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Pharmacology/Drug Resources

These resources contain drug monographs, information on drug interactions and information on various diseases and conditions.

AccessPharmacy (Only 5 Users at a Time)
Allows selection by core curriculum topic, browsing by organ system, or searching across 30 leading pharmacy online textbooks. Includes most recent edition of Dipiro's Pharmacotherapy
MICROMEDEX Healthcare Series Intranet Application
Databases of summaries and detailed monographs for drugs and drug interactions. Drug interaction tool. [NOTE: Not all databases are available. Firefox 4.0 and above not supported.].
UpToDate (Available on Campus Only)
Clinical information tool providing reviewed clinical reference material. Includes pharmaceutical information, patient handouts, graphics. Provided by the VCU Health System.
Natural Standard
Evidence-based, peer-reviewed information on complementary and alternative medicine treatments. Includes evaluation of therapies for specific conditions, herbs and supplements, and diet therapies.
MD Consult
A clinical library online; includes reference books, journals, drug information and patient education materials. Includes an option for a personal account.
AccessSurgery (Only 5 Users at a Time)
Resource for surgical education including textbooks, videos, drug information, and board review questions.
AccessMedicine (Only 5 Users at a Time)
Collection of over 60 medical textbooks. Also includes drug information, case files, diagnostic tools, self-assessment questions and patient handouts.

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Information on Conditions & Interventions

Resources below will provide information on conditions and interventions. The information is provided with references to articles (in most instances).

MEDLINEplus
Extensive guide to health information resources. Includes common diseases and conditions, dictionaries, organizations, clearinghouses, publications, directories, consumer health libraries, MEDLINE and other medical database
First Consult
Evidence-based primary care information designed to be used at point-of-care. Tools for differential diagnosis, evaluation and management of medical conditions, patient education and procedures skills review.
PubMedHealth
resource from the National Library of Medicine, specializes in reviews of clinical effectiveness research, with easy-to-read summaries for consumers as well as full technical reports.
UpToDate (Available on Campus Only)
Clinical information tool providing reviewed clinical reference material. Includes pharmaceutical information, patient handouts, graphics. Provided by the VCU Health System.
Access Medicine
Features over 60 medical book titles, drug information, thousands of images and illustrations, interactive self-assessment programs, case files, diagnostic tools, and the ability to download content to a mobile device

* Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine
* Hurst's The Heart
* Schwartz's Principles of Surgery
* Williams Obstetrics
* Goodman & Gilman's The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics
MD Consult
A clinical library online; includes reference books, journals, and patient education materials. Includes an option for a personal account.
STAT!Ref Electronic Medical Library

Full-text cross-searchable reference books for the health professional. Includes other resources such as ICD-9-CM and MedCalc 3000, a unique computerized medical reference and tool set.