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 OtherAdditional Resources
Textbooks PowerPoint Presentations NMA Comments to ACPE Canadian Pharmacy Publications Counseling Tools Teaching Methodology and TopicsWebsites
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
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
Drug Companies
Consumer Healthcare Products Association - www.chpa-info.org
Procter & Gamble - www.pgpharma.com
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
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/
Recalls
Information on national and local recalls of medication, food, consumer products, etc. - www.safetyalerts.com
Products
Product websites coming soon
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
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
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
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
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."
NMA Comments to ACPE
NMA Comments to ACPE - Download the NMA's response to the Draft Revision of ACPE Standards 2000 and Proposed Guidelines.
Canadian Pharmacy Publications
Pharmacy Post
Pharmacy Practice
CPJ (Canadian Pharmaceutical Journal)
Canadian Journal of Clinical Pharmacology
L'actualite Pharmaceutique
(French only)Counseling Tools
Teaching Methodology and Topics
Evaluating Student Achievement - Download the teaching methodology document "Evaluating Student Achievement."
Preparing Behavioral Objectives - Download the teaching methodology document "Preparing Behavioral Objectives."
