Medications and Supplements - Health 

Antibiotic Guide

http://hopkins-abxguide.org/

Browse by diagnosis, drug, pathogen, and vaccine.

Center for Drug Evaluation and Research

http://www.fda.gov/cder/index.html 

At this site from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration, you can retrieve information about studies of drugs approved by the FDA.

Consumer Reports Best Buy Drugs

http://www.consumerreports.org/health/bestbuy-drugs.htm 

Reports evaluate prescription medicines used for common conditions such as high cholesterol, arthritis, and heartburn. The reports look at efficacy, safety, and price to recommend the best medicines. Includes drug reports and advice on Rx drugs (also available in Spanish). 

Dietary Supplements

http://tinyurl.com/59lwss

"The Dietary Supplements Labels Database offers information about ingredients in more than two thousand selected brands of dietary supplements. "

Drug Information Portal

http://druginfo.nlm.nih.gov/drugportal/drugportal.jsp

From the U.S. National Library of Medicine. Search by name or by category. You may also want to refer to Pillbox, a prototype pill identification database.

Drugs & Supplements

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginformation.html

Browse by first letter of generic or brand name drug or by first letter of herb or supplement.

Herbs & Botanicals

http://www.mskcc.org/mskcc/html/11570.cfm

Evidence-based information about herbs, botanicals, supplements, and more from Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.

Mayo Clinic Drug & Supplement Information

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/drug-information/DrugHerbIndex

Browse or search by drug name this "guide to more than 8,000 prescription and over-the-counter medications."

NJ Prescription Drug Price Registry

https://www6.state.nj.us/LPSCA_DRUG/index.jsp

Helps consumers compare the prices charged by pharmacies for the most-frequently prescribed prescription drugs.

RxList

http://www.rxlist.com/script/main/hp.asp 

Input the name of a drug, and find out its effects, side-effects, and interactions with other substances. This site also features a medical dictionary and information about alternative medicine.

U.S. Pharmacopeia

http://www.usp.org 

Retrieve information about over 750 medicines: their uses, precautions, and side-effects. 

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