Web Links for Pharmacologists and Medical Students
A collection assembled by R.K. Yamazaki

The ratings (4 star to 1 star) are my own subjective classifications based on utility and ease-of-use. If you have suggestions for other links to be added or find problems with the existing links, send an email to ryamazak@med.wayne.edu

Last updated 08/24/05

GENERAL MEDICAL
 
Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy
17th Ed
http://www.merck.com/pubs/mmanual/
**** Searchable medical manual with information on diseases and their treatment
Dr. C. Everett Koop's Web Site
http://www.drkoop.com/
**** Former Surgeon General - an authoritative, comprehensive medical site
American Heart Association
http://www.americanheart.org/

Scientific statements
http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=2158

*** Site for information on cardiovascular health. The link to scientific statements gives medical recommendations on therapy including drugs and diets.
American Cancer Society
http://www.cancer.org/
*** Information on cancer
Doctor's Guide to the Internet
http://www.pslgroup.com/DOCGUIDE.HTM
*** Information on new drugs, diseases, links to other sites
Quackwatch
http://www.quackwatch.com/index.html
** A guide to health fraud and misleading claims
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
http://www.cdc.gov/
** CDC - health statistics and monthly trends in morbidity and mortality
MEDICAL JOURNALS
 
PubMed query page
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi
**** Immediate access to PubMed as well as genomic databases. For some articles, a clickable button will lead you to the journal web site where you can download the article for free.
HighWire Press
http://highwire.stanford.edu/
**** You can access most biomedical journals here and can get full-text access for many courtesy of WSU libraries and Karmanos Cancer Institute
Shiffman Medical Library (WSU)
http://www.lib.wayne.edu/shiffman/
****Services including e-journal access and MedLine training
New England Journal of Medicine
http://content.nejm.org/
* NEJM - table of contents and editorials
Journal of the American Medical Assoc.
http://jama.ama-assn.org/
* JAMA - table of contents
The Lancet
http://www.thelancet.com/
* Lancet - table of contents
DRUG INFORMATION
 
Medline Drug Information
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginformation.html
****Drug information from NIH
Food and Drug Administration
http://www.fda.gov/
**** The FDA is responsible for assuring drug safety and efficacy. You can find specific drug information here including new approvals and the latest warnings.
WebMD Drug Information
http://my.webmd.com/drugs/asset/uspdi_patient/a_to_z/A
***Drug information
US Pharmacopeia
http://www.usp.org/
* USP sets the standards for drugs in the USA
Mosby's Drug Consult Top 200 Most Prescribed Drugs

http://www.mosbysdrugconsult.com/DrugConsult/Top_200/

*** Listing of most prescribed drugs for 2002
Pharmacology Launching Pad (UCLA)
http://laxmi.nuc.ucla.edu:8000/crump/html_docs/ignarro
/Html/Pharmacology.htm
* Pharmacology web site with links to drug companies, drug databases, molecular biology databases and journals
DRUG INTERACTIONS
 
Merck Manual Chapter 301
http://www.merck.com/pubs/mmanual/section22/
chapter301/301b.htm
** Mechanisms of drug interactions
Cytochrome P450 drug interactions
http://medicine.iupui.edu/flockhart/
 
Dr Koop's Drug Interactions
http://www.drugs.com/data/channel/md/drkoop.cfm?int=1
***Includes mechanisms
HIV therapy - drug interactions
http://hivinsite.ucsf.edu/topics/research_advances/
2098.339b.html
*** Tables of interactions between drugs used in HIV therapy with mechanisms
LEARNING MATERIALS AND TESTS
 

Drug list

http://www.aspet.org/AMSPC/Knowledge_Objectives/druglist.asp

*** Comprehensive document listing the drugs for a complete Pharmacology course.
WashU Neuromuscular Disease Center
http://www.neuro.wustl.edu/neuromuscular/index.html
*** Searchable, extremely informative guide to the basic science of neuromuscular function and diseases. Ion channel structure, neurotransmitters, ubiquitination, etc.
Medical Pharmacology Web Course
Kansas U Med Center
http://www.kumc.edu/research/medicine/pharmacology/
mgordon/learning1.htm
* Case studies in pharmacology - quiz questions tend to test trivial rather than crucial points
Virtual Hospital Clinical Psychopharmacology
Seminars
http://www.vh.org/Providers/Conferences/
CPS/contents.html
* Seminars in clinical psychopharmacology
Boston U Programmed Problem Sets
http://www.bumc.bu.edu/www/busm/pharmacology/
Programmed/Intro.html
* Problem sets for 6 selected areas in pharmacology - very wordy
 WEB SEARCH ENGINES
 
Google Search
http://www.google.com/
**** By far the best search engine around in my experience

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