Links

Drug Information

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• AIDSinfo Drug Database
  U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) project providing information on antiretroviral treatment and drugs that treat or prevent AIDS-related illness.
• AIDSmeds.com
  Succinct, easy-to-read information on HIV drugs and related issues.
• FDA Office of Special Health Issues, HIV/AIDS Activities
  Information on HIV/AIDS drugs, State AIDS Fraud Task Forces, articles, brochures, and useful tables.
• hiv-druginteractions.org
  Site features information on interactions with each class of antiretroviral drugs. Maintained by the Liverpool HIV Pharmacology Group, University of Liverpool.
• HIV Medication Guide
  Features information on single- and multiple-HIV drug interactions, a customizable medication chart function, patient drug pamphlets, and more. Available in English and French from JAG enterprises, a clinical pharmacy consultation firm.
• Johns Hopkins HIV Guide
  An on-line decision support tool designed to assist clinicians in the diagnosis, management and treatment of HIV/AIDS. Requires registration.
• NIAID/DAIDS: HIV/AIDS Treatment
  An easy-to-read site with a comprehensive overview of the discovery and development of AIDS therapeutics, from the Division of AIDS (DAIDS) of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID.)

Adverse Event Reporting and Emergencies

• American Association of Poison Control Centers
  List of poison control centers.
• Antiretroviral Pregnancy Registry
  Intended to provide an early signal of any major teratogenic effect associated with a prenatal exposure to the products monitored through the registry, a voluntary prospective, exposure-registration, observational study designed to collect and evaluate data on the outcomes of pregnancy exposures to antiretroviral products.
• MedWatch
  FDA safety information and adverse event reporting program for drugs and other medical products.
• U.S. Pharmacopeia Practitioner Reporting
  Reporting programs for drug product problems, medication errors, and veterinary medicine.
• Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System
  (VAERS) Vaccine surveillance program of the FDA Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research.