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New! Clinical Pharmacology Provides Drug Information
The Health Sciences Library System invites you to try Clinical Pharmacology, a new electronic resource recently added to the collection. Clinical Pharmacology database, produced by Gold Standard Multimedia Inc., is a full-text pharmaceutical Databases consisting of current, peer-reviewed information about U.S. prescription drugs, herbal supplements, nutritional and over-the-counter products, as well as new and investigational drugs in phase III trials. The resource is divided into four sections:
The DRUG INFORMATION section:
- Drug Monographs contain descriptions, photographs, mechanisms of action, pharmacokinetics, indications/dosage, administration guidelines, off-label uses, contraindications, interactions, adverse reactions, costs and classifications.
- Overviews provide background information as well as mechanisms of action for therapeutic drug classifications.
- Advanced Search capabilities allow you to devise a search strategy that includes any combination of indications, contraindications, adverse reactions, and/or interactions. For example, you can generate a list of drugs indicated for dyspepsia that do not have urticaria as an adverse reaction, and that are suitable for pregnant women.
- Drug Comparisons allows clinicians to create customized tables to compare drugs by indications, contraindications, interactions and adverse reactions.
The DRUG PRODUCTS section:
- Product Information provides NDC codes, manufacturer, formulation, dosage form, product descriptors, classifications, packaging information, and, in some cases, a digital photograph.
- Product ID allows you to identify an unknown drug by searching for descriptors such as color, shape, and imprint code.
- Product Comparisons allows you to compare products containing the same ingredients.
- Drug Patents provides patent information for FDA approved drugs.
The CLINICAL REPORTS section:
- Drug Interactions allows you to check possible interactions between any number of drugs, herbals, and nutritional products. In addition, interactions with substances such as ethanol, tobacco, caffeine, enteral feedings, grapefruit juice or other foods can be included in the report.
- Adverse Reactions can be useful in determining which drug is causing an adverse reaction in a patient taking multiple drugs.
- IV Compatibility allows you to check the compatibility of two or more intravenous products and/or solutions when mixed in solution or a syringe, or via Y-site administration.
The PATIENT EDUCATION section:
- Provides drug information handouts in English or Spanish, written at a 6th-8th grade reading level.
Clinical Pharmacology is available through the HSLS database page at <www.hsls.pitt.edu/resources/databases>.
--Renae Barger
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