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Veterinary sites
- ADE summaries
- Adverse Drug Experience Reporting System
- American College of Veterinary Clinical Pharmacology
- Animal Drugs for Minor Uses and Minor Species
- Approved Drug Products with Therapeutic Equivalence Evaluations
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) identifies drug products approved on the basis of safety and effectiveness.
- Continuous Rate Infusions (CRI)
Drugs administered, calculations and case sample problems from the College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at Colorado State University.
- CVM
- Drug Compounding
This AVMA site thoroughly covers the subject of drug compounding. Information includes a Veterinary Compounding brochure, compounding FAQs, pharmacology basics, rules and definitions of compounding, and the AVMA's position on compounding.
- Drug Guide
An informational guide to more than 9,000 prescription and over-the-counter medications provided by the United States Pharmacopeia (USP).
- European Medicines Agency
The main responsibility of the European Medicines Agency (EMEA) is the protection and promotion of public and animal health, through the evaluation and supervision of medicines for human and veterinary use. The EMEA coordinates the evaluation and supervision of medicinal products throughout the European Union. A network of some 3,500 European experts underpins the scientific work of the EMEA and its committees.
- FDA Veterinarian Newsletter
Part II of INTERPRETING PET FOOD LABELS; and check out FDA/CVM 1997 Adverse Drug Experience (ADE) Reports to see which drugs made 1997's top 10 list of suspect products.
- Fleabusters(r)
Premise treatment using sodium borate
- Green Book
FDA Approved Animal Drugs
- Multidrug Sensitivity (e.g. ivermectin)
This site discusses multidrug sensitivity (the mdr1 mutation test/drug sensitivities). Drugs which have been reported to cause problems in dogs with the mdr1 mutation include: doxorubicin, vincristine, digoxin, butorphanol, loperamide, and ivermectin. Using mdr1 sensitivity testing, veterinarians can now determine if a dog is normal, in which case the drug can be administered, or abnormal, in which case an alternative treatment can be given.
- Ortho(r) Home and Garden
Monsanto Corp. -Products to treat your home and garden.
- Pharma Lexicon
Look up medical & pharmaceutical acronyms and abbreviations from the Pharma-Lexicon database of over 40,000 terms
- Rimadyl
News, Views & Advisories from The Senior Dogs Project website.
- Therapeutic Drug Monitoring
Dr. Dawn Boothe reviews the principles of drug distribution and pharmacokinetics, which drugs can and should be monitored, and gives specific sampling recommendations and interpretation information. Dr. Boothe also provides information on how to modify dosages using monitoring results.
Human sites
- Antimicrobial Resistance
Misuse of antimicrobial drugs is causing the reappearance of many forms of infectious diseases that were formerly well controlled. The CDC's information is aimed at human medicine and physicians, but also provides information applicable to veterinary medicine, especially food animal medicine.
- Canadian Drug Product Database
This Canadian drug database is in both English and French. Both active and discontinued products are searchable (class, route of administration, schedule, packaging, and strength).
- CDER New and Generic Drug Approval
- Consumer Drug Information
- Drugs And Breastfeeding
The National Library of Medicine just released a new database, LactMed, on drugs and breastfeeding. It is part of TOXNET and can be searched together with all the TOXNET database or separately. It is a Web-based collection of resources covering toxicology, chemical safety, and environmental health. Geared to the healthcare practitioner and nursing mother, LactMed contains over 450 drug records.
- FDA
This site has information on Human Drugs
- FDA's Electronic Orange Book
Approved Drug Products with Therapeutic Equivalence Evaluations
- Household Products Database
The National Institutes of Health and the National Library of Medicine's (NLM) has added an online consumer's guide that provides easy-to-understand information on the potential health effects of more than 2,000 ingredients contained in more than 4,000 common household products. The database provides information in consumer friendly language on many of these substances and their potential health effects.
- Intellihealth Drug Lookup
- Lexi-Comp's Clinical Reference Library
Drug information on medications recently approved by the FDA or those likely to be FDA approved within the next year.
- MCW & FMLH Drug Formulary
Cost comparisons from the Medical College of Wisconsin formulary.
- MedWatch
FDA Medical Products Reporting Program
- New drugs or indications
New drugs or indications recently approved in your country and around the world.
- Opioid Potency Comparison (table)
- Pharmacologie (a French site)
Pharmacology lectures (in French)
- Pill Identification (Human)
How can I identify a pill? Recommended resources from the National Library of Medicine.
- RxList - The Internet Drug Index
- Systemic Glucocorticoids Comparison (table)
- U.S. Pharmacopeia (USP)
- World Wide Web Virtual Library
A to Z web links on veterinary medicine, animal health and disease.
A Friendly Reminder: You are ultimately responsible for the care of your patients. Recommendations and discussions of cases should be considered as recommendations by colleagues for you to consider in your case management decisions. Dosages should be confirmed prior to dispensing medications.
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