Refer to the tables below the questions as you answer the questions.

 

 

 

Table 1. Resource Presenting Only FDA-Approved Uses

Resource	Monographs	Custom Reports	Publisher/Price
DailyMed	*FDA-approved Package Inserts (labels) *No off-label uses *Manufacturer-specific inactive ingredients are listed	None	The DailyMed interface is a US government product and is freely available. The individual package inserts are published by the manufacturers and just made available by DailyMed

 

Table 2. Resources Presenting Both FDA-Approved and Off-Label Uses

Interface/Resource or part of interface	Monographs	Custom Reports	Publisher/Price
Clinical Pharmacology/Tools	………………….	*Consumer-level interactions report *Professional-level Adverse reactions report Professional-level interactions report Profesional-level  IV compatibility report (based on Trissel’s)	Elsevier/$$
Clinical Pharmacology/Monographs	standard info	…………………….	Elsevier/$$
UpToDate LexiDrug/Tools	……………………..	Professional-level interactions report Profesional-level  IV compatibility report (based on Trissel’s)	Wolters Kluwer/$$
UpToDate LexiDrug/LexiDrugs	*includes drug prices	………………………..	Wolters Kluwer/$$
UpToDate LexiDrug/Martindale: The Complete Drug Reference	*includes English and foreign generic names, scientific names, US and foreign brand/trade names, and CAS registry numbers	………………………….	Wolters Kluwer/$$
UpToDate LexiDrug/AHFS DI	*pearls of information not found elsewhere	………………………….	American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, Inc./$$

 

UpToDate LexiDrug and Clinical Pharmacology contain custom “drug interaction report” tools.  However, only Clinical Pharmacology can produce these reports in either consumer-oriented or professional-level language. The UpToDate LexiDrug’s “drug interaction report” tool only produces professional-level reports.

To remember that Clinical Pharmacology provides custom consumer-level interaction and adverse reaction reports, think of

 

• If you’ve left Clinical Pharmacology, click here, and pull the new tab/window off of the instruction panel and onto your working window.
• Use Clinical Pharmacology’s “Tools” menu to select the “Drug Interaction” option.

If you’re on the “Clindamycin” monograph page, the “Tools” menu is available through a link at the top of the page.

If you’re on the Clinical Pharmacology homepage, the “Tools” menu is below the search box.

 

• Enter Mrs. Dilworth’s medications (one-by-one) into the “Add drug” box. Mrs. Dilworth’s medications include:

aztreonam (solution for injection)

clindamycin phosphate (solution for injection)

risperidone (oral tablet)

ondansetron hydrochoride (solution for injection)

loratadine (oral tablet)

• After entering a drug’s name, click the relevant option or hit the keyboard’s “enter” key

 

• When the drug list is complete, select the “consumer” option.

• Hit the “View Results” button.

You can change the options (e.g. consumer vs. professional)  later by clicking the desired option and hitting the “View Results” button again.