionals and for patients interested in participating in clinical trials. |
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Provides health professionals with robust and integrated medical information and educational tools. |
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The Cochrane Library is a collection of databases that contain high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making. Cochrane reviews represent the highest level of evidence on which to base clinical treatment decisions. |
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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). It provides contact and content information about local interactive smoking cessation programs as well as a tool to help ensure continuity of care. |
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Provides links to drug and disease information websites, health care news. The “Ask the Experts” website allows users to submit questions. |
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Links to pharmacy-related websites. The contents of each website are described. |
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Posts peer-reviewed, annotated, clinical medical resources on the internet. Ranks other websites on their usefulness. Password required for searching databases. |
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An extensive website dealing with a myriad of different topics. The pharmacy centre provides links to medical associations, on-line journals, pharmacology courses and more. |
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Provides some links to worldwide pharmacy schools, companies, associations, hospitals, journal/books and more. Links to pharmacy-related websites. |
(Please consult the Medical Specialties and Medical Associations sections for additional guidelines)
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Various clinical practice guidelines can be accessed via the CMA Infobase. |
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Information on the Society's position papers. |
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Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada (SOGC) |
Contains consensus guidelines positions statements from the SOGC. |
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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. |
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The Conseil du médicament of Québec’s Ministry of Health developed treatment guidelines, such as antibiotherapy for various indications, asthma, peptic ulcer and optimal use of PPIs. |
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Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH) |
Provides reviews prepared by CADTH on various drugs and non-drug products. |
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Offers evidence-based clinical practice guidelines. Website sponsored by the US Agency for Health Care Policy and Research in partnership with the American Medical Association and the American Association of Health Plans. |
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HKC is a project of the Ontario Program for Optimal Therapeutics (OPOT), which receives arms length funding from the Ontario Ministry of Health. It provides quick links to algorithms, tool kits and quick reference guides for various indications. |
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Provides full-text documents including clinical practice guidelines. |
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National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) |
NICE is part of the UK National Health Service (NHS), and its role is to provide guidance on current “best practice” on the use of individual health technologies (including medicines, medical devices, diagnostic techniques, and procedures) and the clinical management of specific conditions. |
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A website that has a dictionary of pharmaceutical medicine with definitions of acronyms and abbreviations. Other useful information, such as drug and disease information, can also be found. |
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Offered by the Government of Quebec. It provides quick translations to English words/terms. |
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Great reviews on common therapeutic questions. |
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The Centre for Health Evidence promotes evidence-based health care by presenting knowledge-based resources to health professionals in ways that facilitate their optimum use. |
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Electronic journal, part of the British Medical Journals. |
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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. |
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Established in Oxford, it develops, teaches and promotes evidence-based health care and provides support and resources to health professionals. |
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Lists location of cancer society centres with their services (e.g. Patient Services Program, Public Education, projects to prevent smoking, increase the screening of certain cancers). |
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The CCO Toolbox presents various treatment protocols for several types of cancers and patient information on drugs and regimens. |
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Contains monographs on various antineoplastic agents as well as patient information sheets. |
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Information on clinical trials and treatment options (including unconventional therapies). |
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From the US National Institutes of Health. Information on cancer treatment and clinical trials, as well as patient information. |
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Guidelines from the US National Comprehensive Cancer Network. |
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University of Pennsylvania Cancer Centre. Useful website with search engine, as well as links to complementary medicine websites. |
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Offers patient information and a professional critique (which are solely the opinion of the cited authors). From the BC Cancer Agency. |
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Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Information on Herbs and Botanicals |
Information on alternative therapies for cancer patients. |
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It is a Canadian-based and Internationally distributed journal that represents a multidisciplinary medium encompassing health care workers in the field of cancer therapy to report upon and to review progress in the management of this disease. |
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A guide to palliative care available electronically. Free access after registration. |
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The CDA provides information on programs and services, and access to its position statements and clinical guidelines. |
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Wide selection of information, including a link to the US clinical guidelines. |
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JDFR is a non-profit, nongovernmental organization that funds diabetes research. The website provides information on research and clinical trials and access to publications for diabetics. |
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A reference for diabetic patients and caregivers. |
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The latest medical news and information for patients and caregivers. |
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This US website provides patients information on clinical trials, marketed and investigational drugs and vaccines, and links to guidelines and other resources. |
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Designed for AIDS or HIV infected patients interested in taking part in experimental studies. |
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UBC’s CIHR CTN provides information on clinical trials in Canada as well as links to other useful HIV/AIDS websites. |
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Various HIV/AIDS issues can be searched for a list of appropriate references. |
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Contains information for the health professionals and patients on specific drugs and general HIV infection issues, as well as links to treatment guidelines. |
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Developed by two Canadian Pharmacists, providing tools such as drug interactions, drug administration schedules, dyspepsia management and drug information for health professionals and for patients. |
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The NIH OAR provides information on clinical trials and guidelines. |
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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. |
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This is the official website of the Canadian Renal Pharmacists Network. This website allows access to patient information, articles of interest, the group's newsletter as well as a discussion forum. Free access after registration. |
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This widely-utilized reference provides concise, easy-to-use information on the dialyzability of drugs in patients receiving hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis. Last version: 2010. |
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This website contains a database of dosing recommendations for renal failure in adults and in children. (AKA “Bennett’s”). |
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Provides patient information and access to the US KDOQI and KDIGO clinical guidelines and GFR calculators. |
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This US website provides information on kidney disease and clinical management tools, including GFR, BMI and mean arterial pressure calculators, and its own search engine. |
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Official website of the International Society of Nephrology. |
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Provides evidence-based information and guidance on potential risks to the developing fetus or infant. |
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Database prepared by the US National Library of Medicine, focusing on drugs used in lactation. |
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The website 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. |
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This is a website that allows the user to search for the safety of using medications during pregnancy. |
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Provides access to Canadian treatment guidelines and position statements. |
