Some resources listed below do require payment but are listed in order to guide clinicians to some of the major sources of drug information in Australia.
- About Herbs
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Information Resource: About Herbs, Botanicals & Other Products - Australian Adverse Reactions Drug Bulletin
is produced six times a year by the Adverse Drug Reactions Advisory Committee. - Australian Drug Information Network (ADIN)
- provides a central point of access to quality Internet-based alcohol and drug information provided by prominent organisations in Australia and Internationally.
- Australian Immunisation Handbook
with other information on the Immunise Australia program. - Australian Medicines Handbook (payment required)
- Australian Prescriber
an independent publication providing readily accessible information about drugs and therapeutics. - Australian Prescription Products Guide [eAPP Online]
payment required for all but the Consumer Medicine Information which is free to browse without logging in. - CSL Antivenom Handbook, 2nd edition, 2001
designed for doctors, gives information on indications and use for all CSL Ltd antivenoms. - Healthy Skepticism
Improving health by reducing harm from misleading drug promotion. - Institute for Safe Medication Practices Canada
an independent national non-profit agency committed to the advancement of medication safety in all healthcare settings. - Medline Plus
Drugs, Supplements, and Herbal Information for consumers on a wide variety of drugs, including commonly prescribed psychiatric drugs. - Merck Manuals - Online Medical Library
- MIMS (payment required)
- National Medicines Policy
is a cooperative endeavour to bring about better health outcomes for all Australians, focusing especially on people’s access to, and wise use of, medicines. The term “medicine” includes prescription and non-prescription medicines, including complementary healthcare products. - National Prescribing Service
an independent, non-profit organisation providing medicines information and resources for consumers, health professionals, members and stakeholders involved in Quality Use of Medicines. - Paediatric Pharmacopoeia - Royal Children's Hospital, 13th edition. (payment required)
the Paediatric Pharmacopoeia advises prescribers, pharmacists, nurses and other health care professionals on doses for paediatric patients. - Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme
Contains the Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits (effective 1 January 2008), a listing of the medicines subsidised by the Australian Government. - Therapeutic Goods Administration
carries out a range of assessment and monitoring activities to ensure therapeutic goods available in Australia are of an acceptable standard with the aim of ensuring that the Australian community has access, within a reasonable time, to therapeutic advances. - Therapeutic Guidelines (payment required)
Includes: Analgesic, Antibiotic, Cardiovascular, Dermatology, Endocrinology, Gastrointestinal, Neurology, Palliative Care, Psychotropic, Respiratory - Toxnet [US National Library for Medicine]
Databases on toxicology, hazardous chemicals, environmental health, and toxic releases
