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Drug Information Databases

Clinical Pharmacology
Includes investigational and herbal products in addition to prescription and over-the counter (OTC) drugs, as well as neonatal and pediatric-specific monographs. Tools include: drug identification, interactions, IV compatibility, patient ed, and comparisons. USF HEALTH ONLY
Facts & Comparisons eAnswers
Database includes investigational and orphan drugs in addition to prescription & OTC. Tools include comparisons of 3000+ charts and tables, advanced dosing tools, drip rates, dont crush/chew, & look/sound alikes. USF HEALTH ONLY
Lexicomp
Contains information about FDA-approved indications, off-label uses, pharmacokinetic data, safety information, pharmacology, and monitoring. Includes AHFS Drug Information. USF HEALTH ONLY
Micromedex
Databases of summaries and detailed monographs for drugs and drug interactions. Also includes tools on Drug Interactions, Drug Identification, IV Compatability, Drug Comparisons, and RED BOOK online. USF HEALTH ONLY
Natural Medicines
Lists complementary and alternative medications along with safety, effectiveness, and interaction ratings for each based on the best scientific evidence. USF HEALTH ONLY Online Resource.

DailyMed
DailyMed is the official provider of FDA label information (package inserts). This website provides a standard, comprehensive, up-to-date, look-up and download resource of medication content and labeling found in medication package inserts.
Drug Information Portal (National Library of Medicine)
The NLM Drug Information Portal is a free resource that searches U.S. government agencies, including the National Library of Medicine, FDA and CDC. Includes current information regarding consumer health, clinical trials, AIDS–related drug information, MeSH® pharmacological actions, PubMed® biomedical literature, and physical properties and structure. The portal covers drugs from the time they are entered into clinical trials through entry into the U.S. marketplace.

Green Book (Approved Animal Drug Products) by U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA)
The Approved Animal Drug Products, or Green Book, includes most FDA-approved animal drugs in this publicly available list of approved animal drug products. Besides containing information about patents and exclusivity periods, various sections of the Green Book sort approved animal drugs alphabetically by trade name, numerically by application number (lowest to highest), and alphabetically by active ingredient.
Orange Book by U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA)
The Approved Drug Products with Therapeutic Equivalence Evaluations (also known as The Orange Book) identifies drug products approved on the basis of safety and effectiveness by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
Purple Book by U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA)
The Purple Book is a database that contains information about all FDA-licensed biological products regulated by the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER), including licensed biosimilar and interchangeable products, and their reference products. The Purple Book also contains information on all FDA-licensed allergenic, cellular and gene therapy, hematologic, and vaccine products regulated by the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER).

PubChem
PubChem is the world's largest collection of freely accessible chemical information. Search chemicals by name, molecular formula, structure, and other identifiers. Find chemical and physical properties, biological activities, safety and toxicity information, patents, literature citations and more.

Consumer Product Information Database
Database of the health effects of consumer products. Formerly Household Product Safety under ToxNet.
Drug and Lactation Database (LactMed)
This evidence-based and peer-reviewed databases contains information on drugs and other chemicals to which breastfeeding mothers may be exposed. It includes information on the levels of such substances in breast milk and infant blood, and the possible adverse effects in the nursing infant. Suggested therapeutic alternatives to those drugs are provided, where appropriate.
EPA Chemicals and Toxics Topics
Information from the Evironmental Protection Agency (EPA) about chemicals and potentially toxic substances.

Lexi-Tox
Lexi-Tox combines information on agents of toxicity, antidotes and decontaminants, household products, provides access to Safety Data Sheets (SDS), toxicology-specific calculators and drug identification in one point-of-care application.

LiverTox
LIVERTOX®, produced by the NIDDK and the NLM, provides information on the diagnosis, cause, frequency, patterns, and management of liver injury attributable to prescription and nonprescription medications, herbals and dietary supplements.
Search Toxicology Literature in PubMed