Topic Resources

MEDICATION

Patient and Family Resources

Aging in the Know: Your Gateway to Health and Aging Resources on the Web. Created by the American Geriatrics Society Foundation for Health in Aging (FHA) http://www.healthinaging.org/agingintheknow/

American Society of Consultant Pharmacists &
American Society of Consultant Pharmacists Research and Education Foundation - website directory of senior care pharmacists and resources for seniors: http://www.seniorcarepharmacist.com

Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Home Page: http://www.cdc.gov/

Drug safety from National Institutes of Health: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/

Drug safety news from Food & Drug Administration (FDA): http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/

Drug information sheets http://www.fda.gov/

Information about buying and using drugs from FDA: http://www.fda.gov/

National Council on Patient Information and Education (NCPIE) and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). (2003, Modified May 31, 2004). Your medicine: Play it safe. Retrieved June 6, 2004 from http://www.qualitytools.ahrq.gov/
http://www.ahrq.gov/
http://www.ahrq.gov/

The Merck Institute of Aging and Health. Over-the-counter medications: Preventing adverse drug reactions. Retrieved June 6, 2004, from http://www.miahonline.org/

Using Medications Safely from National Institute on Aging: http://www.niapublications.org/

U. S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health provides links to multiple governmental, private, and professional medication web sites. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/

United States Department of Health and Human Services: Home Page: http://www.hhs.gov/

Prentiss Care Networks Project (Care Networks for Formal and Informal Caregivers of Older Adults) http://caregiving.case.edu


Last updated - November 2005