OTC Resources

OTC Resources

From websites to PowerPoint® presentations, find helpful resources on a variety of nonprescription medicine topics.


Websites

Alternative Medicine Drug Information Drug Companies Healthcare Journals Products Recalls Urban Legends Canadian Pharmacy Other

Additional Resources

Textbooks PowerPoint Presentations NMA Comments to ACPE Canadian Pharmacy Publications Counseling Tools Teaching Methodology and Topics

Websites


Alternative Medicine

Herbal links from U of Iowa - http://www.uiowa.edu/~idis/herbalinks/

HealthWorld Online Herbal Medicine Center - www.healthy.net/clinic/therapy/herbal/index.asp

FDA Dietary Supplements page - vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/supplmnt.html

Comprehensive herbal database from the publishers of Pharmacist's Letter. Complete referenced monographs detailing safety issues such as drug interaction and contraindications - www.naturaldatabase.com

Sponsored by Medical Herbalism, a quarterly journal of herbal medicine - www.medherb.com

NIH Office of Dietary Supplements - dietary-supplements.info.nih.gov

Independent dietary supplement quality assessment - www.consumerlab.com

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Drug Information

Patient-oriented material from National Library and NIH - http://www.medlineplus.gov

FDA's new and generic drug approvals site - www.fda.gov/cder/approval/index.htm

FDA Center for Devices and Radiological Health - www.fda.gov/cdrh/index.html

MedWatch: error reporting updates - www.fda.gov/medwatch

Federal Register Documents - www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/oc/ohrms/index.cfm

FDA Web page - www.fda.gov

FDA Over-the-Counter Drug Page, the Milestone List (monographs on OTCs) - www.fda.gov/cder/otc/milestone.pdf

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Drug Companies

Consumer Healthcare Products Association - www.chpa-info.org

Procter & Gamble - www.pgpharma.com

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Healthcare

NCPIE site for patient info on OTCs - http://www.beMedWise.org

Institute for Safe Medication Practices - http://www.ismp.org

HealthWorld Online - www.healthy.net

Mayo Clinic - www.mayohealth.org

Heartburn Alliance - www.heartburnalliance.org

Centers for Disease Control - traveler's health information, health statistics, health topics - www.cdc.gov

A gateway consumer health and human services information website - www.healthfinder.gov

Website for information on dental health and oral care - www.dentalcare.com

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Journals

Online newsmagazine for pharmacists - www.drugtopics.com

Online version of U.S. Pharmacist - www.uspharmacist.com

Access to abstracts as well as full-text versions of hundreds of journals - www.freemedicaljournals.com

National Library of Medicine - PubMed - www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed/

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Recalls

Information on national and local recalls of medication, food, consumer products, etc. - www.safetyalerts.com

Products

Product websites coming soon

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Urban Legends

Myths and legends such as asbestos-containing crayons, blindness from sunscreens, LSD-laced telephone booths, etc. - www.urbanlegends.com

Health fraud and quackery - www.quackwatch.com

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Canadian Pharmacy

Canadian Pharmacists Association - http://www.cdnpharm.ca

Health Products and Food Branch - http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hpfb-dgpsa/index_e.html

National Association of Pharmacy Regulatory Authorities - http://www.napra.org/

Updates on clinical and professional issues - http://www.pharmacyconnects.com/

Pharmaceutical Advertising Advisory Board - http://www.paab.ca/index_en.html

Canadian Council on CE - http://www.cdnpharm.ca/cccep

Pharmacy Connects CE - http://www.pharmacyconnects.com/index.jsp

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Other

The American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) is the national organization representing the interest of pharmacy education and educators. -- www.aacp.org

Self-care Theraputics/Nonprescription Medicine (SCT-NM) Special Interest Group (SIG)--Selfcaresig@lists.aacp.org

Virtual drugstore - ingredients for generic products (e.g., MedTuss® HD) - www.drugstore.com

Patient monographs, alternative medicine, frequently asked questions regarding medications - www.rxlist.com

Top 200 prescriptions dispensed in the U.S. - www.rxlist.com/top200.htm

Heroes of Pharmacy: Professional Leadership in Times of Change. Author Dennis Worthen, PhD - www.pharmacist.com

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Additional Resources

Textbooks

Handbook of Nonprescription Drugs, 15th Ed. Rosemary R. Berardi, Editor in Chief Published by APhA

Nonprescription Product Therapeutics, 2nd Ed. W. Steven Pray Published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Nonprescription Drug Therapy: Guiding Patient Self-Care, 2nd Ed. Tim R. Covington, Editor Published by Facts & Comparisons®

Nonprescription (OTC) Medications: Counseling Guidelines on the Safe Use of Over the Counter Medicines A.S. Aruna. New Orleans, LA: Global Publishing Network, 1999

A history of Nonprescription Product Regulations (Paperback). W. Steven Pray
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PowerPoint Presentations

Thermal Care: PowerPoint - Download the professional education presentation "Heat Responsive Pain."

Get Heartburn Smart: PowerPoint - Download the patient education presentation "Get Heartburn Smart."

Prilosec OTC: PowerPoint - Download the professional education presentation "Prilosec OTC in the Management of Frequent Heartburn."

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NMA Comments to ACPE

NMA Comments to ACPE - Download the NMA's response to the Draft Revision of ACPE Standards 2000 and Proposed Guidelines.

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Canadian Pharmacy Publications

Pharmacy Post

Pharmacy Practice

CPJ (Canadian Pharmaceutical Journal)

Canadian Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

L'actualite Pharmaceutique

(French only)
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Counseling Tools

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Teaching Methodology and Topics

A Collaborative Student Project to Evaluate Switching Prescription Medications to Nonprescription Status

Evaluating Student Achievement - Download the teaching methodology document "Evaluating Student Achievement."

Preparing Behavioral Objectives - Download the teaching methodology document "Preparing Behavioral Objectives."

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