Prescribing
Industry-Independent Reviews of the Clinical Research Evidence
Freely available:
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Research reviews: http://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/healthInfo.cfm?infotype=rr
- Evidence reports: http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/epcix.htm
- Australian Prescriber: http://www.australianprescriber.com/resource/search
- Centre for Reviews and Dissemination (U.K.): http://www.crd.york.ac.uk/crdweb/
- The Cochrane Library: http://www.cochrane.org/reviews/
- Drug Effectiveness Review Project: http://www.ohsu.edu/ohsuedu/research/policycenter/DERP/about/final-products.cfm
- Consumer Reports Best Buy Drugs (summarized DERP findings for patients): http://www.crbestbuydrugs.org/
- Food and Drug Administration: http://www.fda.gov/cder/drug/DrugSafety/DrugIndex.htm
- National Cancer Institute: information on cancer treatments for healthcare professionals and patients: http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/commoncancers
- National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (U.K.): http://www.nice.org.uk/Guidance/Topic
- National Library for Health (U.K.): convenient for searching multiple National Health Service databases http://www.library.nhs.uk/Default.aspx
- National Prescribing Centre (U.K.): http://www.npc.co.uk/index.htm
- RxFacts: http://www.rxfacts.org/professionals.php
- Therapeutics Initiative (Canada): http://www.ti.ubc.ca/en/DrugAssessments
Subscription required (many medical school libraries have electronic access through their websites):
- Lexicomp Drug References -http://www.amsa.org/AMSA/Homepage/MemberCenter/MemberBenefits/Lexicomp.aspx
- Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin: http://dtb.bmj.com/
- MD Consult: http://www.mdconsult.com/das/pharm/lookup/110842639-2?type=alldrugs
- The Medical Letter: http://www.medletter.com/
- Prescrire International: http://www.prescrire.org/signature/productions/international.php