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Consumer Health Guide: Drug Information

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Clinical Pharmacology

Clinical Pharmacology is a comprehensive drug database that has U.S. prescription drugs, hard-to-find herbal and nutritional supplements, over-the-counter products, and new and investigational drugs.


Natural Medicines is a database that provides reliable information on the safety and effectiveness of herbal medicines, supplements, functional foods, and other complementary therapies. It includes an evidence-based rating system and a drug interaction database.

Drug Information

Drugs & Supplements 

MEDLINEplus has extensive information on drugs.

Children's Medications 

Find information from KidsHealth on how a medicine works, how to take it, and possible side effects. The list has only the generic names of drugs, not brand names.

Drugs.com  
Information on more than 24,000 prescription drugs, over-the-counter medicines & natural products. See interactions, learn about possible side effects, identify unknown pills, and more.

Over-The-Counter Drug Info 

Learn the basics on over-the-counter medications.

DrugWatch.com

Includes information about prescription and over-the-counter medications. Learn about conditions treated by a drug, its interactions, suggested dosage, possible side effects, and related lawsuits or recalls.

Drug Information Portal 

The portal covers drugs from the time they are entered into clinical trials (Clinicaltrials.gov) through their entry in the market place (Drugs@FDA). Links to medical research, toxicology, and summaries of use/efficacy are included.