InfoGuides: Nursing: Find Medication Information

Drug Information Resources

AccessMedicine This link opens in a new window
Use the Drugs tab at the top to browse alphabetical lists, or search by generic and trade names. Entries include contraindications, adverse effects, mechanism of action. Many entries contain price information and photographs of medication forms.
DynaMed This link opens in a new window
Micromedex Standard Drug Information provides the comprehensive information even the most experienced clinicians need in difficult situations. Content includes concise, drug reference information on everything from drug dosing to drugs for specialty patient populations to off-label uses.

Drug-Drug Interactions Dynamed reports drug interactions for two or more medications
DailyMed drug listings as submitted to the Food and Drug Administration. Search by drug names, NDC identifier, or browse drug classes. Database includes human and animal drugs.
The American Psychiatric Publishing Textbook of Psychopharmacology , Fifth Edition. Includes information on neurobiology of psychiatric disorders, classes of psychiatric medications, and psychopharcological treatment of mental disorders.
MEDLINEplus Drug Information Includes information on herbs and supplement
PubChem National Library of Medicine portal is the world's largest collection of freely accessible chemical information