This drug information guide is intended to be used by the pharmacy students of Utrecht University. 

Here you'll find useful information resources in Pharmacy and the Pharmaceutical Sciences for some common categories of drug information.

 

Important note: this list is by no means comprehensive and should be considered a starting point when seeking out information useful in the practice of pharmacy. The list was prepared in cooperation with the Pharmaceutical Sciences library users's group (Utrecht University).  Please report errors to N.Elsenaar@uu.nl.

 

• Adverse drug events (includes adverse drug reactions, drug interactions and medication errors)
• Animal studies
• Bioavailability 
• Biological macromolecules (includes proteins) 
• Biotechnology 
• Chemical- and physical properties
• Clinical trials  
• Compounding
• Contraindications 
• Dietary supplements
• Diseases and disorders 
• Dosage information (includes availability, drug dosage forms, route of administration)
• Dosage recommendations (includes pediatric and geriatric dosage recommendations)
• Drug analysis 
• Drug synthesis 
• Drug interactions (drug-drug, drug-food, drug-laboratory test interactions, drug-herb)
• Drugs approved for use in the Netherlands 
• Drugs in pregnancy and in lactation 
• Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM) 
• Foreign drug identification
• General drug information 
• Health statistics 
• Investigational drug information
• Incompatability/Stability 
• Pharmacokinetics
• Pharmacology (includes pharmacodynamics)
• Pharmacopoeias (official standards for purity, strength, quality, and analysis of drugs, drug monographs)
• Pharmacovigilance 
• Pharmacy law
• Price 
• Randomized controlled trials (RCT's) 
• Serum or urine therapeutic levels
• Specific patient groups 
• Therapeutic indications 
• Therapy evaluations/recommendations
• Toxicology information
• Veterinary medicine