LibGuides: Pharmacy: Pharmacy Skills Lab

Accessing USP-NF, Food Chemicals Codex Online & USP Dictionary

To access the United States Pharmacopeia and the National Formulary (USP-NF), the Food Chemicals Codex Online, and the USP Dictionary users need to create personal accounts. Use your Dalhousie email address as your username, and a password of your choice. Your personal account will give you access to all three resources.

USP-NF Online
Personal account required. Create a personal account using your Dalhousie email address as the username and a password of your choosing.
Food Chemicals Codex Online
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USP Dictionary
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Pharmacy Skills Lab: Recommended Resources

A Practical Guide to Contemporary Pharmacy Practice and Compounding by Deborah Lester Elder; Judith Thompson
2018
Highly suggested for course
Medical Terminology for Health Professionals by Ann Ehrlich; Carol L. Schroeder; Laura Ehrlich; Katrina A. Schroeder
Call Number: W 18.2 E33m 2022

ISBN: 9780357635698

Publication Date: 2021

Please ask for the book by call number at the Circulation desk.
Stoklosa and Ansel's Pharmaceutical Calculations by Shelly J. Stockton
ISBN: 9781975128555

Publication Date: 2021
Communication Skills in Pharmacy Practice by Robert S. Beardsley
Publication Date: 2020

Available online
Handbook of Pharmaceutical Excipients by Paul Sheskey; Walter Cook; Colin Cable
2021

Merck Index Online

Pharmaceutical Dosage Forms

Other Textbooks

Drug Information & Clinical Tools

Dynamed
Dynamed contains clinically-oriented, evidence-based summaries written by medical experts for point-of-care use by physicians, medical students, nurses, pharmacists, physical therapists and other health care professionals.
BMJ Best Practice
BMJ Best Practice combines the latest research evidence, guidelines and expert opinion – presented in a step-by-step approach and covering prevention, diagnosis, treatment and prognosis. BMJ Best Practice gives medical professionals the best available information for any clinical situation.

Health Canada's Drug Product Database
Search the Drug Product Database (DPD) to find drugs authorized for sale by Health Canada. The DPD is updated nightly and includes availability of the drug in Canada, product monograph (PM) for human drugs, and labels for animal drugs.
Merck Index Online
Offers information on chemicals, drugs and biologicals in an easily searchable database.

CPS (formerly called RxTx)
E-therapeutics+ includes the following products: Therapeutics, based on the publication "Therapeutic Choices", edited by Jean Gray, e-CPS Compendium of Pharmaceuticals and Specialties, Lexi-Interact Online, a drug interactions program, patient information and e-Therapeutics Mobile offering two applications for your handheld devices.
Lexidrug
Lexi-Comp Online is a comprehensive drug information source and clinical, point-of-care tool. Lexi-Comp®ONLINE™ offers access to a variety of clinical databases.
Micromedex
Summaries and detailed monographs for drugs, alternative medicine, toxicological managements, reproductive risks, and acute/emergency care. Includes access to Martindale and RED book. Clinical use not permitted
NatMed Pro
NatMed Pro (formerly Natural Medicines) provides access to information on dietary supplements, natural medicines, and complementary alternative and integrative therapies.
Stahl Online
Stahl Online is a one-stop shop, covering everything a mental health professional or teacher will ever need to know about neuropsychopharmacology.
VisualDx
VisualDx is a diagnostic clinical decision support system which combines high-quality, peer-reviewed medical images and concise, actionable information to assist in the accurate recognition and management of disease.

