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  • About Herbs, Botanicals & Other Products
    This information resource, from the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, provides evidence-based information about herbs, botanicals, supplements, and more.
  • Consumer Reports: Best Buy Drugs
    Consumer Reports Best Buy Drugs is a free public education service from the nonprofit Consumers Union, publisher of Consumer Reports. The information on this website can help you learn about more affordable drug treatment options to discuss with your physician.
  • Drugs.com
    Comprehensive and up-to-date Prescription Drug information for consumers & professionals. Fast, easy searching or browsing of over 24,000 approved medications. The Drugs.com drug-information database is powered by three independent leading medical-information suppliers: Physicians' Desk Reference, Cerner Multum and Thomson Micromedex. Individual drug (or drug-class) information content compiled by these sources is delivered complete and unaltered by Drugs.com.
  • DrugDigest.org
    One of the best Internet sites for information on pharmaceuticals, drug interactions and herbal supplements. Includes images of drugs and information for patients.
  • MEDLINEplus: Drug Information
    Information on thousands of prescription and over-the-counter medications is provided through two drug resources -- MedMaster™†, a product of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP), and the USP DI® Advice for the Patient® ‡, a product of the United States Pharmacopeia (USP).
  • PDRhealth.com
    This is from the publisher of the Physicians’ Desk Reference. It provides prescription drug information. It also provides information on diseases, conditions and clinical trials, as well as a drug interaction checker.
  • Rxlist
    Owned and operated by WebMD, RxList is an online medical resource dedicated to offering detailed and current pharmaceutical information on brand and generic drugs. This index also has a Pill identifier, where one can search by imprint, color and shape.

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Selected Books

The AARP guide to pills
The AARP guide to pills: essential information on more than 1,200 prescription and nonprescription medications, including generics

Edited by MaryAnne Hochadel
An essential resource for anyone 50 years and younger, this guide contains information on more than 1,200 prescription & nonprescription medications, including generics, side effects, and drug interactions.
RM301.12.A22 2006

The Complete Guide to Vitamins, Herbs And Supplements
Conkling, Winifred
The Complete Guide to Vitamins, Herbs And Supplements: The Holistic Path to Good Health

A comprehensive, portable, one-step guide to all over-the-counter vitamins, herbs, and supplements currently available, this resource features an easy-to-use alphabetical listing with valuable information on the most effective forms of each supplement, dosage, possible side effects, and more.
QP771.C66 2006

Consumer Drug Reference
Consumer Drug Reference

Self-education about personal health care is now more important than ever, and "Consumer Reports" is here to help. This new reference features unbiased information on thousands of drugs and supplements and a glossary with more than 400 medical terms.
rqRS51.U65