Healthy Santa Cruz County - prescriptions

Local Links

• Local Help & Information: Paying for Medical Expenses
  The library's Community Information Database can help you find organizations in Santa Cruz County which offer further information or help in paying for prescriptions or medical services. Use this link to search the CID.
  Browse related subjects: drugs, health insurance, local information, medications, prescriptions

Library Resources

• Find Books: Prescription Medications
  Santa Cruz Public Libraries have many informative and up-to-date books about prescription medications. Click here to search the library catalog.
  Browse related subjects: books, books / videos, drugs, medications, prescriptions

Recommended Websites

• American Diabetes Association
  Special features: Recipes and exercise suggestions; "ADA Live" question and answer sessions; daily news bulletin; interactive message boards; e-newsletters; advocacy; "Ask the Pharmacist." From: American Diabetes Association.
  Browse related subjects: diabetes, diagnosis, healthy lifestyle, medications, men's health, prescriptions, recommended website, research, self-care tools, self-help, support, women's health
• American Heart Association
  Special features: "Heart & Stroke Encyclopedia"; diet and nutrition health tools; instructor information and downloadable training materials - CPR and ECC courses; "Heart Profilers," free, confidential, personalized treatment options reports; warning signs: heart attack and stroke; family health history tree; research updates; recipes; interactive quizzes; podcast link; Spanish available. From: American Heart Association.
  Browse related subjects: alternative medicine, cardiovascular, clinical trials, complementary medicine, diagnosis, diet, exercise, food pyramid, healthy eating, healthy lifestyle, heart disease, medical tests, men's health, prescriptions, quit smoking, recommended website, research, self-care tools, senior health, stroke, support, toll-free numbers, weight control, women's health
• Consumer Reports Best Buy Drugs
  Special features: More than 15 easy-to-read reports available analyzing the effectiveness, safety and cost of commonly used prescription drugs; review of Medicare Drug Benefit; tips for safe use of medications; Spanish and text enlargement available. From: Consumers Union.
  Browse related subjects: drugs, medications, prescriptions, recommended website
• Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America (CCFA)
  Special features: Living with IBD - lifestyle suggestions; guides for children, teens, parents, and teachers; webcasts; news, advocacy, and research updates. From: Crohns & Colitis Foundation of America.
  Browse related subjects: alternative medicine, clinical trials, diagnosis, diet, digestive disease, healthy eating, healthy lifestyle, medications, prescriptions, recommended website, research, support, surgery
• Drug Digest
  Special features: Reviews of more than 1500 medications, supplements and herbs; interaction checker; side-effect comparison; interactive tools; e-bulletin updates; RxSpeak, an innovative online forum for voicing opinions on prescription-related topics. From: Express Scripts.
  Browse related subjects: drugs, medications, prescriptions, recommended website
• Drug InfoNet
  Special features: Drug information section offers official package inserts and patient package inserts - search by brand name, generic name, manufacturer or therapeutic class. From: DrugInfoNet.
  Browse related subjects: drugs, medications, prescriptions, recommended website
• Drugs, Supplements and Herbs - MedlinePlus
  Special features: Search by generic or brand name; link to FDA drug warnings, recalls and product safety information. From: NLM / NIH. See also: Over-the-Counter Medications - MedlinePlus
  Browse related subjects: drugs, herbs, medications, MedlinePlus, prescriptions, recommended website, supplements
• Drugs.com
  Special features: Fast, easy searching of over 24,000 approved medications by medication name or medical condition; pill identifier; medical encyclopedia; drug interaction checker. From: PDR, Cerner-Multum and Thomson Micromedex, three independent medical-information suppliers.
  Browse related subjects: drugs, medications, pills, prescriptions, recommended website
• GI Patient Information
  Special Features: "Digestive Health Web Book," a new Web-based resource written by experts from distinguished nationwide medical centers. Information for patients and their families, including diagnosis and the latest treatment options. From: American College of Gastroenterology.
  Browse related subjects: clinical trials, diagnosis, diet, digestive disease, healthy eating, healthy lifestyle, lab tests, medical tests, medications, men's health, prescriptions, recommended website, research, self-care tools, self-help, senior health, support, women's health
• Needy Meds
  Special features: Information for people needing help with cost of medicine or other healthcare expenses; links to patient assistance programs, government programs, discount drug cards and more. From: NeedyMeds, Inc.
  Browse related subjects: drugs, medications, prescriptions, recommended website
• PDRhealth.com
  This comprehensive but user-friendly site features information about: drugs /medications (including a drug interaction checker); clinical trials; diseases; health centers and alternative therapies. From the publisher of the "Physician's Desk Reference (PDR)."
  Browse related subjects: alternative medicine, children's health, complementary medicine, general health information, healthy lifestyle, men's health, mental health, prescriptions, recommended website, senior health, women's health
• RxList
  Special features: Advanced Search option is searchable by keyword or drug name, and will provide interactions, pill ID, patient information sheet, etc. from single search; Top 300 drugs of previous year; discussion boards; limited coverage of herbs and supplements. From: RxList, Inc.
  Browse related subjects: drugs, medications, prescriptions, research database

Databases

• Health and Wellness Resource Center
  Provides health-related information from more than 700 health/medical journals and hundreds of pamphlets (many with full text), 2,200 magazines, and various reference sources.
• MEDLINE® PubMed
  PubMed is a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine that includes citations and abstracts from MEDLINE, the world's largest database of clinical medical literature. The database indexes more than 4,800 biomedical journals published in the United States and 70 other countries. Citations date back to the 1950s. Some citations link out to relevant information outside of Medline, or to the full text of articles. Tutorials are available and highly recommended for inexperienced users.