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Adverse Drug Reactions/Advisories and Warnings/Safe use of Drugs	Drug Use Evaluation/Health Technology Assessment	Natural Health Products
Athletes Precautions and Banned Drugs	Drug and Health Statistics - Pharmacy Trends	Pharmacy Education
Availability of Drugs	Evaluated/Comparative Drug Information	Pharmaceutical Policy
Canadian Drug-Related Texts and Electronic Sources	Evidence Based Practice	Pharmacy and Related Organizations
Canadian Pharmacy and Drug-Related Journals/Newsletters	Health Information for Consumers / Healthcare News	Regulatory/Legislation
Clinical Practice Guidelines	Immunizations & Vaccines	Travel

   Regulatory/Legislation
Websites:

• Health Canada: Canada's Food and Drugs Act and Regulations
• Health Canada: Controlled Drugs and Substances Act
• Health Canada: Drugs and Health Products 
• Health Canada: Legislation and Guidelines 
• Federal Drug Legislation (NAPRA)
• Narcotic Control Regulations

• NAPRA (National Association of Pharmacy Regulatory Associations)
• Alberta College of Pharmacists
• College of Pharmacists of British Columbia
• Manitoba Pharmaceutical Association
• New Brunswick Pharmaceutical Society
• Newfoundland & Labrador Pharmacy Board
• Nova Scotia College of Pharmacists
• Northwest Territories Department of Health and Social Services
• Ontario College of Pharmacists
• Prince Edward Island Pharmacy Board
• Ordre des Pharmaciens du Quebec
• Saskatchewan College of Pharmacists
• Yukon Consumer Services, Community Services

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   Availability of Drugs

Websites:

• Health Canada: Drug Product Database (DPD)
• Health Canada: Drug Product Database Search
• Health Canada: Notice of Compliance (both searchable database and listings) 
• Health Canada: Special Access to Drugs and Health Products
• CPS Drug Updates (Products coming to CPS) 

• Canadian Investigational and Special Access Drug List - $
• e-Compendium of Pharmaceuticals and Specialties (e-CPS) - $
• CPS: Compendium of Pharmaceuticals and Specialties - $
• Compendium of Self-Care Products  - $

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   Adverse Drug Reactions/Advisories and Warnings/Safe Use of Drugs

Websites:

• Health Canada: MEDeffect - Adverse Reaction Information
• Health Canada: MEDeffect - Canadian Adverse Reaction Newsletter
• Health Canada: MEDeffect - Advisories and Warnings and Recalls
• Canada Vigilance
• Institute for Safe Medication Practices Canada (ISMP Canada) 

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   Evaluated/Comparative Drug Information

Websites:

• British Columbia Community Drug Utilization Program (CDUP)
• Rx Files Objective Comparisons for Optimal Drug Therapy (Saskatchewan)
• Therapeutics Initiative (Evidence Based Drug Therapy - University of British Columbia)
• Therapeutics Letter (Evidence Based Drug Therapy - University of British Columbia)  
• e-Therapeutics - $

• Therapeutic Choices - $

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   Evidence-Based Practice

Websites:

• Center for Evidence-Based Medicine (Toronto)
• Evidence-Based Medicine Toolkit (University of Alberta)
• Centre for Evaluation of Medicines (Hamilton)
• Evidence-based Nursing Guides and Tools (McGill University Health Centre Libraries)
• Evidence-based Health Care (Dalhousie University Libraries)

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   Drug Use Evaluation/Health Technology Assessment

Websites:

• Canadian Institute for Health information (CIHI)
• Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health 
• Common Drug Review (CADTH)
• Health Canada: Drugs and Health Products
• Canadian Association of Population Therapeutics (CAPT)
• Health Technology Assessment  (CADTH)

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   Clinical Practice Guidelines

Websites:

• CMA Infobase (Canadian Medical Association)
• Canadian Clinical Practice Guidelines - $
• Canadian Guideline Developers (College of Family Physicians of Canada - Clinical Practice Guidelines)
• Cancer Care Ontario: Administration Guidelines for Chemotherapy Drugs 
• Clinical Practice Guidelines and Protocols in British Columbia
• Recommended Clinical Practice Guidelines (Ontario)
• Towards Optimized Practice (Alberta)

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   Pharmaceutical Policy

Websites:

• Canada: Government - Federal
• Canada: Government - Provincial
• Canada: Universities
• Canada: Organizations
• Canada: Commercial

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   Natural Health Products

Websites

• Health Canada Natural Health Products
• About Natural Health Products Regulations in Canada
• List of Licensed Natural Health Products

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   Athletes Precautions and Banned Drugs

Websites:

• Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES)
• Canadian Heritage:Canadian Policy Against Doping in Sport 

   Health Information for Consumers

Websites:

• Public Health Agency Canada
• Cochrane Consumer Network
• MedEffect Canada (Drug advisories, warnings recalls)
• Health Canada: Healthy Living
  
  Healthcare News 
• MediaDoctor.ca
• Canadian Healthcare Technology (canhealth.com) 

