Pharmacy Resources: Drug Resources Chart

Resource Name

Category

Type of Resource

Last Updated

Helpful Information

Briggs Drugs in Pregnancy
and Lactation ★

Pregnancy and Lactation

Tertiary

2019 (Monthly)

• Provides latest recommendations on: Pregnancy, Fetal Risk, and Breast-Feeding summaries
• Available LexiComp

American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ACOG) Practice Bulletins ★

Pregnancy and Lactation

Secondary

2019 (Monthly)

• Clinical guidelines for pregnancy and lactation
• Also available – ACOG Committee Opinions
• Available through the Green Journal – Obstetrics & Gynecology.

LactMed: Drugs and Lactation Database

Pregnancy and Lactation

Tertiary

2019 (Monthly)

• Provides information on the effect of medications and chemicals that interact with pregnant/lactating mothers
• Free resource, updated and maintained by the National Library of Medicine (NLM)

Pediatric Injectable Drugs: The Teddy Bear Book ★

Pediatrics (Injectable Drugs)

Tertiary

2018

• Provides monographs for injectable drugs that include, dosing, precautions, infusion types, etc.
• Available through STAT!Ref

Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics ★

Pediatrics

Tertiary

2020

• Provides information regarding disease states, clinical manifestations, lab findings, diagnoses, and treatment regimens
• Available through ClinicalKey

Pediatric and Neonatal Lexi-Drugs ★

Pediatrics

Tertiary

2019

• Provides pediatric and neonatal pharmacotherapy recommendations
• Available through LexiComp

Red Book ★

Pediatrics
(Infectious Disease)

Tertiary

2019

• Provides recommendations for immunizations, infectious diseases, health conditions, pathogens, antimicrobial agents

American Geriatrics Society Beers Criteria for Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use in Older Adults ★

Geriatrics

Tertiary

2019

• Provides explicit list of Potentially Inappropriate Medication (PIM’s) to be avoided by older adults in most circumstances or under specific situations, such as in certain diseases or conditions
• Also called Beers Criteria or Beers List or AGS Beers

Geriatric Lexi-Drugs ★

Geriatrics

Tertiary

2019

• This specialized database contains geriatric-sensitive drug monographs, information on drug interactions, and drug dosing in the elderly and adult populations
• Available through LexiComp

British Geriatrics Society STOP/STARTT Criteria

Geriatrics

Tertiary

2018

• Screening tool that provides recommendations for older adults on initiating or discontinuing medications

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders V (DSM-5) by American Psychiatric Association ★

Mental Health

Tertiary

2015

• Used to diagnose and classify mental health disorders
• The criteria are concise and explicit, intended to facilitate an objective assessment of symptom presentations
• Available through PsychiatryOnline

Stahl's Essential Psychopharmacology ★

Mental Health

Tertiary

2012

• Provides information on optimal pharmacological interventions, pharmacotherapy regimens, and the management of treatment-refractory patients
• Available through STAT!Ref

Johns Hopkins ABX Guide ★

Infectious Disease

Tertiary

Individualized per condition

• Provides information on individual pathogens, medications, infections
• Available through Unbound Medicine

Sanford Guide

Infectious Disease

Tertiary

Updated annually ()

• Provides current guidelines for antimicrobial therapy
• Available through print, pocket guide, or app ($29.99/year)
• 2013 edition is available at the Todd Wehr Library

Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA) Guidelines

Infectious Disease

Secondary

Individualized per condition

• Provides current guidelines for antimicrobial therapy
• Able to filter by health status, organ system, organism

United States Pharmacopeia and National Formulary (USP-NF)

Chapter 757: Non-Sterile

Chapter 797: Sterile

Chapter 800: Hazardous

Pharmaceutics

Primary

2019 (Updated Annually)

• USP sets quality, purity and preparation standards (FDA enforces) in regard to pharmaceutical compounding

Remington: The Science and Practice of Pharmacy ★

Pharmaceutics

Tertiary

2013

• Provides medication descriptions in regard to pharmaceutics
• Volume I: Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Agents
• Volume II: Fundamentals of pharmacy practice
• Print book available at the Todd Wehr Library

Merck Manual Professional Version ★

Pharmaceutics

Tertiary

2018

• Provides information on chemicals, drugs and biologics
• Useful for researching chemicals, molecular weights and formulas
• Available through STAT!REf

Applied Therapeutics: the Clinical Use of Drugs

Pharmacology

Tertiary

2009

• Useful for pharmacotherapy and pharmacology information
• AKA Koda-Kimbles

• Print book available at the Todd Wehr Library

Goodman and Gilman’s: The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics ★

Pharmacology

Tertiary

2016

• Provides in depth material that covers a wide array of disease state knowledge in regard to pharmacotherapy, and pharmacology, and pharmacokinetics
• Provides pictures and graphs to help illustrate ideas and concepts
• Available through AccessPharmacy

DiPiro: Pharmacotherapy: A Pathophysiologic Approach ★

Pharmacology

Tertiary

2017

• Organized based on disease state

• Provides list of medical terminology and abbreviations for disease states
• Available through AccessPharmacy

Natural Medicines Comprehensive Database ★

Dietary Supplements

Tertiary

2019

• Provides over 1,400 natural medication monographs
• Provides latest studies regarding efficacy, safety and interactions of natural medications

Martindale: The Complete Drug Reference ★

Dietary Supplements

Tertiary

2019

• Provides recommendations and references for dietary supplements
• Available through LexiComp

Lexi Drug ID ★

Drug Identification

Tertiary

2019

• Allows for drug identification by name of ingredient, inactive ingredient, shape, size, color, imprint
• Provides links to information for interactions, patient education, and Trissel’s IV compatibility resource
• Available through LexiComp

Trissel’s IV Compatibility ★

Intravenous Compatibility

Tertiary

2017

• Provides information on dosing compatibility and stability pertaining to concentration, diluents, storage, temperature, etc.
• Available through LexiComp

King Guide to Parenteral Admixtures

Intravenous Compatibility

Tertiary

2019

• Provides up-to-date information on intravenous compatibility and stability on infusion fluids
• Provides database that references pharmaceutical, medical, and nursing literature
• Available for purchase

The Handbook of Nonprescription Drugs ★

Nonprescription Medications

Tertiary

2018

• Provides information to assess a patient’s health status, drug therapy problems, and current practice of self-treatment (nonprescription, prescription medications, dietary supplements, herbal supplements, and other self-care measures
• Available through APhA Pharmacy Library