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Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics
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The Adapted for Canada version has a few differences: Canadian prices, Canadian drug names, metric doses, and they also offer The Medical Letter in French, which is simply an English/French translation of the Canadian ed.

The Canadian-English PDFs are available for download at the top of every issue/article.

Key Drug Handbooks

CPS (formerly known as RxTx)

CPS (formerly known as RxTx) provides access to evidence-based, reliable Canadian drug and therapeutic information. Included are: access to best practices on common medical conditions, e-CPS, CPhA's Therapeutic Choices, Lexi -Comp's Lexi-Interact, information for patients, Health Canada Advisories, and more.
Micromedex 2.0
The evidence-based resources of Micromedex® Solutions are used by clinicians to inform and educate care decisions with the goal to meaningfully improve patient outcomes. Micromedex Solutions provide hospitals and healthcare providers with a single source of clinical information — from need-to-know drug, pediatric, disease, lab, and toxicology information to comprehensive resources for patient and consumer education.

The evidence-based resources of Micromedex^® Solutions are used by clinicians to inform and educate care decisions with the goal to meaningfully improve patient outcomes. Micromedex Solutions provide hospitals and healthcare providers with a single source of clinical information — from need-to-know drug, pediatric, disease, lab, and toxicology information to comprehensive resources for patient and consumer education. Mobile access is available.

Martindale: The Complete Drug Reference
Information on drugs in clinical use worldwide, as well as selected investigational and veterinary drugs, herbal and complementary medicines, pharmaceutical excipients, vitamins and nutritional agents, vaccines, radiopharmaceuticals, contrast media and diagnostic agents, medicinal gases, drugs of abuse and recreational drugs, toxic substances, disinfectants, and pesticides.

Martindale content is accessible via Micromedex:
- Select the Martindale link above, which will bring you to the "Tox & Drug Product Lookup" page of Micromedex.
- Select the tab "Martindale Global Drug" above the search bar.
- In the search box, type the name of the drug you are interested in and press the computer’s Enter key.
RXFiles: Drug Comparison Charts
Orientation Video

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Located in Bracken Library Reference
Call Number: REF QV16.R998 2012

Drug Interactions

In the Micromedex 2.0 drug resource look for the Drug Interactions tab along the top.

In the CPS drug resource, look for the Lexi-Interact tab along the top.

Drug Books (Print and Electronic)

Applied Therapeutics by Caroline S. Zeind; Michael G. Carvalho
Call Number: WB330 .A651 2018

ISBN: 9781496318299

Publication Date: 2017-12-27
Basic and Clinical Pharmacology by Bertram G. Katzung; Anthony J. Trevor
Call Number: eBook

ISBN: 9781259641152

Publication Date: 2017-11-30
Compendium of Therapeutics for Minor Ailments
Call Number: QV57 .C2122c 2018 ref

ISBN: 9781772410105

Publication Date: 2018
CTC 2019 : Compendium of Therapeutic Choices by Lamya Arman et al.
Call Number: WB 300 .T398 2018 ref

ISBN: 9781772410099

Publication Date: 2018
Drugs in Pregnancy and Lactation by Alicia B. Forinash; Roger K. Freeman; Craig V. Towers; Gerald G. Briggs
Call Number: eBook

ISBN: 9781496349620

Publication Date: 2017-05-25
Goodman and Gilman's the Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics, 13th Edition by Randa Hilal-Dandan; Bjorn Knollman; Laurence Brunton
Call Number: eBook

ISBN: 9781259584732

Publication Date: 2017-12-05
The Merck Index by Maryadele J. O'Neil (Editor)
Call Number: eBook

ISBN: 9781849736701

Publication Date: 2013-04-30

Also on Reference, REF QV772 .M555 2013

Non-Prescription Drug Books (Print and Electronic)

Compendium of self-care products : the Canadian reference on OTCs by Canadian Pharmacists Association
Call Number: REF QV772 .C73722 2010

ISBN: 1894402510

Publication Date: 2010
Handbook of Nonprescription Drugs, 18e by Daniel L. Krinsky (Editor-In-Chief); Stefanie P; Ferreri (Editor); Brian A. Hemstreet (Editor); Ann L. Hume (Editor); Gail D. Newton (Editor); Carol J. Rollins (Editor); Karen J. Tietze (Editor)
Call Number: REF QV772 .H236

ISBN: 9781582122250

Publication Date: 2014-12-01
Patient self-care : helping your patients make therapeutic choices by Carol Repchinsky
Call Number: QV772 .P298 2010

ISBN: 1894402502

Publication Date: 2010

Nursing Drug Calculation Resources

Davis's Drug Guide for Nurses Canadian Version by April Hazard Vallerand; Cynthia A. Sanoski
ISBN: 9780803657069

Publication Date: 2016-05-25
Drug Calculations for Nurses by Robert Lapham; Heather Agar
ISBN: 9781444113136

Publication Date: 2009-07-31

eBook
Henke's Med-Math by Brenda Predham; Susan Buchholz
Call Number: Bracken Library - Reference REF QV18.2 .P923h 2010

ISBN: 9780781799867

Publication Date: 2009-10-28