Pharmacy

In our drug product database, you will learn how your medication works, when and how you should take your medicine, possible side effects and drug interactions, along with other vital information.

Find information on drug product use, safety and common and reported side effects.

Site created by the US National Library of Medicine. Search by drug name to find links to more information

The DPD contains product specific information on drugs approved for use in Canada.

The Drugs.com Drug Information Database is powered by several independent leading medical-information suppliers, including; American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, Cerner Multum and IBM Watson Micromedex. Individual drug (or drug-class) content compiled by these sources is peer reviewed and delivered by Drugs.com.

DailyMed provides information about marketed drugs, including FDA labels (package inserts). It provides health information providers and the public with a standard, comprehensive, up-to-date, look-up and download resource of medication content and labeling as found in medication package inserts.

RxNorm provides normalized names for clinical drugs and links its names to many of the drug vocabularies commonly used in pharmacy management and drug interaction software.

The LactMed® database contains information on drugs and other chemicals to which breastfeeding mothers may be exposed.

The LiverTox database provides researchers, physicians, and patients with up-to-date and comprehensive information about drug induced liver injury.

This guide is intended to highlight the best free drug information resources on the web. As we begin, our focus is on those resources that we have found the most useful or which contain unique content.

Your resource for searching databases on toxicology, hazardous chemicals, environmental health, and toxic releases

A comprehensive resource offering safety guides for infants, families, patients and seniors, as well as publishing important health news, recalls and safety alerts.

Identify natural health products with an approved licence, report side effects, access regulations and submit a licence application.

Learn about your prescription drugs and over-the-counter medicines from MedlinePlus, the National Institutes of Health's Web site for patients and their families and friends. Read about side effects, dosage, special precautions, and more. Browse dietary supplements and herbal remedies to learn about their effectiveness, usual dosage, and drug interactions.

The database links you to the information from the labels of over 30,000 dietary supplement products in the marketplace, including vitamins, minerals, herbs or other botanicals, amino acids, and other specialty supplements.

Dietary supplements made from foods, herbs and their constituents are a rapidly growing market sector. Consumers often view food supplements as 'natural' and therefore safe; however, supplements are regulated as foods rather than as pharmaceuticals and so are not as closely monitored as may be necessary.