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

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