Drug Information Resources

Tools for Pharmacists

Assistive Tools for Disabilities

ASL Phrases (Sign Language) (select Conversational Phrase, "Health")
Guidelines for Prescription Labeling and Consumer Medication Information for People with Vision Loss (PDF) (American Society of Consultant Pharmacists Foundation/American Foundation for the Blind)
Medication Management (AFB Senior Site)

Cardiovascular Calculators

ABCD for risk of Stroke
Cardiovascular Risk Calculator (University of Edinburgh)
CHADS2 Score for Atrial Fibrillation Stroke Risk
Canadian Cardiovascular Society Calculators and Forms
Framingham Risk Score
Reynolds Risk Score: Calculating Heart and Stroke Risk for Women and Men
Risk Assessment Tool for estimating 10-year Risk of Having a Heart Attack (National Cholesterol Education Program)
Stroke Prevention in Atrial Fibrillation Risk Calculator (SPARC)

Critical Appraisal

CI Calculator (Rob Herbert, Excel format)
Effect Size Calculator (Gardner's Effect Size Illustrator)
Online NNT Calculator (Visual Rx)
Quickcalcs (Graphpad)
Sample Size Calculators (Rollin Brant)

Deprescribing

MedStopper
Canadian Deprescribing Network (Caden)

Drug Interactions

Drug Interactions Checker (Drugs.com)
Herbal-Drug Interaction Chart (PDF) (RxFiles)

Fractures and Osteoporosis

Bone Mineral Density Testing in Canada (Osteoporosis Canada)
Calcium Calculator (Osteoporosis Canada)
FRAX: WHO Fracture Risk Assessment Tool for Calculating 10 year probablility of fracture (University of Sheffield)
QFracture (ClinRisk)

Miscellaneous

Opioid Manager (Centre for Effective Practice)
Bugs and Drugs
Bristol Stool Chart
Measurement Conversion Tables
Medication Infoshare (Mental Health)
Ovulation Calculator (WebMD)
Teaching Heart Ascultations (Canadian Cardiovascular Society)
Therapeutic Drug Levels (MedlinePlus)

Pronounciation of Drug Names

Lexi-Comp Online (with audioclips) - $
Pronunciations (Merck Manuals, with audioclips)

Renal Function

Cockcroft-Gault Calculator (with SI units)
Creatinine Clearance, Dosing Weight and BSA Calculator (RPhWorld)
GFR Calculators (National Kidney Disease Education Program)
MDRD GFR Calculator (with SI units)
Kidney Failure Risk Calculator

Tool Chests

Epocrates MedTools
Medical Calculators (GlobalRPh.com)
Therapeutic Tools (Vancouver Coastal Health)

Published: 01 Jun 2015
Revised: 08 Nov 2019

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