pharmacology [n.]

the branch of medicine concerned with the uses, effects, and action of drugs.
DERIVATIVES pharmacologic, adjective; pharmacological, adjective; pharmacologist, noun.

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This page provides links to information and resources for units and topics covered in this subject at a range of Australian universities. It does not attempt to include all these. Be aware some units/topics have different titles in different universities, even though content may be the same or similar. Australian information is supplied wherever possible.

They are at undergraduate level and listed in alphabetical groupings for ease of access. Some information may be useful at a higher level.

In addition, there are journals, search engines, annual reviews, reference material and other general information where these are seen to be relevant.

Additional unit material will be included as time permits.

For related material, you should also consider information included on the Medicine, Medical and Health/Drugs pages.

If you are aware of any worthwhile information which is not included, suggestions or additions are welcome.

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Annual Reviews

Access reviews of research and discovery [abstracts, full text, PDF]. The beginning decade is with each link.

• Annual Review of Immunology
  [1980s]
• Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology
  [1960s]
• Annual Review of Public Health
  [1980s]

Australian Government Entities & Agencies

• Key Papers related to the Australian Approach
  The Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme and how it operates.
• Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme
  ‘For the past 55 years the Commonwealth Government’s Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme has consistently provided reliable, timely and affordable access to a wide range of medicines for all Australians’. Home page.
• TGA - Therapeutic Goods Administration
  ‘TGA carries out a range of assessment and monitoring activities to ensure therapeutic goods available in Australia are of an acceptable standard with the aim of ensuring that the Australian community has access, within a reasonable time, to therapeutic advances’.

Drug Information

• Drug Calculations for Nurses & Health Professionals
  TestandCalc. There are similar pages at School of Nursing Tutorials, The Nursing Calculation Quiz, Drug Calculations for Nurses [Leeds University].
• Drug Calculations Quiz Pages
  Some Free online tests. A small fee gets access for six months. Part of a larger test and calculations site.
• Drug Self-lAdministration & Discrimination Bibliographic Database
  ‘The database contains bibliographic details of over 9 000 references published between 1951 and the present day, and includes abstracts, journal articles, book chapters and books. Coverage is not yet complete, especially in later years such as 2008’.
• Drug InfoNet
  ‘Drug and disease information for your healthcare needs’.
• Drug Information by RxList
  ‘Fast, reliable information to both the consumer and the medical professional’. Advanced Search, The Top 200 Drugs of … [dispensed and by sales], and RXLaughs.
• eDruginfo
  ‘Timely and dependable drug information. The latest drug information for today’s health care professional’.
• GlaxoSmithKline - USA
  Use drop down menus to find information : Prescription Products, Non-Prescription Products, General Health & Disease Information.
• Lists of Controlled Substance Schedules
  ‘Describes the basic or parent chemical and does not describe the salts, isomers and salts of isomers, esters, ethers and derivatives which may be controlled substances. These lists are intended as general references and are not comprehensive listings of all controlled substances’. American.
• MedlinePlus Drug Information
  ‘Information on thousands of prescription and over the counter medications is provided through two drug resources → MedMaster™, which is a product of the American Society of Health System Pharmacists, the USP DI® Advice for the Patient®, a product of the United States Pharmacopeia’. By generic or product name, alphabetical groupings.
• myDr.com.au
  ‘Incorporates extra reference material, such as Australian approved food additive numbers, medicines in pregnancy, patient support organisations, drug combinations and a pharmacological and therapeutic index’.
• National Prescribing Service
  Australian non-government group providing medicinal information.
• Pill Identification Wizard
  ‘A good chance that our Wizard can help you match size, shape, colour, … , then lead you to the detailed description in our drugs database’.

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General Sites

• Clinical Trials Listing Service
  Centrewatch ! ‘Clinical research, including listings of 41,000+ active industry and government-sponsored clinical trials, as well as new drug therapies in research’.
• ISAP
  ‘An interdisciplinary scientific society for the study of pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics and for the improvement of dosing of anti-infectives’.
• Medicines Australia
  Clinical trials to publications.
• Policy, Access and Rational Use of Drugs
  World Health Organization. Press releases, news, resources.

