PHYSICIANS DESK REFERENCE Information Literacy Session By Theresa

PHYSICIANS’ DESK REFERENCE Information Literacy Session By Theresa Mastrodonato

How Is It Organized? • Section 1: Manufacturers Index • Lists all pharmaceutical manufacturers included in the PDR including their address, what products they manufacture and what page you can find additional information about the product. • Section 2: Brand Generic Name Index • Provides the page number for each product by brand generic name.

How Is It Organized? • Section 3: Product Category Index • This section lists the products by prescribing category. • Section 4: Product Identification Guide • This section has full-color photos of the products arranged alphabetically by manufacturer.

How Is It Organized? • Section 5: Product Information • This section is the main section of the book and contains information on over 3000 pharmaceutical products arranged alphabetically by manufacturer. • Section 6: Diagnostic Product Information • This section provides information on diagnostic guidelines, again arranged alphabetically by manufacturer.

How Do You Use It? • If you want information about Pfizer Drug Company, we can look in Section 1 (Manufacturers Index) to find: • Address: 235 East 42 nd Street New York, New York 10017 • Phone number: 800 -438 -1985 • Products Manufactured by Pfizer: Aricept Norvasc Celebrex Viagra Lipitor Zithromax

Let’s Look At Aricept • Under Section 1, we found Pfizer and the product Aricept that it produces. Sec • Page 331 shows us a full color photo of the 2 doses available for Aricept (Secti • Page 2570 provides us with the actual product information for Aricept (Section

What Information Is Available For Aricept? • Chemical name: donepezil hydrochloride • Clinical Pharmacology • Drug Interactions • Adverse Reactions • Dosage and Administration • Clinical Trial Data

How Else Can The PDR Be Searched? • What if you didn’t know who made Aricept? • You can look in Section 2 (Brand Generic Name Index) to find Aricept listed alphabetically. • You would then be able to see that two companies are listed for Aricept: Eisai and Pfizer. • You can then go to Section 5: Product Information and look up each manufacturer and see their information on Aricept.

What Other Information Does The PDR Contain? • • • FDA Use-In-Pregnancy ratings list Dosing Instructions in Spanish Key to Controlled Substances Categories Key to FDA Use-In-Pregnancy Ratings Poison Control Centers Drug Information Centers U. S. Food and Drug Administration Telephone Directory DEA Office Telephone Directory State AIDS Drug Assistance Programs Adverse Event Report Forms

Who Is The Target Audience? • Doctors • Physician Assistants • Nurse Practitioners • Medical Students/Residents

Should You Use The PDR? • Advantages: • Contains full-color photos of drugs. • Provides information about: • • Dosing, Clinical Trials Adverse Reactions Drug Interactions • Provides information about Poison Control Centers around the U. S. • Disadvantages: • Difficult to read and understand unless you are a doctor. • Here is an example from the product Aricept: • Current theories on the pathogenesis of the cognitive signs and symptoms of Alzheimer’s Disease attribute some of them to a deficiency of cholinergic neurotransmission (pg 2570).

Where Can I Find It? • UB Library • Science/Engineering Undergraduate Library Reference section: call number RS 75. P 5 (59 th edition) • Located in the Law Library Reference section: call number RS 75. P 5 (58 th and 59 th editions) • Health Sciences Library History of Medicine (non-circulating): Call number QV 772 P 578 (28 th - 48 th, 53 rd - 54 th, and 58 th editions) • Monroe County Library System at the following locations: Central Library, Brighton Library, Chili Library, Webster Library, and the Henrietta Library. • You can also purchase the 59 th (2005) edition through http: //www. amazon. com for $79 and it includes a CD-ROM and online access to http: //www. pdr. net

Is It Available On The Web? • It is available at http: //www. pdr. net • However, it is available for FREE ONLY to U. S. based MDs, DOs, NPs and PAs in full-time practice and to U. S. medical students and residents. • There is a free patient education site that everyone else can access at http: //www. pdrhealth. com

Other Resources From PDR • In addition to the Physicians’ Desk Reference, these publications are also available: • • • PDR Companion Guide PDR Pharmacopeia Pocket Dosing Guide PDR for Nutritional Supplements PDR for Non-Prescription Drugs and Dietary Supplements PDR for Herbal Medicines PDR for Ophthalmic Medicines PDR Medical Dictionary PDR Drug Guide for Mental Health Professionals PDR Month Prescribing Guide

References • Physicians Desk Reference: 58 th Edition (2004). Montvale, NJ: Thomson PDR.