Alternative Medicine

NIH National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
http://nccam.nih.gov/
Includes research-based information about CAM treatments and conditions

Bibliographies and Literature Guides

Drug information resources: a guide for pharmacists
http://dir.pharmacy.dal.ca/
Reference resources for pharmacists provided by Dalhousie University College of Pharmacy

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Community Pharmacy

National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA)
http://www.ncpanet.org/

NACDS/NCPA community pharmacy practice residency guidelines (PDF file)
http://www.ncpanet.org/ownership/cpprguidelines.php

Directories

Pharmacy-related academic institutions on the Internet
http://www.pharmweb.net/pwmirror/pw8/pharmweb8.html
“Contains regularly updated information on schools of pharmacy and pharmacy-related academic institutions”

Virtual library pharmacy
http://www.pharmacy.org/
Lists of links to a variety of “pharmacy related resources on the internet”

The World list of schools of pharmacy
http://www.cf.ac.uk/phrmy/subsites/WWW-WSP/

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Drug Adverse Reactions, Interactions, and Side Effects

HIV InSite
http://hivinsite.ucsf.edu/InSite?page=ar-00-02
Database of antiretroviral drug interactions

QT drug lists by risk groups
http://www.azcert.org/medical-pros/drug-lists/drug-lists.cfm
Lists of “drugs that prolong the QT interval and/or induce torsades de pointes ventricular arrhythmia”

Pneumotox online: the drug-induced lung diseases
http://www.pneumotox.com/
“Up-to-date information about drug-induced lung diseases”

Education

American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy
http://www.aacp.org/

Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE)
http://www.acpe-accredit.org/

ACPE accreditation manual for professional degree programs, 13th ed.
http://www.acpe-accredit.org/pdf/accreditation_manual_2010.pdf

ACPE accreditation standards and guidelines: revised PharmD standards, adopted January 15, 2006
http://www.acpe-accredit.org/standards/default.asp

ACPE directory of accredited providers of continuing pharmaceutical education
http://www.acpe-accredit.org/shared_info/providersSecure.asp

ACPE – P.L.A.N. Pharmacists’ Learning Assistance Network
http://www.acpe-accredit.org/pharmacists/programs.asp

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General Chemistry

PubChem
http://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
“PubChem provides information on the biological activities of small molecules [via three linked databases]… Also provides a fast chemical structure similarity search tool.”

Handbooks and Dictionaries

MedlinePlus: Drugs, supplements, and herbal information
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginformation.html

RxList
http://www.rxlist.com/
Internet drug index

Health-System Pharmacy and Institutional Pharmacy

American Society of Health System Pharmacists policy positions & guidelines – best practices
http://www.ashp.org/bestpractices
“ASHP develops official professional policies, in the form of policy positions and guidance documents (statements and guidelines), for the continuum of pharmacy practice settings in integrated systems.”

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Industrial

PhRMA: Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America
http://www.phrma.org/
Provides information about medicines in development and patient assistance programs

Laws, Legislation, Regulations, and Ethics

Federal register
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/
“Official daily publication for rules, proposed rules, and notices of Federal agencies and organizations, as well as executive orders and other presidential documents”

National Association of Boards of Pharmacy
http://www.nabp.net/government-affairs/model-actrules/
Model state pharmacy act and model rules of the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy Word document

Code of federal regulations
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/cfr/index.html
“Codification of the general and permanent rules published in the Federal Register by the executive departments and agencies of the Federal Government.”
See: Title 21: Food and drugs; Title 42: Public health

THOMAS: Legislative information on the Internet
http://thomas.loc.gov/

U.S. Food and Drug Administration
http://www.fda.gov/

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Managed Care

Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy
http://www.amcp.org/home

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/
Information and resources for Medicare and Medicaid, including regulations, research, statistics, outreach, and education

The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
http://www.kff.org/
“Provides complete access to the Foundation’s reports, surveys, issue briefs, charts, slides and fact sheets containing in-depth analysis and the public’s views on timely and critical…The site also features reports and analyses by the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured.”

Microbiology

FDA's Bacteriological Analytical Manual (BAM)
http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~ebam/bam-toc.html
“Presents the agency's preferred laboratory procedures for microbiological analyses of foods and cosmetics”

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Medicinal Chemistry

World Health Organization. Quality Assurance and Safety: Medicines.
http://www.who.int/medicinedocs/en/d/Jwhozip21e/
Reference substances and infrared reference spectra for pharmacopeial analysis.

Basic Concepts in Medicinal Chemistry
http://www.duq.edu/pharmacy/faculty/harrold/index.cfm
Provides tutorials that “focus on the basic chemical concepts which govern drug action". Current tutorial links appear in a box at the top right corner of the page.

Nutrition and Nutraceutials

International bibliographic information on dietary supplements (Office of Dietary Supplements)
http://dietary-supplements.info.nih.gov/Health_Information/IBIDS.aspx
“Database provides access to bibliographic citations and abstracts from published, international, and scientific literature on dietary supplements.”

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Pharmaceutics

Orange Book
http://www.fda.gov/cder/orange/default.htm
Approved drug products with therapeutic equivalence evaluations, full book text & search options.

International Academy of Compounding Pharmacists
http://www.iacprx.org/

Pharmaceutics and Compounding Laboratory
http://pharmlabs.unc.edu/
Compounding and Pharmaceutics lab exercises

Pharmacognosy and Natural Products

Dietary Supplements Labels Database
http://dietarysupplements.nlm.nih.gov/dietary/
“Offers information about ingredients in more than three thousand selected brands of dietary supplements” Searchable by “brand names, uses noted on product labels, specific active ingredients, and manufacturers.”

DrugDigest
http://www.drugdigest.org/wps/portal/ddigest
“A noncommercial, evidence-based, consumer health and drug information site”

MedlinePlus: Herbs and supplements
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginformation.html
Drugs, supplements, and herbal information

National Institutes of Health: Office of Dietary Supplements
http://ods.od.nih.gov/
Includes information about dietary, vitamin and mineral, and botanical supplements.
Fact sheets and links to NIH databases and other resources

United States Pharmacopeial Convention – USP Verified
http://www.usp.org/USPVerified/
Provides information by brand on United States Pharmacopeia verified dietary supplements, and lists of dietary supplement and pharmaceutical ingredients.

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Professional Practice

Martindale’s the “Virtual” – Pharmacy, Pharmacology & Toxicology Center
http://www.martindalecenter.com/Pharmacy.html
Includes link to journals, databases, and other resources for pharmacy, pharmacology, and toxicology

Substance Abuse

National Clearinghouse on Alcohol and Drug Information
http://ncadi.samhsa.gov/
“Information about substance abuse prevention and addiction treatment”

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
http://www.niaaa.nih.gov/
Research information and resources on alcohol abuse and alcoholism

NIH National Institute on Drug Abuse
http://www.nida.nih.gov/NIDAHome.html
Information and resources, including clinical trials, about drugs, drug abuse, treatment, and prevention

Therapeutics

ClinicalTrials.gov, NLM
http://www.clinicaltrials.gov/
“A registry of federally and privately supported clinical trials conducted in the United States and around the world”

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