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   Travel

Websites:

• Travel Medicine Program (Public Health Agency of Canada) 
• Travel Vaccines 
• Canadian Malaria Network
• 2009 Canadian Recommendations for the Prevention and Treatment of Malaria Among International Travellers
• Canadian Society for International Health
• Committee to Advise on Tropical Medicine and Travel (CATMAT) 

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   Immunizations & Vaccines
Websites:

• Canadian Immunization Guide (Health Canada)
• Canadian Coalition for Immunization Awareness & Promotion
• National Vaccine Storage and Handling Guidelines
• Public Health Agency of Canada: Immunization & Vaccines

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   Drug and Health Statistics - Pharmacy Trends

Websites:

• Canadian Institute for Health information (CIHI)
• IMS Health Canada
• Trends & Insights 2007: available from the McKesson (PDF)
• The Top Rx Drugs in Canada 2008 (Pharmacy Practice -  April/May 2009) (PDF)
• National Pharmacists/Pharmacies Statistics (NAPRA)

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   Pharmacy and Related Organizations

• Association of Faculties of Pharmacy of Canada (AFPC)
• Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health 
• Canada's Research-Based Pharmaceutical Companies - Rx&D (formerly Pharmaceutical Manufacturers' Association of Canada - PMAC)
• Canadian Association for Pharmacy Distribution Management (CAPDM) (formerly Canadian Wholesale Drug Association)
• Canadian Association of Chain Drug Stores (CACDS)
• Canadian Association of Pharmacy Students and Interns (CAPSI)
• Canadian Association of Pharmacy Technicians (CAPT)
• Canadian Council on Continuing Education in Pharmacy (CCCEP)
• Canadian Generic Pharmaceutical Association
• Canadian International Pharmacy Association
• Canadian Pharmacists Association (CPhA) (formerly called Canadian Pharmaceutical Association)
• Canadian Pharmacy Practice Research Group (CPPRG)
• Canadian Society for Pharmaceutical Sciences (CSPS)
• Canadian Society of Hospital Pharmacists
• Center for Community Pharmacy Research and Interdisciplinary Strategies (COMPRIS)
• College of Pharmacy, Dalhousie University
• Council for Continuing Pharmaceutical Education (CCPE) (formerly Council for Accredited Pharmaceutical Manufacturer Representatives - APMR)
• Health Canada: Drugs and Health Products 
• National Association of Pharmacy Regulatory Authorities (NAPRA)
• Nonprescription Drug Manufacturers Association of Canada (NDMAC)
• Nova Scotia Pharmacare
• Ontario's Community Pharmacies
• Patented Medicine Prices Review Board - PMPRB (Canada)
• Pharmacy Association of Nova Scotia (PANS)
• Pharmacy Examining Board of Canada (PEBC)
• Pharmaceutical Advertising Advisory Board (PAAB)
• Provincial Drug Benefit Program Managers (CPhA)

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   Pharmacy Education

• Dalhousie University. College of Pharmacy
• Memorial University of Newfoundland. School of Pharmacy
• University of Alberta. Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
• University of British Columbia. Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
• University of Manitoba. Faculty of Pharmacy
• University of Saskatchewan. College of Pharmacy and Nutrition
• University of Toronto. Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy
• University of Waterloo. School of Pharmacy
• Université Laval. Faculté de pharmacie
• Université de Montréal. Faculté de pharmacie
• Career Planning

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   Canadian Pharmacy and Drug-Related Journals/Newsletters

• Canadian Adverse Reaction Newsletter
• Canada Communicable Disease Report (Health Canada) 
• Canadian Family Physician
• Canadian Journal of Clinical Pharmacology
• Canadian Journal of Hospital Pharmacy (CJHP)
• Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ)
• Canadian Pharmaceutical Journal (CPJ)
• Pharmacy Practice
• RxFiles
• The Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics (Canadian Adapted version for subscribers)
• The Translator

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   Canadian Drug-Related Texts and Electronic Sources (linked to publishers' websites for further ordering information)

• Compendium of Self-Care Products (CSCP) - $
• CPS: Compendium of Pharmaceuticals and Specialties - $
• e-Compendium of Pharmaceuticals and Specialties (e-CPS) - $ 
• Drug Information Reference - $
• Herbs: Everyday Reference for Health Professionals (Chandler, F) - $
• Manuel de soins pharmaceutiques en gériatrie - $
• Ottawa Hospital Parenteral Drug Therapy Manual - $ 
• Patient Self-Care - $
• Pharmacists Talking with Patients: A Guide to Patient Counseling (Rantucci) - $
• Prescription & Over-the-Counter Drugs for Canadians (CMA/Reader's Digest) - $
• Provincial Drug Benefit Program (CPhA) - $
• Safe and Effective (MacKinnon) - $
• Seamless Care: A Pharmacist's Guide to Continuous Care Programs (MacKinnon) - $
• Snippets for Snappy Antimicrobial Therapy 2007 - $
• Therapeutic Choices - $
• e-Therapeutics - $

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