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PIs do not include…

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off-label uses or drug costs

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package insert locations

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DailyMed, Drugs@FDA, drug manufacturer’s website, attached to physical product

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BOXED WARNING

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strictest warnings; alerts prescribers to risk of death or permanent diability

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general drug information sources

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  • American Hospital Formulary Service (AFHS)
  • Clinical Pharmacology
  • Epocrates/Epocrates +
  • Facts & Comparisons eAnswers
  • Lexicomp
  • Micromedex
  • Prescriber’s Digital Reference (mobilePDR)
  • PubChem (NLM)
  • Drugs.com
  • RxList
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What drug information resources offer IV drug compatibility?

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  • AHFS
  • Clinical Pharmacology (via Trissel’s)
  • Facts & Comparisons eAnswers (via Trissel’s)
  • Lexicomp (via Trissel’s)
  • Micromedex (via Trissel’s)
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What drug information sources provide drug-pill ID?

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  • Clinical Pharmacology
  • Drugs.com
  • Epocrates/Epocrates+
  • Facts & Comparisons eAnswers
  • Lexicomp (Lexi-Drug ID)
  • Micromedex (IDENTIDEX)
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What drug information sources provide pricing?

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  • Clinical Pharmacology
  • Drugs.com
  • Epocrates/Epocrates+
  • Lexicomp
  • Micromedex (Red Book)
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What drug information resources provide international drug names?

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  • AHFS (via USP Dictionary of USAN and Internation Drug Names)
  • Clinical Pharmacology (via Index Nominum)
  • Drugs.com
  • Facts & Comparisons eAnswers (via Martindale)
  • Lexicomp (via Martindale)
  • Micromedex (via Martindale, Index Nominum, & others)
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What does Pharmacist’s Letter include?

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Subscribers receive a monthly newsletter & have access to:
- new drug approvals, drug withdrawals, new dosage forms, first-time generics
- charts (e.g., drug class comparisons, disease state treatment summaries)
- patient education summaries & patient flyers
- CE
- training materials for techs & interns

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guidelines for anticoagulation

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Guidelines from the American College of Chest Physicians (known as CHEST guidelines):
- Stroke Prevention in AFib
- Venous Thromboembolism

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guidelines for CV diseases

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ACC/AHA:
- ACS
- AFib
- HF
- High Cholesterol
- HTN

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guidelines for diabetes

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AACE, ADA

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guidelines for infectious diseases

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  • IDSA
  • HIV/AIDS: US Dept. of Health and Human Services (ClinicalInfo.HIV.gov)
  • STIs: CDC
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guidelines for oncology

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American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN)

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guidelines for pediatrics

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American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)

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guidelines for pregnancy/women’s health

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ACOG

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guidelines for psych conditions

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American Psychiatric Association (APA) Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental disorders, 5th Edition (DSM-5)

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guidelines for asthma

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GINA and National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

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guidelines for COPD

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GOLD

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guidelines for renal disease

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KDIGO

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guidelines for vaccines

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ACIP, CDC

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references for adverse reactions

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ASHP’s Drug-Induced Diseases: Prevention, Detection, and Management

FDAble - FDA searchable database
- MedWatch: FDA’s Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS)
- Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS)
- etc.

Meyler’s Side Effects of Drugs

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references for compounding & pharmaceutics

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  • Allen’s The Art, Science, and Technology of Pharmaceutical Compounding
  • ASHP Guidelines on Compounding Sterile Preparations
  • Handbook of Pharmaceutical Excipients
  • Safety Data Sheets (SDS)
  • Merck Index: An Encyclopedia of Chemicals, Drugs, & Biologicals
  • Remington: The Science and Practice of Pharmacy
  • Trissel’s Stability of Compounded Formulations
  • USP Compounding Compendium: USP 795, 797, 800, USP-NF
  • etc.
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specialty references for drug interactions

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Hansten and Horn’s
Drug Interaction Facts: Facts & Comparisons