Journals

Some require personal or institutional subscriptions for access to full text or PDF documents. All provide abstracts.

• Australian Prescriber
• Behavioural Pharmacology
• European Journal of Pharmacology
• JPHS Journal of Pharmacological Sciences
• Neuropharmacology
• Pharmacological Research
• Pharmacology & Therapeutics
• Psychopharmacology
• ScienceDirect - Pharmacology Related Journals
  Select Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science from the health Sciences menu on the left.

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Pharmacology Databases & Information Portals

• Barr Smith Library Pharmacology Links
  Annotated links. University of South Australia.
• Internet Links - Medicinal Chemistry
  European Federation for Medicinal Chemistry. Select Links from the main menu.
• Martindale’s Pharmacology Centre
  Includes Pharmacy & Toxicology. Annotated links to pharmacological areas.
• Pharmaceutical Information on the Internet [Pharmweb]
  ‘An invaluable directory of information, including a library of archives from 100+ moderated discussion forums. To browse the site either jump to a section using the pull-down menu or scroll down the home page to see what PharmWeb has to offer’.
• Pharmacology Online Resources
  Well annotated links
• Pharma-Lexicon
  Pharmaceutical Directories & Medical Directories.
• Pharmacy Databases on the WWW
  Annotated links. The Virtual Library.
• The Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia
• Wiley Interscience : Pharmacology
  Select Medicine then Pharmacology ' Pharmaceutical Medicine from the pop-up category list, then choose Product Type for materials.

Pharmacokinetics

• A First Course in Pharmacokinetics and Biopharmaceutics
  Full online course.
• Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic Resources
  Links to further resources.
• Pharmacokinetic Concepts
  ‘The main focus of this course is the practical application of pharmacokinetic principles in day-to-day pharmacy practice’.
• Pharmacokinetics
  Annotated links to resources in directories covering General Information, Lecture Notes, & Tutorials, Special Information, Data and Databases, Software and Programs, Online Calculation, Journals, more.

Pharmacology Associations & Groups

• ASCEPT
  ‘Australasia’s premier Society for Clinical and Experimental Pharmacologists and Toxicologists’.
• Australian Association of Consultant Pharmacy
  ‘The organisation accrediting and supporting Consultant Pharmacists in Australia’.
  You now need to be able to log in to access this site.
• Pharmaceutical Society of Australia
  ‘The national professional organisation for pharmacists in Australia’.
• Pharmacy & Pharmacology Associations
  International listing. However, majority are North American.
• Professional Societies for Pharmacology
  Brief, annotated list of international groups.
• Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia
  ‘Represents over 1,600 pharmacists and pharmacy technicians practising in all parts of the Australian health system’.
  There appear to be some problems with this site. It will be maintained only until the next update unless these are resolved.

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Textbooks

• Check the Textbooks page for a listing of Science texts available for Free, online or in downloadable format.
• Basic Pharmacokinetics - Free eBooks Download
• Bioinformatics eBooks : Free Books on Pharmacology, Pharmaceutical sciences, Drugs
  Annotated listing, some with several download choices
• Clinical Pharmacokinetics: Concepts and Applications
  Free eBook download.

Tutorials, Online

• American College of Clinical Pharmacy
  Online Education Centre. Select from Free options.
• Animated Pharmacology Tutorials
  There are also links to other medical and biological areas and topics by clicking Tutorial in the top menu then selecting the area desired.
• Cardiovascular Pharmacology Concepts
  ‘The following tutorials have been developed as an aid to learning cardiovascular drugs’.
• Maths for Pharmacy
  Cardiff University. Tutorials, booklets, quizzes.
• NetPharmacology Cardiovascular Lecture Notes
  ‘Collection of web-based hypertext multimedia materials used to teach cardiovascular pharmacology. University of Utah’.
• Pharmacology in TutorGig Tutorials
  Annotated links to tutorials.
• Pharmacology and Medication Maths
  StudentNurseConnections.com. ‘This is a difficult subject for most people. Here are some resources that might help’. Other sections of information as well.
• Pharmacology Maths for the Practical Nurse
• Telemedicine.com
  Worldwide directory, What is Telemedicine ? FAQs, discussion forum, more.

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