Research & Resources
Drug Information
These links cover prescription and over-the-counter drugs.
- FDA Human Drug Information
- Research information on new and investigational medications. Also links to over-the-counter drugs, as well as drug safety and side effects links. From the FDA.
- Consumer Reports Best Buy Drugs
- Presents expert, independent information about medicines that can effectively meet your medical needs and give you better value for your health care dollar. Information available in English and Spanish.
- MedlinePlus Drug Information
- Information on thousands of prescription and over-the-counter medications from the National Library of Medicine.
- National Library of Medicine Drug Information Portal
- Provides the public, healthcare professionals, and researchers with a gateway to current, accurate, and understandable drug information. Provided by the National Library of Medicine and other key government agencies.
- National Library of Medicine Dietary Supplements Labels Database
- Includes information from the labels of over 3,000 brands of dietary supplements in the marketplace, including vitamins, minerals, herbs or other botanicals, amino acids, and other specialty supplements.
- Partnership for Prescription Assistance
- Brings together America's pharmaceutical companies, doctors, patient advocacy organizations and civic groups to help low-income, uninsured patients get free or nearly free brand-name medicines.
- PDRhealth Drug Information
- Drug information written in lay terms. Listings here are based on the FDA-approved drug information found in the Pysician's Desk Reference.
- Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA)
- Find information on newly developed medicines and medicines in the development stages.
- Pillbox
- Identify unknown solid-dosage medications (tablets/capsules) based on physical characteristics and high-resolution image. Pillbox is a prototype database and a project of the National Library of Medicine partnering with the Food and Drug Administration.
- Safemedications.com
- How to take or administer medications, including fact sheets on specific drugs.
Prescription Discount Cards
- Arizona CoppeRx Card
- The Arizona CoppeRx Card Prescription Discount Program is a plan created by Governor Janet Napolitano to provide significant discounts on prescription drugs for all Arizona residents.
- Pima County Prescription Discount Card
- Any Pima County resident without prescription coverage can use this program to save money on prescriptions. Even if you have insurance for prescription drugs, you may still benefit from the discount card, since it may save you money on prescription drugs your existing plan does not cover. Pick up a card at any library.
Library Resources
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Health & Wellnesss
- Alt Health Watch —Perspectives on complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care and wellness
- Consumer Health Complete — All areas of health and wellness from mainstream medicine to holistic and integrated medicine
- Health Source Consumer Edition — Consumer health magazines, health-related pamphlets and more than 130 health reference books
- MedLine Plus — Health information from the National Library of Medicine, available in over 40 languages.
- Multilingual Health Databases — Translated articles about common medical conditions and procedures in 16 languages, including: