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Miscellaneous Pharmaceutical Sites
Buying Medical Products Online
- ºô¯¸«Ø¸mªÌ: U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
- FAQs and warnings about purchasing drugs and other medical products online.
CenterWatch Clinical Trials Listing Service
- ºô¯¸«Ø¸mªÌ: CenterWatch, a publishing company focused on the clinical trials industry.
- Patient and researcher information on current clinical trials of new medications and treatments, with detailed profiles of providers and research centers.
Clinical Trials Center, Naval Health Research Center
- ºô¯¸«Ø¸mªÌ: Naval Medical Center, San Diego.
- Describes clinical trials on two treatments for Gulf War Syndrome. Recruits participants for the study and lists about thirty other centers around the U.S. that also recruit.
- ºô¯¸«Ø¸mªÌ: Pharmaceutical Research Plus, Inc.
- Current clinical trials, FAQs about clinical trials, and an online form for patients desiring a clinical trial. Support groups and contact information for a number of emotional disorders.
- ºô¯¸«Ø¸mªÌ: National Institutes of Health.
- Lists clinical trials that are ºô¯¸«Ø¸mªÌed by NIH, other federal agencies, and pharmaceutical companies.
- Specifies which trials are still recruiting patients and which ones are completed. Trials are fully searchable.
- Useful FAQs such as “Understanding Clinical Trials.?
- ºô¯¸«Ø¸mªÌ: European Agency for the Evaluation of Medical Products.
- Position papers and policies concerning medicine regulation in Europe. Has a page of links to other sites in Europe and the U.S. that deal with medicine regulation.
Food and Drug Administration Home Page
- ºô¯¸«Ø¸mªÌ: U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
- Authoritative information on policies and current news concerning food and drug regulation.
- Searchable FAQs on humans and drugs, cosmetics, and food labeling and processing.
- Good source of information concerning drug and food recalls.
- ºô¯¸«Ø¸mªÌ: National Institutes of Health.
- Recommendations for safe preparation and administration of cytotoxic drugs.
Institute for Safe Medication Practices
- ºô¯¸«Ø¸mªÌ: Institute for Safe Medication Practices, a nonprofit organization.
- Information for consumers on preventing medication errors.
- ºô¯¸«Ø¸mªÌ: Edward Pelikan, M.D., Boston University School of Medicine.
- Dictionary of pharmacological terms. Last updated in 1998.
Searching the Internet for Drug Information
- ºô¯¸«Ø¸mªÌ: William J. Bailey, M.P.H., C.P.P., Associate Professor of Applied Health Science and Executive Director, Indiana Prevention Resource Center, Indiana University.
- Describes strategies and Web sites for locating authoritative drug information.
- This site is not frequently updated.
- ºô¯¸«Ø¸mªÌ: U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention, Inc.
- Sells printed products and software with drug manufacturing standards.
- Brief page of links to government agencies and health care professional associations.