Mind the Gap: A Handbook of Clinical Signs in Black and Brown Skin

Food Chemicals Codex Online
Personal account required. Create a personal account using your Dalhousie email address as the username and a password of your choosing.
USP-NF Online
Personal account required. Create a personal account using your Dalhousie email address as the username and a password of your choosing.
USP Dictionary
Personal account required. Create a personal account using your Dalhousie email address as the username and a password of your choosing.
IWK Compounding Formulas
This free resource from the IWK Pharmacy Department includes a list of the most common non-sterile compounding formulas prepared by the IWK Pharmacy.
SickKids Compounding Service
This free resource from the Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) includes a compounding recipe index.
International Journal of Pharmaceutical Compounding
1997-present
Online Access

Canada:

Nova Scotia Pharmacare Formulary
The Nova Scotia Formulary details which drugs and devices are benefits under the Pharmacare Programs. It is updated monthly.
New Brunswick Formulary
A list of the drugs which are eligible benefits under the NB Drug Plans (New Brunswick Prescription Drug Program and New Brunswick Drug Plan).
Newfoundland and Labrador Formulary
A list of commonly used drugs which have therapeutic equivalence to a reference product, and are listed alphabetically by generic name.
PEI Pharmacare Formulary
A list of prescription medications and medical supplies approved for coverage through PEI Pharmacare. The formulary is reviewed and updated continuously.
Alberta Drug Benefit List.
A list of prescription drugs and drug products covered by the ministry's supplemental health plans. Presented in both interactive (searchable) and printable formats.
British Columbia Pharmacare Formulary Search
This search includes information on medications that PharmaCare covers, as well as some medications that PharmaCare has reviewed but does not cover.
Manitoba Drug Benefits and Interchangeability Formulary
A list of drugs that have been approved as eligible benefits under the Pharmacare drug benefit program.
Ontario Formulary
A list of prescription drug products that are eligible for coverage under the Ontario Drug Benefit program.
Quebec List of Medications
A list of prescription drugs that covered by the Public Prescription Drug Insurance Plan.
Saskatchewan Formulary Database
An online and searchable database of the drugs that are covered by the Saskatchewan Drug Plan.
Northwest Territories & Nunavut Drug Benefit List
A list of the drugs provided as a benefit by the Non-Insured Health Benefits (NIHB) Program.
Yukon Drug Formulary
An online and searchable database of drugs that are covered under Yukon's drug plans.

International:

British National Formulary
2018
Available online
Please note: this resource can be accessed by 1 user at a time

Academic Detailing programs in Canada are listed below, including links to websites with clinical resources and tools. Each program:

is government funded to provide free to use services to primary care providers in their respective provinces.
delivers evidence-based, clinically relevant topics, by trained Pharmacists, to Healthcare providers, in the form of educational outreach sessions.
is accredited for continuing education.

Martindale: The Complete Drug Reference
Available online via Micromedex
Pharmacotherapy Handbook, Tenth Edition by Barbara G. Wells; Joseph T. DiPiro; Terry L. Schwinghammer; Cecily V. DiPiro
ISBN: 9781259586439
Publication Date: 2017
Stockley's Drug Interactions by Claire L. Preston
Call Number: QV 39 S865 2019
ISBN: 9780857113474
Publication Date: 2019
Reference Collection
Applied Therapeutics: the Clinical Use of Drugs by Caroline Zeind; Michael Carvalho
Call Number: WB 330 A651 2018
2018
Conn's Current Therapy 2017 by Edward Bope; Howard Conn; Rick Kellerman
2017
Available online
Goodman and Gilman's the Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics, 14th Edition by Laurence Brunton; Bjorn Knollmann
ISBN: 9781264258079
Publication Date: 2022
Guide to Diagnostic Tests by Diana Nicoll; Chuanyi Mark Lu; Stephen McPhee
2017
Available online
Litt's Drug Eruption and Reaction Manual by Neil H. Shear
ISBN: 9781003357728
Publication Date: 2023
Poisoning and Drug Overdose, Eighth Edition by Craig Smollin (Editor); Ilene B. Anderson; Neal L. Benowitz; Paul D. Blanc; Susan Y. Kim-Katz; Justin C. Lewis; Alan H. B. Wu; Kent R. Olson
ISBN: 9781264259083
Publication Date: 2022

Lexi-Comp Online
Includes audio clips.
MedlinePlus Medical Dictionary
Includes audio clips.
Merck Manual - Home edition
Includes audio clips.