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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 |
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| 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
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*** 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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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 |
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| 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/ |
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| 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 |
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Drug listhttp://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 |
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| Google
Search
http://www.google.com/ |
**** By far the best search engine around in my experience |