Monday, October 29, 2007
What drug informations references do some pharmacists use? Part 1.
TL: I spoke with a pharmacist at the place where I work about the drug information resources she prefers to use. She is a pharmacist who has been practicing for a long time. When presented with a drug information question, she prefers to refer to the package insert or E-facts and Comparisons. She has been using the book version of Efacts for such a long time, that she feels she can get the information she needs faster with the hardback version than she can with the electronic version. She does have her favorite electronic sites however. I asked her which electronic site she would buy or subscribe to, if she could only choose one. She chose the Pharmacist's Letter. She logged on and showed me what it had to offer. One of the more useful tools I saw was an area of comparison charts for different classes of medicaitons, such as a chart comparing all the different statin drugs that are available. She prints the charts and puts them in a binder at work for quick reference. It is an interesting site and one I hope to spend time exploring more.
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PH: I also recently talked to a pharmacist at one of the places I work at. He has been a pharmacist there for a long time and the location focuses on drug information. He owns a PDA and uses it frequently. He told me that depending on the type of information he is looking for he prefers AHFS, Mosby's and Tarascon for obtaining drug information. Tarascon if he is looking for quick information on dosing or other quick information like that. He likes Mosby's because it is thorough but also has color coding of things like adverse effects to make it easy to pick out the different classes. He likes AHFS most of all because it is more detailed than many sources and includes additional information when compared to other sources. There were no drug information sources that he would be hesitant to use, he felt that over time most of them have come to be more and more similar because they adopt features from each other when they see what features people like in competing softwares. For electronic information via computer he had several favorites depending on what he was looking for. For searching primary literature he uses PubMed, IDIS and IPA. He said they are all unique in some respects as to what information can be found. For example, IPA has compatability information, the other two sources do not. Finally, he likes StatRef because it allows him access to several sources from a single site.
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