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Title: Drug Information Pathfinder

Link: http://www.fda.gov/cder/Offices/DDI/pathfinder.htm
Description: This pathfinder from the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research from the U. S. Food and Drug Administration includes links to information about drug approvals, drug safety, drug availability, the drug review process, drug development and more.

Title: Drug Information Portal - U.S. National Library of Medicine - Access to over 12,000 drugs

Link: http://druginfo.nlm.nih.gov/drugportal/drugportal.jsp?APPLICATION_NAME=drugportal
Description: The NLM Drug Information Portal gives users a gateway to selected drug information from the National Library of Medicine and other key government agencies. At the top of the page are links to individual resources with potential drug information, including summaries tailored to various audiences. Resources include the NLM search systems useful in searching for a drug, NLM research resources, resources organized by audience and class, and other NIH and government resources such as FDA and CDC. 

More than 12,000 drugs can be searched using this facility. Search by drug trade name or generic name.

Title: Electronic Orange Book Home Page

Link: http://www.fda.gov/cder/ob/default.htm
Description: Approved Drug Products with Therapeutic Equivalence Evaluations

Title: MICROMEDEX

Link: http://www.biomed.lib.umn.edu/articles/mdx/disclamer
Description: Providing access to drug information resources, including DRUGDEX; POISINDEX; Martindale, the Extra Pharmacopoeia; Index Nominum; and Physician's Desk Reference. Note: Databases that appear gray in color are disabled and not part of our subscription.

Title: Drugs@FDA

Link: http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cder/drugsatfda/
Description: A Catalog of FDA Approved Drug Products
  • Approved and tentatively approved prescription, over-the-counter, and discontinued drugs
  • Drug approval letters, labels, and review packages

Title: NCADI Research

Link: http://www.health.org/research/default.aspx
Description: SAMHSA's National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information (NCADI) is the Nation's one-stop resource for information about substance abuse prevention and addiction treatment. We staff both English- and Spanish-speaking information specialists who are skilled at recommending appropriate publications, posters, and videocassettes; conducting customized searches; providing grant and funding information; and referring people to appropriate organizations. They are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to take your calls at 1-800-729-6686.

Title: ChemIDplus Advanced

Link: http://chem.sis.nlm.nih.gov/chemidplus/
Description: ChemIDplus provides access to structure and nomenclature information for the identification of chemical substances cited in NLM databases. The database contains over 379,000 chemical records, of which over 257,000 include chemical structures. ChemIDplus Lite is available for Name and RN searching without the need for plugins or applets.

Title: TOXNET

Link: http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/
Description: The Division of Specialized Information Services (SIS, http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/), National Library of Medicine (NLM), creates information resources and services in toxicology, environmental health, chemistry, and HIV/AIDS. Another component of SIS, the Office of Outreach and Special Populations, seeks to improve access to quality and accurate health information by underserved and special populations.

Title: Web Information Service

Link: http://ccinfoweb.ccohs.ca/
Description: You must have an annual subscription to view the records that result from this search