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“To empower patients with the knowledge to better manage their own healthcare and to improve consumer safety by assisting in the reduction of medication errors.”
Drugs.com is the largest, most widely visited, independent medicine information website available on the Internet. Our aim is to be the Internet’s most trusted resource for drug and related health information. We will achieve this aim by presenting independent, objective, comprehensive and up-to-date information in a clear and concise format for both consumers and healthcare professionals.
The Drugs.com Database
The Drugs.com Drug Information Database is powered by several independent leading medical-information suppliers, including; American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, Cerner Multum and Micromedex. Individual drug (or drug-class) content compiled by these sources is peer reviewed and delivered by Drugs.com.
Drugs.com also publishes health content from other sources such as;
Harvard Health Publications
Articles include Harvard Health Topics A to Z and Harvard Health Decision Guides (used in our Symptom Checker). Harvard Health Publications is the publishing division of the Harvard Medical School of Harvard University and draws on the expertise of the 9,000 faculty physicians to provide authoritative and trustworthy consumer health information.
DVMetrics – Animalytics
The Drugs.com Veterinary Product Database is an online version of the Compendium of Veterinary Products published by DVMetrics. The Compendium of Veterinary Products is the animal health industry’s largest and most comprehensive database of more than 6,000 pharmaceutical, biological, parasiticide and supplement product monographs. DVMetrics is the home for some of the most trusted resources used by veterinary professionals in North America including the North American Compendium of Veterinary Products and the Safety Data Sheet Library which has been available for over 30 and 25 years, respectively.
News
The “Latest News” and “FDA Drug Alerts” sections are sourced from standard industry press releases, newspapers, online news sites, medical journals, and the FDA.
