Pharmacology Literature
Welcome! The following pages contain some helpful starting resources for Pharmacology.
Drug Handbooks
Drug Handbooks
e-CPS (Compendium of Pharmaceuticals and Specialties)
Online Access
QV772 .C737 - Located in Bracken Library Reference Section
Martindale: The Complete Drug Reference
Online Access
QV738 .FA1 M384 - Located in Bracken Library Reference Section
DrugPoints System
Online Access
Other Drug Handbooks
Other Drug Handbooks
AHFS Drug Information. Bethesda, MD: American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, 2011.
Online Access
Applied Therapeutics: The Clinical Use of Drugs, 9th ed. New York: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2009.
WB330 .A651 2009 - Located in Bracken Library Stacks.
Basic & Clinical Pharmacology, 11th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2009.
QV4 .B3102 - Located in Bracken Library Reserve
Online Access
Drugs in Pregnancy & Lactation: A Reference Guide to Fetal and Neonatal Risk, 9th ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2011.
WQ210 .B854d 2011 - Located in Bracken Library Reference
E-Therapeutics. Ottawa: Canadian Pharmacists Association, 2010
Online Access
Facts and Comparisons: Loose-leaf drug information service. St. Louis: Facts and Comparisons Division, 1974-
QV772 .F142f Ref - Located in Bracken Library Reference
Goodman & Gilman's The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics, 12th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill Medical Pub. Division, 2011.
QV4 .G6532 2011 - Located in Bracken Library Reserve
Online Access
Handbook of Antimicrobial Therapy
Online Access
Merck Index: An Encyclopedia of Chemicals, Drugs, and Biologicals, 14th ed. Whitehouse Station, NJ: Merch Research Laboratories, 2006.
QV772 .M555 2006 - Located in Bracken Library Reserve
Online Access
Mosby's Drug Consult, 17th ed. St.Louis, Missouri: Mosby, Inc., 2007.
QV772 .M894 2007 - Located in Bracken Library Reference, Companion CD located at Circulation Desk.
Ontario Drug Benefit Formulary
Online Access
Physicians' Desk Reference, 65th ed. Montvale, NJ: Thomson PDR, 2011.
QV772 .P578 - Latest volume in Bracken Library Reference, Previous edition in Bracken Library Reserve, every 5th year prior located in Bracken Library Stacks.
RXFiles: Drug Comparison Charts, 8th ed. Saskatoon, SK: RxFiles, 2010.
REF QV16 .R998 2010 – Located in Bracken Library Reference
Stockley’s drug interactions: a source book of interactions, their mechanisms, clinical importance, and management, 9th ed. London: Pharmaceutical Press, 2010.
QV38 S865d 2010 – Located in Bracken Library Reference
Online Access
Research Databases
Research Databases
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Evidence Based Clinical Guidelines Databases
Clinical Guidelines Databases
Clinical practice guidelines gather, appraise and combine evidence. They attempt to address all the issues relevant to a clinical decision.
CMA Infobase: clinical practice guidelines
- Guidelines are produced or endorsed in Canada by a national, provincial/territorial or regional medical or health organization, professional society, government agency or expert panel.
Guideline Advisory Committee (GAC)
- The Guideline Advisory Committee (GAC) is a joint body of the Ontario Medical Association and the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care with additional ex-officio representation from the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences in Ontario.The GAC assesses the rigor of the development process, and clinical relevance of, existing clinical practice guidelines in order to make them more accessible to practicing physicians. The GAC also develops and recommends appropriate strategies for guideline implementation and evaluation.
National Guideline Clearinghouse
- A public resource for evidence-based clinical practice guidelines. NGC is sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, in partnership with the American Medical Association and the American Association of Health Plans.
- The Registered Nurses Association of Ontario (RNAO) launched the Nursing Best Practice Guidelines (NBPG) Project in November 1999 with funding from the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care. The purpose of this multi-year project is to support Ontario Nurses by providing them with Best Practice Guidelines for client care.
Toward Optimized Practice (TOP)
- Toward Optimized Practice (TOP) helps Alberta Physicians implement clinical practice improvements into their clinics using measurement and evidence with the goal of improving both patient care and clinical management.
Drug Reviews
Drug Reviews
Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics
Online Access
Shelved by Title in Bracken Bound Journals.