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From the US National Institutes of Health. This website offers practitioners information on diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders (anxiety, depression), clinical trials and patient education materials. |
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Offers consensus guidelines for the treatment of various psychiatric conditions, including ADHD. |
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A free Canadian encyclopaedia of mental health. |
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Provides access to US treatment guidelines and position statements. |
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Information about the safety of the use of drugs while scuba diving. |
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This website is hosted by the Public Health Agency of Canada. It includes information and guidelines on travel and immunization, and a list of travel clinics by province. |
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Reviews from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on vaccination requirements for travel. |
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The World Health Organization’s website that provides vaccination requirements and travel health advise. |
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Canadian immunization guidelines for adults, children and special populations (e.g., asplenic and HIV-positive patients). From the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) |
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World Health Organization’s website on immunization-related topics. |
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This useful website allows the user to search by type of infection, name of pathogen or name of antibiotic.Requires registration. |
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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. |
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Provides tables categorizing drugs as substrates, inducers or inhibitors of various cytochrome P450 isoenzymes. |
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Arizona CERT (Center for Education and Research on Therapeutics) |
Provides information on drug interactions involving drugs that may prolong the QT interval. |
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Provides information of P-450, Pgp and UGT. |
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Provides up-to-date information on grapefruit/drug interactions. Discusses mechanism, and relevant interactions. |
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Provides drug interaction tables on HIV drugs and other medications and foods. |
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Provides short monographs on drugs used in HIV, diagnosis, management, pathogens, resistance. Requires registration, but free. |
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Interactive drug interaction tables between anti-HIV medications and non-HIV medications, provided by the University of Liverpool. |
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This website contains useful drug interaction databases. It was created and is maintained by the UCSF centre for HIV information. |
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Developed by two Canadian Pharmacists, providing tools such as drug interactions, drug administration schedules, dyspepsia management and drug information for health professionals and for patients. |
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Provides information for use by pharmacists in the formulation of the non-sterile compounds. |
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Provides compounding formulas from journal literature. |
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The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids)/Compounding Services |
Provides compounding recipes for several medications listed alphabetically. |
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Provides compounding information and recipes on several medications. |
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Free access to Medline and more. |
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National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) |
Free access to conducting literature searches automatically limited to the complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) subset of PubMed. |
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A cluster of databases on toxicology, hazardous chemicals and related issues. |
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Health Canada’s website providing monographs of approved natural products |
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Searchable database on all marketed natural health products. |
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This is the Database of Natural Products from the same publisher as the Pharmacist’s Letter. Password required. |
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Provides detailed information on the clinical use of herbs and supplements. |
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Available from Shoppers Drug Mart website. Information presented as monographs on specific herbs, supplements and alternative therapies, as well as per medical condition. The content is reviewed by EBSCO Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) Review Board. |
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CAMline is an evidence-based website on complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) for healthcare professionals and the public. |
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This website was developed by the University of Iowa Drug Information Service. It contains links to other useful websites that focus on herbal medicine. Each website is rated for Pharmacy Information, Information Quality and Website design. |
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Member of Consumer Federation of America, a non-profit 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. |
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From National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Provides facts sheets and photos of various herbs and plants. |
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A website developed by the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, the Children's Hospital and the Dana Farber Cancer Institute. Provides detailed information on selected herbal products as well as patient information sheets. |
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An interactive, electronic herbal database – provides selected hyperlinked access to the scientific data underlying the use of herbs for health. No summaries available. |
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A website where the person has access to wildcrafting links, herbal information, botany, herbs and plant databases. |
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Provides brief monographs to various herbal products. |
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Website 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. |
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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. |
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An unreferenced dictionary where the names and place of origins of various botanical herbal agents can be looked up. |
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Information on the herb research foundation and how to become a member. Also contains links to websites that contain herbal information. |
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This website contains pictures of herbs as well as links to PubMed and other websites. |
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Introduction to homeopathy, treatments for specific ailments, resources and links to other homeopathic websites. |
FOREIGN MEDICATIONS IDENTIFICATION
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Website for identifying drugs from France and some foreign drugs. |
(Please consult the Medical Specialties, Medical Associations and Other DI Resources sections for additional resources)
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This website is developed and hosted by the Canadian Paediatric Society. It includes information on childhood diseases, immunization, care for the newborn, etc. |
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Provides reliable health information from a family medicine perspective to educate users about healthful behaviours, and effective prevention and management of common diseases. |
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A patient-oriented medical reference that covers more than 700 medical and surgical topics. Available in English and Spanish. |
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This website gives consumer/patient information on various disease and drug topics. |
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Public information on a variety of topics including drugs, devices, environmental health and food. Prepared by Health Canada. |
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An interactive website that covers topics including information on various diseases and medications. |
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This website 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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An interactive website that offers information on medications and diseases and access to a free medical dictionary. Hosted by the National Library of Medicine. |
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A source of complete and comprehensive information written in English and easy to understand. |
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This website offers information on emergency contraception (post-coital contraception). |
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Health and Wellness information for consumers, including information on medications, natural health products, conditions and diseases. |
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The consumer's eyes and ears in Washington. They fight for issues such as safer drugs and medical devices. The website describes initiatives by Public Citizen and allows you to search for specific information. |
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The commercial internet pharmacy that also provides some information, mostly for patients. Has very general product monographs, identification, herbals. Nice website for Chinese herbal products and to get a good joke from time to time. |
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Provides credible and up-to-date information and education on sexual health. This website 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 (SOGC) |
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Large collection of information on various medical conditions. From the University of Iowa. |