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references for drug pricing
Red Book (Micromedex) Medi-Span Price Rx
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references for drug shrotages
- ASHP Current Drug Shortages - FDA Drug Shortages - CDC Current Vaccine Shortages & Delays - AHFS CDI
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references for drug subsitution
- FDA's Orange Book - therapeutic equivalence - FDA's Purple Book - biosimilarity or interchangeability
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specialty references for geriatrics
- American Geriatric Society (AGS) Beers Criteria - Others: ASHP's Fundamentals of Geriatric Pharmacotherapy, Geriatric Dosage Handbook (Lexicomp)
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references for immunizations (adult and peds)
- CDC Advisory Committee on immunization Practices (ACIP) -> updates published in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) - CDC Pink Book - Immunization Action Coalition Others: APhA Immunization Center; Vaccines, Blood & Biologics (FDA)
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specialty references for infectious diseases
IDSA, Sanford Guide to Antimicrobial Therapy
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specialty references for HIV
HIVInfo.NIH.gov Others: Sanford Guide to HIV/AIDS Therapy, John Hopkins ABX and HIV guides
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specialty references for travel medicine
World Health Organization (WHO) CDC - Yellow Book: for international travel - Traveler's Health Others: ISTM, IAMAT
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specialty references for internation drug info
- Index Nominum - Martindale - USP Dictionary of United States Adopted Names (USAN) and International Drug Names Others: Drug Information Handbook with International Trade Names Index (Lexicomp), European Drug Index
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reference for investigational drugs
Clinicaltrials.gov (NIH)
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references for IV drug compatibility & stability
- ASHP's Handbook on Injectable Drugs - King Guide - Trissel's 2 Clinical Pharmaceutics Database
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references for med safety
- FDA MedWatch - report adverse events & med errors - ISMP - report med errors to ISMP Medication Errors Reporting Program (ISMP MERP) - NIOSH - FDA
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references for natural products/alternative medicine
Natural Medicines Database Others: Dietary Supplements Label Database (NIH), USP Dietary Supplements Compendium
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references for overdoses, poisoning, & toxicology
- Lexi-Tox (Lexicomp) - Micromedex Toxicology Management (previously POISONDEX) - TOXLINE in PubMed Others: Goldfrank's Toxicologic Emergencies, State Poison Control Center, American Association of Poison Control Centers
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specialty references for pharmacology
Goodman and Gilman's, Katzung's Basic and Clinical Pharmacology
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references for pregnancy & lactation
Brigg's, CDC, Hale's, LactMed, Micromedex, MotherToBaby
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references for pediatrics
- NeoFax (Micromedex) - Pediatric & Neonatal Dosage Handbook (Lexicomp) - Red Book: Report of the Committee on Infectious Diseases (AAP) - Harriet Lane Handbook - AAP Others: ASHP's Pediatric Injectable Drugs, Nelson, PPA's KIDs list
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references for regulatory & business development
FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER), Pink Sheet
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references for therapeutics & disease management
- DiPiro's - Handbook of Nonprescription Drugs - Koda-Kimble's Applied Therapeutics - The Merck Manual - UpToDate Others: CDC, Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, Medscape
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veterinary reference
Plumb's Veterinary Drug Handbook
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What rating in the Orange Book indicates generic substitution is acceptable?
AB rating indicates therapeutic equivalence
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Pink Book (CDC)
info on epidemiology & vaccine-preventable diseases
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Pink Sheet (Pharma Intelligence)
news reports on regulatory, legislative, legal, & business developments
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Red Book, Pharmacy
drug pricing information
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Red Book, Pediatrics (AAP)
summaries of pediatric infectious diseases, antimicrobial tx, & vaccinations
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Yellow Book (CDC)
info on the health risks of international travel, required vaccines, & prophylaxis meds
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Green Book (FDA)
info on approved animal drug products
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common research databases
- PubMed: accesses MEDLINE (journal articles), free service from NLM - Cochrane Library: evidence-based information to guide clinical decision making; database of Cochrane Systematic Reviews
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resources that are patient-friendly
- CDC has a symptom checker & provides info on ID, immunizations, & traveler's health - Drugs.com and RxList - Mayo Clinic - Medline Plus (from NLM) - WebMD has pill identifier & interaction checker - etc.

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