In this chapter, we have provided you with links to clinical resources which include information on various medical conditions, treatment recommendations and dosing for special populations.
BC Children’s Hospital
| Purpose |
Online resource to determine appropriate dosing for neonatal and pediatric patients. |
| Type of Resource |
Dosing resource |
| Included |
Drug dosing for both pediatric and neonatal patient. Within each drug monograph, you will find the following information:
- Dosing based on diseases or conditions
- Drug dosing for both pediatric and neonatal patients
- Dosage forms available
- Tips for medication preparation (if applicable)
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| Student Bottom Line |
If you have a neonatal or pediatric patient, we recommend using this resource to determine the most appropriate dosing for your patient as it is very simple to use and was created by Pharmacy staff at BC Children’s Hospital. |
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CPS
| Purpose |
Provides current, evidence-based therapeutic information for over 200 conditions and relevant drug monographs to guide treatment recommendations for your patient. |
| Type of Resource |
Online database available to UBC students, staff, and faculty |
| Included |
- Drug monographs
- Therapeutic Choices
- Algorithms
- Goals of Therapy
- Investigations
- Summary of Conditions
- Minor Ailments
- Pill Identifier
- Clinical tools
- Renal function calculator
- Body surface area
- Body weight calculator
- Drug administration and food
- Drug administration and grapefruit
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| Student Bottom Line |
As this is one of the most diverse resources available in pharmacy practice, we recommend this resource as a place to become familiar with conditions and drug therapies. It is best practice, however, to cross reference information and use condition specific resources when possible. |
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DynaMed
| Purpose |
A detailed resource for clinicians to become familiar with conditions and determine the best treatment, based on the best available evidence. |
| Type of Resource |
Online database available to UBC students, staff, and faculty |
| Included |
- Overview of conditions
- Management of conditions
- Drug monographs (dosing, mechanism of action, adverse drug reactions)
- Various medical calculators
- Summary of trials references in the monographs
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| Student Bottom Line |
This database is organized by specialty and provides a very comprehensive overview of many different conditions. As this resource has an evidence based practice approach, we recommend this resource for many of your pharmacy inquiries. |
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Drug Bank
| Purpose |
Resource with detailed information on drugs. |
| Type of Resource |
Online database |
| Included |
- Pharmacokinetics
- Pharmacodynamics
- Adverse events
- Drug targets
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| Student Bottom Line |
For inquiries regarding drugs, this resource is a great reference to become familiar with details related to various drug therapies. |
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Drug Search
| Purpose |
Resource used to determine cost and coverage of medications in BC. |
| Type of Resource |
Online database |
| Included |
- Cost of medications
- If the medication is covered in BC (and under what plans)
- If the medication requires special authority, there is a direct link to the SA form
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| Student Bottom Line |
This resource is a great quick guide to drug cost and coverage in BC. |
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LexiComp
A detailed resource used by many clinicians to become familiar with commonly used drugs. This resource is used for dosing, determining safety in different patient populations, compatibility with other drugs, and general facts about the medication. Lexicomp is a very diverse resource with many different indexes and clinical tools available making it a student favourite. It is important to keep in mind this is an American resource so be sure to cross-reference dosing with a Canadian resource.
Briggs Pregnancy and Lactation
| Purpose |
Resources used to determine the safety of medications in both pregnancy and lactation. |
| Type of Resource |
Online database available to UBC students, staff, and faculty (book available) |
| Included |
Provides a level of evidence behind the use of medications in pregnancy and lactation. Details regarding the studies are available. |
| Student Bottom Line |
In all patients who are pregnant or lactating, we recommend using this resource to determine if medications will be safe for the baby. |
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Lexi-Drugs
| Purpose |
An online drug reference. |
| Type of Resource |
Online database available to UBC students, staff, and faculty |
| Included |
- Brand and generic names
- Dosing recommendations
- Indications (and off-label uses)
- Adverse events
- Storage requirements
- Interaction checker
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| Student Bottom Line |
This resource is useful and preferred for information about drug therapies and checking interactions. |
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Martindale
| Purpose |
An international drug reference. |
| Type of Resource |
Online database available to UBC students, staff, and faculty (book available) |
| Included |
- Drug nomenclature
- Indications
- Common names
- Pharmacokinetics
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| Student Bottom Line |
A great resource for inquiries regarding available drug therapies. The paper-based resource is organized into two volumes; volume A includes information regarding kinetics, interactions, etc. and volume B has information regarding drug preparations available. The paper-based resource is often confusing to use and thus we recommend using the index as much as possible. |
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Trissel’s IV Drug Compatability
| Purpose |
This resource determines the compatibility of IV drugs. |
| Type of Resource |
Compatibility tool available to UBC students, staff, and faculty |
| Included |
This resource provides information regarding the compatibility of certain drugs in solutions and at the Y site. A summary of the studies is also provided. |
| Student Bottom Line |
For drug-related questions regarding IV drug compatibility, this is the preferred resource to use. |
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Natural Medicines
| Purpose |
Resource with evidence on efficacy and safety of different natural medicines. |
| Type of Resource |
NHP Resource available to UBC students, staff, and faculty |
| Included |
- Effectiveness/ Safety data
- Interaction checker
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| Student Bottom Line |
When patients ask questions about different NHP products, this is the recommended resource to determine efficacy and safety behind its use. We also would recommend using this resource to assess if interactions are present between your patient’s prescription and non-prescription drugs. This resource has a significant amount of information so CTRL-F will be your friend. |
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RxFiles
| Purpose |
Provides a summary of management of various conditions and evidence behind treatment options. |
| Type of Resource |
General online resource available with subscription (hard copy can be purchased online) |
| Included |
This resource is organized by body system and each conditions includes the following information:
- Summary of conditions
- Dosing
- Summary of trials
- Pricing of drugs
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| Student Bottom Line |
RxFiles is one of the preferred resources at UBC as it summarizes conditions and treatments concisely. |
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UpToDate
| Purpose |
Guide treatment recommendations based on the most up to date evidence available. |
| Type of Resource |
Online database available to UBC students, staff, and faculty |
| Included |
- Overview of conditions (pathophysiology, diagnosis etc.)
- Treatment recommendations
- Drug monographs used from Lexicomp
- Various scoring tools/calculators
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| Student Bottom Line |
This is a great tool to become familiar with the most up to date evidence available to healthcare professionals. Additionally, this resource ensures you understand what the evidence behind the recommendations is (ex. is it coming from a meta-analysis, a randomized control trial, or is it expert opinion).
It is important to keep in mind this is an American resource so ensure to cross reference dosing with a Canadian resource. |
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