Consumer Health

American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP), Inc.

Prescription and over-the-counter drug information
Somewhat lengthy drug and over-the-counter medicationinformation with these sections: description, before using, proper use, precautions and side effects. From Micromedex, a trusted source of healthcare information for health professionals.

Herb and supplement information includes information on uses based on scientific evidence as well as safety and potential interactions with drugs, herbs, and supplements. From Natural Standard, an independent group of researchers and clinicians.

A good central source of drug information by the US government
Information on over 53,000 drugs ,can search by drug or drug class
iLnks to many top drug information sources such as FDA, DEA, CDC,
Summaries from medical and toxicological articles (however, the whole article may not be for free on the Internet

Independent advice on more than 24,000 prescription drugs, over-the-counter medicines & natural products
Interaction checker, phoenetic search assistant, pill identifier
Data sources include Micromedex® , Cerner Multum™ , Wolters Kluwer™ and others

FDA

Health Canada (a government Web site)

From the National Library of Medicine

It includes information on the levels of such substances in breast milk and infant blood, and possible adverse effects in the nursing infant.

Suggested therapeutic alternatives to those drugs are provided, where appropriate. All data are derived from the scientific literature and fully referenced. Summaries of the reported information are provided and include links to other NLM databases. Supplemental links to breastfeeding resources from credible organizations are also provided.