Resources
Consumer Update: Avoiding Drug Interactions
In this Consumer Update video from the FDA, Shiew-Mei Huang, Ph.D., Deputy Director of FDA's Office of Clinical Pharmacology, provides tips on how to avoid harmful drug interactions.
http://www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/ConsumerUpdates/ucm182745.htm
Drug Interactions: What You Should Know
This detailed article from the FDA offers helpful information on drug reactions and interactions, information on reading drug labels, questions to ask your doctor and more.
http://www.fda.gov/Drugs/ResourcesForYou/ucm163354.htm
Grapefruit Juice and Medicine May Not Mix
This article from the FDA explains why grapefruit juice and medicine aren’t always a good mix and gives examples of medicines that can be affected.
http://www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/ConsumerUpdates/ucm292276.htm
MedlinePlus Drugs, Herbs and Supplements
This site, a service of the National Library of Medicine’s MedlinePlus, allows you to learn about your prescription drugs and over-the-counter medicines (including side effects, dosage and special precautions) and browse dietary supplements and herbal remedies to learn about their effectiveness, usual dosage, and drug interactions.
https://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginformation.html
The National Library of Medicine’s Drug Information Portal
The National Library of Medicine’s Drug Information Portal gives users a gateway to selected information on 59,030 drugs from the U.S. National Library of Medicine and other key U.S. Government agencies. Drug information is searchable by drug name or category.
http://druginfo.nlm.nih.gov/drugportal/drugportal.jsp
National Library of Medicine’s Daily Med
Have you misplaced the information that came with your prescription? No problem. DailyMed, the official provider of FDA label information (package inserts), allows you look up and download resources of medication content and labeling found in medication package inserts.
http://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/
In this Consumer Update video from the FDA, Shiew-Mei Huang, Ph.D., Deputy Director of FDA's Office of Clinical Pharmacology, provides tips on how to avoid harmful drug interactions.
http://www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/ConsumerUpdates/ucm182745.htm
Drug Interactions: What You Should Know
This detailed article from the FDA offers helpful information on drug reactions and interactions, information on reading drug labels, questions to ask your doctor and more.
http://www.fda.gov/Drugs/ResourcesForYou/ucm163354.htm
Grapefruit Juice and Medicine May Not Mix
This article from the FDA explains why grapefruit juice and medicine aren’t always a good mix and gives examples of medicines that can be affected.
http://www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/ConsumerUpdates/ucm292276.htm
MedlinePlus Drugs, Herbs and Supplements
This site, a service of the National Library of Medicine’s MedlinePlus, allows you to learn about your prescription drugs and over-the-counter medicines (including side effects, dosage and special precautions) and browse dietary supplements and herbal remedies to learn about their effectiveness, usual dosage, and drug interactions.
https://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginformation.html
The National Library of Medicine’s Drug Information Portal
The National Library of Medicine’s Drug Information Portal gives users a gateway to selected information on 59,030 drugs from the U.S. National Library of Medicine and other key U.S. Government agencies. Drug information is searchable by drug name or category.
http://druginfo.nlm.nih.gov/drugportal/drugportal.jsp
National Library of Medicine’s Daily Med
Have you misplaced the information that came with your prescription? No problem. DailyMed, the official provider of FDA label information (package inserts), allows you look up and download resources of medication content and labeling found in medication package inserts.
http://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/