Alberta Health Services
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AHS Provincial Formularycontains links to Former Region/Entity Formularies, as well as Inpatient Drug Costs, which are confidential and for AHS use only
Other Useful Links pages for identifying and determining availability of products Clinical Trials, Excipients, Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Canada
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Drug Product Database This link opens in a new windowfrom Health Canada. Determine drug availability in Canada; identify drugs by DIN, name, and other characteristics. Full product monographs include prescribing and consumer information, molecular formula, chemical structure, clinical studies, toxicology and more.
Manufacturer or Company Websites
Find more information about specific products:
- CPS: select “Manufacturer Directory” from Resources menu
- Google: enter name of company (+ “Canada” for Canadian site) into Google search bar. Select the relevant country or region from the menu on their website.
Look for menu or link to “Product” page (product ID, package inserts) or the “Contact Us” section on their company website.
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Get Your Drugs Testeda free service from British Columbia
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Licensed Natural Health Products Database (LNHPD)Health Canada. Search for natural health products, and non-prescription health products (including vitamins, minerals and other OTC items)
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Medical Devices Active Licence Listing (MDALL)Search for products not found in DPD or LNHPD; some may be licensed as devices.
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Special Access Program (Health Canada)fact sheets, forms, and guidance documents for access to non-marketed drugs for practitioners treating patients with serious or life-threatening conditions when conventional therapies have failed, are unsuitable, or unavailable
Shortages
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ASHP Drug Shortages Resource CenterProvide administration/monitoring guidelines, tools, treatment guidelines, and protocols for IVIG.
International
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Lexidrug This link opens in a new windowIdentify Canadian and foreign products. Foreign brand names may also be found through monographs in Martindale “Preparations” section (by country name) or the Lexi-Drugs monographs “Brand Names: International” section (by country code). Country abbreviations are defined in the Lexi-Drugs Description of Fields table. Drug I.D. tool available.
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Micromedex This link opens in a new windowSee Tox & Drug Product Lookup for information on excipients and international drug availability/identification and Drug ID tab to identify products by imprint code
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ATC/DDD IndexWorld Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centre for Drug Statistics Methodology. Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical (ATC)/ Defined Daily Dose (DDD) system for therapeutic class comparison, drug consumption statistics and drug utilization monitoring
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Drug Approvals and DatabasesUS Food and Drug Administration. Links to FDA Orange Book; Drugs@FDA; National Drug Code Directory; FDA Drug Shortages; and others
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electronic Medicines Compendium (eMC)has summaries of UK product characteristics & patient information sheets
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European Medicines Agency Partners and NetworksFind other European Union (EU) and European Economic Area (EEA) Health Canada DPD equivalents
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MedGuide IndiaUsing generic or brand names, get lists of drugs and ingredients from India.
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Medsafe New Zealandmedication data sheets
Drug Benefit Programs
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Drug coverage and health benefits Alberta HealthAlberta Aids to Daily Living, adult and child health benefit programs, drug and palliative care benefits, seniors benefits, benefit claims.
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Federal Public Drug Benefit ProgramsAccess to First Nations and Inuit Health, Canadian Forces, Veterans Affairs Canada, RCMP, Royal Canadian, Citizenship and Immigration Canada, and Correctional Service Canada programs.
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Interactive Drug Benefit List (iDBL)Interactive Drug Benefit List (iDBL) - is an up-to-date searchable drug benefit list of medications that seniors can obtain through retail pharmacies.
Other Resources
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Drug Identification ChartRCMP. Reference tool for identifying illicit drugs and their harmful effects.
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National Institute of Drug AbuseU.S. NIH information on drugs of abuse & synonyms
