Hello everyone,
For students in need of a pharmacy resource reference, I have news for you! A great online reference tool to use for your pharmacy practice is Medscape! Registration is free and the site contains extensive information on various medical subjects as well as offering free CEU credits for Health care professionals. Also, you are able to access Medline, which contain abstracts on numerous drugs.
Drug related information includes
- drug interactions
- adverse reactions
- mechanisms of action
- identification
- indications
- drug class
- herbal preparations
- OTC medications
This site is a valuable tool to have at hand. Feel free to share the link with other pharmacy technicians. The address for the site is www.medscape.com. Please offer feedback to the Pharmacy Technician group about the site. Medscape has helped me with questions I had when I was attending Pharmacy school and helps me now with CE credits.
Below is an example for the drug Lasix.
If you have any questions about using this resource, please feel free to contact me. Good Luck with your studies.
All the best, Teressa
