To Find a Drug
To find the medication you are interested in, you can either scroll down the list of drugs on the left side of this page, or you can search for the drug's name using the search box at the top of the page.
Welcome to AHFS Consumer Medication Information.
This resource contains useful information on more than 1000 drugs, from "Abacavir" to "Zonisamide". You can find out why a particular medication is prescribed, how the medication should be taken, and be advised what to do if you have missed a dose. Side effects, both common and rare, are also listed.
AHFS Consumer Medication Information is a product of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP). ASHP is the 30,000-member national professional association that represents pharmacists who practice in hospitals, health maintenance organizations, long-term care facilities, home care, and other components of health care systems. ASHP, which has a long history of medication-error prevention efforts, believes that the mission of pharmacists is to help people make the best use of medicines. Assisting pharmacists in fulfilling this mission is ASHP's primary objective.
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AHFS® Consumer Medication Information. © Copyright 2008. The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, Inc., 7272 Wisconsin Avenue, Bethesda, Maryland. All Rights Reserved. Duplication for commercial use must be authorized by ASHP.