Treatment Guidelines from the Medical Letter
Online Access
Shelved by Title in Bracken Bound Journals.
Adverse Drug Interactions Program
Online Access
Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin
Online Access
Shelved by Title in Bracken Bound Journals.
Herbal & Non-Prescription Drug Resources
Herbal & Non-Prescription Drug Resources
CAMLine Natural Health Products
Online Access
Compendium of Self-Care Products: the Canadian Reference on OTCs. Ottawa: Canadian Pharmacists Association, 2010.
QV772 .C73722 2010- Located in Bracken Library Reference
Handbook of Non-Prescription Drugs, 16th ed. Washington, D.C.: American Pharmaceutical Association, 2009.
QV772 .H236 - Located in Bracken Library Reference
Licensed Natural Health Products Database. Health Canada.
Online Access
Natural Standard.
Online Access
Natural Standard Herbal Pharmacotherapy. St. Louis: Mosby, 2010.
WB925 .N2854 2010 - Located in Bracken Library Reference
Patient Self-care: Helping Patients Make Therapeutic Choices, 2nd ed. Ottawa: Canadian Pharmacists Association, 2010.
QV772 .P298 2010 - 2 copies; 1 located in Bracken Library Reference, 1 located in Bracken Library Stacks.
PDR for Herbal Medicines, 4th ed. Montvale, NJ: Thomson PDR, 2007.
QV767 .P348 2007 - Located in Bracken Library Reference
Internet Drug/Clinical Trial Resources
Internet Drug/Clinical Trial Resources
The internet is particularly useful for information on new drugs. Remember to carefully evaluate the reliability of the website. The FDA site provides drug approval dates.
MedEffect Canada - Adverse Reaction Database
- This site contains a medical dictionary, medical abbreviations, etc.
Ontario Drug Benefit Formulary / Comparative Drug Index
Drugs and Lactation Database (LactMed)
- TOXLINE provides bibliographic information covering the biochemical, pharmacological, physiological, and toxicological effects of drugs and other chemicals.
- Established in 1994 by the Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics in cooperation with the Department of Family Practice at The University of British Columbia, TI provides physicians and pharmacists with up-to-date, evidence-based, practical information on prescription drug therapy.
Consumer Health Drug Information Websites
Mobile Apps
Mobile Apps
Most vendors will offer product trials, allowing you to download apps for a time or limited-usage evaluation period.
- Available for Palm, Blackberry, iPhone, Android (Beta), Win Mobile & Win Smartphone
- Free; Epocrates Rx Pro is $99 USD
- 3300 medications, with drug dosing, interactions, indications and updates with clinical alerts
- Can insert your own annotations
- Many Canadian drugs (brand names) are listed; not recommended as a primary reference
Dr. Drugs Guide for Physicians
- Available for Android, Palm OS, Palm Pre Classic, BlackBerry, iPhone, iPod Touch, Win Mobile & Win Smartphone
- $49.95 USD
- Includes Canadian product names
- "User-friendly, accurate, and has sufficient information on drug action, interactions and natural products to provide a good knowledge base for students."
e-Therapeutics Mobile
Queen's users can download one or both of these applications at no cost to themselves:
- Drug Choices, essential drug therapy options for primary care. Based on the drug tables in e-Therapeutics and Therapeutic Choices, Drug Choices allows users to review drugs indicated for a particular condition or to go directly to abbreviated drug information - including dosage, adverse effects, and cost - to reinforce your drug selection.
- Lexi-InteractTM, Lexi-CompTM's Comprehensive Drug-to-Drug, Drug-to-Herb and Herb-to-Herb Interaction Analysis Program. Lexi-Interact provides a summary of each interaction, a scientific and clinically-relevant review of applicable literature (including full literature citations) and a list of strategies for preventing and/or managing the interaction.
For further information on mobile apps, visit: Health Sciences Multimedia - Mobile App Information or contact a Bracken Librarian.
RefWorks
RefWorks
RefWorks is a bibliographic management tool that will allow you to create a personal database to organize and manage your bibliographical references.You can import and store citations from online databases and catalogues and then easily generate bibliographies based on your personal collection of references.
As RefWorks is web-based, there is no software to download, and you can access your account from any location where you have an internet connection.