Drugs & Health Resources

Illegal Drugs | Pharmaceutical Drugs | Herbs | Health Resources

Illegal Drugs

Includes drug Information pages, alternative names, pictures, a drug slang dictionary, and a collection of pictures of drugs.

US Drug Enforcement Administration

A report on the trafficking, prices, purity, and seizure of cocaine, crack, heroin, methamphetamine, and marijuana; and related information on MDMA (Ecstasy), Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), Phencyclidine (PCP), Flunitrazepam (Rohypnol), GHB (gamma hydroxybutyrate), and steroids. Includes photographs of the drugs in their various forms (plants, powders, pills, etc.). From the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).

Pharmaceutical Drugs
RxList
Searchable by drug name, keyword, and imprint code (great for identifying pills). Gives the brand, generic, and category for more than 4,500 drugs in English and more than 3,000 in Spanish. Also has most common indications and side effects. The site also contains Taber's Medical Encyclopedia, with more than 53,000 definitions as well as information on some major Western herbs, Chinese herbal remedies, and homeopathics.
Mayo Clinic - Drug Information
Find information on more than 8,000 prescription and over-the-counter drugs from the United States Pharmacopeia (USP).

Herbs

HerbMed
An interactive, electronic herbal database – provides hyperlinked access to the scientific data underlying the use of herbs for health. It is an evidence-based information resource for professionals, researchers, and general public.

Health Resources

Health on the Net

This site contains both a search engine and a search directory intended to guide lay persons and medical practitioners to useful and reliable online medical and health information. Major sponsors of the site include the State of Geneva, the Geneva University Hospital, and the Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics.

HealthWeb

Searchable and browsable collaborative project of over 20 health sciences libraries in the US Midwest. Supported by the National Library of Medicine.

MEDLINEPlus

Health information from the world's largest medical library, the National Library of Medicine. Authoritative and up to date, it's intended audience is both health professionals and consumers. Extensive information from trusted sources. Lists of hospitals and physicians, a medical encyclopedia and dictionaries, health information in Spanish, extensive information on prescription and nonprescription drugs.

Vancouver Public Library - Consumer Health and Medicine

Well maintained and authoritative directory of health links. Includes Alternative Medicine, Diseases and Disorders, Dictionaries and Pharmaceutical Drugs guide.

MERCK Manual

A valuable general source to answer all your questions on particular diseases and syndromes. Each entry contains information on the etiology, diagnosis, and treatment of various conditions.