Medicine Search Engines on the Internet

Medicine Search Engines on the Internet

CenterWatch Clinical Trials Listing Service, Source of information on research on new drugs or new uses for existing drugs.
Food and Drug Administration, Consumer information from the federal agency that approves and regulates drugs and medical devices.
Healthtouch Drug Information, searchable database of over 7000 prescription and over-the-counter medications.
Information on Drugs of abuse (NIDA), Information about drug abuse, prevention, and consequences.
Medi lexicon, "A Dictionary of Pharmaceutical Medicine"
Rosenthal Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Information about the current research and practice of complementary and alternative medicine, and a special page dealing with pediatric and adult cancer therapies (see Carol Ann Schwartz Cancer Initiative). Categorized and annotated links to lay and professional sites and mailing lists.
RxList - The Internet Drug Index, searchable index of over 4000 U.S. products.
USP (US Pharmacopeia), provides information on drugs for health care professionals, drug manufacturers, patients, consumers and USP volunteers (from Choice, Supplement 37).
USP DI Volume II, Advice for the Patient, drug information oriented toward the patient; access limited to Howard College campus computers

Last Updated May 9, 2005