Drug Information

MEDLINEplus: About Your Medicines

• Access to United States Pharmacopoeia Dispensing Information (USP DI): Advice for Patients
• Information on newly approved prescription drugs via the FDA
• Tips from various agencies on medication usage: drug reactions and drug interactions
• Information specific to children, teens, and seniors
• Some information available in Spanish

PhRMA

• Information from the pharmaceutical companies' point of view
• Directory of Prescription Drug Patient Assistance Programs
• New Medicines in Development (including synopsis on drug development and approval process)
• Tips on getting the most from your medicines

FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research

• Drug Information link to Orange Book, 21st ed. which lists all FDA approved drugs including new and generic drugs
• MedWatch - Safety alerts for FDA regulated products
• Medication Errors page
• Drug Shortages page
• Searchable

RxList—The Internet Drug Index

• Drug interaction checker
• Top 200 drugs of 1999
• Drug FAQs—drug or herb information searchable by brand or generic name
• Access to Taber’s Medical Encyclopedia
• Drug imprint code identification

HerbMed

• Referenced information on the medicinal uses of herbs, including adverse effects and interactions
• Browseable by common or scientific name of herb
• Searchable
• Extensive list of links to other herbal sites and information resources