Mobile Access to NLM Drug Information Portal

The National Library of Medicine (NLM) Drug Information Portal is now available for mobile devices at: http://druginfo.nlm.nih.gov/m.drugportal

This mobile optimized web site covers over 32,000 drugs and provides descriptions, drug names, pharmaceutical categories, and structural diagrams. Each record also features information links to 19 other resources including NLM PubMed, NLM LactMed, and Drugs@FDA. The mobile version of a resource is used when available.

Smart Phones accessing the main Drug Portal site will be taken the mobile site.

The Drug Information Portal is a free Web resource from NLM that provides informative, user friendly entry-way to current drug information for over 32,000 drugs. It gives users a gateway to selected drug information from the U.S. National Library of Medicine and other key U.S. Government agencies. Current information regarding consumer health, clinical trials, AIDS–related drug information, MeSH pharmacological actions, PubMed biomedical literature, and physical properties and structure is easily retrieved by searching on a drug name. A varied selection of focused topics in medicine and drug–related information is also available from displayed subject headings.

Visit: http://druginfo.nlm.nih.gov to access Drug Information Portal or

http://druginfo.nlm.nih.gov/m.drugportal for mobile access to this portal.

Micromedex®

 
Library Subscribes to Micromedex®

Do you need to know the pregnancy category of Klonopin™, or whether diazepam and oxaliplatin are compatible in a Y-Site?  How about what black cohosh can be used for, or the elimination half-life of penicillin?*

All of these questions and more can easily be answered using Micromedex®.  The TMC Library is pleased to announce the addition of the Micromedex® Healthcare Series to its list of databases accessible to our academic institutions.  Micromedex® is a comprehensive database providing information on drugs, diseases, toxicology, laboratory tests, alternative medicine, and patient education.  From in-depth pharmacokinetics to dosing and therapeutic tools, Micromedex® presents thorough, unbiased information on thousands of topics.  Watch the Library homepage for upcoming classes on searching Micromedex®.

Please Note:  While Micromedex® is available to our academic institutions remotely, it is licensed to us for academic and training use only.  Use of this subscription to affect outcomes in any clinical setting, whether it be a laboratory or a care facility, is strictly prohibited by the terms of our license.  Please comply with this restriction.

For more information on Micromedex® and how to access, go to the Library website click on the Databases link and select M from the alphabetical list.

*Answers: D; No; menopausal symptoms, 20-50 minutes.