Canadian Content   

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

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

Websites:

• Canada Vigilance (Health Canada)
• Institute for Safe Medication Practices Canada (ISMP Canada)
• MedEffect: Adverse Reaction Information (Health Canada)
• MedEffect: Adverse Reaction Newsletter (Health Canada)
• MedEffect: Advisories, Warnings and Recalls (Health Canada)
• National System for Incident Reporting (NSIR) (Canadian Institute for Health Information)
• SafeMedicationUse.ca (ISMP Canada)
  

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Athletes' Precautions and Banned Drugs   

Websites:

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

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Availability of Drugs   

Websites:

• 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 (Health Canada)

Recommended texts & electronic resources (linked to publishers' websites for further ordering information):

• Canadian Investigational and Special Access Drug List 2010 (CSHP) - $
•  Electronic Compendium of Pharmaceuticals and Specialties (e-CPS) (CPhA) - $
• Compendium of Self-Care Products (CPhA) - $

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Clinical Practice Guidelines   

Websites:

• Administration Guidelines for Chemotherapy Drugs and Selected Supportive Care Drugs (Cancer Care Ontario)
• Clinical Practice Guidelines and Protocols in British Columbia (BC Ministry of Health Services)
• CMA Infobase: Clincal Practice Guidelines (Canadian Medical Association)
• Health Guidelines (Government of Nova Scotia)
  
• Recommended Clinical Practice Guidelines (Guidelines Advisory Committee)
• Toward Optimized Practice

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Drug and Health Statistics: Pharmacy Trends   

Websites:

• Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI)
• IMS Health Canada
• National Pharmacists/Pharmacies Statistics (NAPRA)

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Drug Use Evaluation/Health Technology Assessment   

Websites:

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

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Evaluated/Comparative Drug Information   

Websites:

• Rx Files
• Therapeutics Initiative (University of British Columbia)
• Therapeutics Letter (University of British Columbia)  

•  e-Therapeutics (CPhA) - $

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Evidence-Based Practice   

Websites:

• Centre for Evaluation of Medicines (CEM)
• Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine (CEBM)
• Evidence-Based Health Care (Dalhousie University Libraries) 
• Evidence-Based Medicine Toolkit (University of Alberta)

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Health Information for Consumers/Healthcare News   

Websites:

• Cochrane Consumer Network
• Healthy Living (Health Canada)
• MedEffect Canada (Drug advisories, warnings and recalls) (Health Canada)
• Public Health Agency of Canada

Healthcare News 

• Media Doctor Canada
• Canadian Healthcare Technology

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Immunizations & Vaccines   

Websites:

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

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Natural Health Products   

Websites:

• About Natural Health Products Regulations in Canada (Health Canada)
• Natural Health Products (Health Canada) 

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Pharmaceutical Policy   

Websites:

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

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Pharmacy and Related Organizations   

• Association of Faculties of Pharmacy of Canada (AFPC)
• Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH)
• Canadian Association of Chain Drug Stores (CACDS)
• Canadian Association for Pharmacy Distribution Management (CAPDM)
• 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 (CGPA)
• Canadian International Pharmacy Association (CIPA)
• Canadian Pharmacists Association (CPhA)
• Canadian Society for Pharmaceutical Sciences (CSPS)
• Canadian Society of Hospital Pharmacists (CSHP)
• Center for Community Pharmacy Research and Interdisciplinary Strategies (COMPRIS)
• Council for Continuing Pharmaceutical Education (CCPE)
• Dalhousie University College of Pharmacy
• Drugs and Health Products (Health Canada)
• National Association of Pharmacy Regulatory Authorities (NAPRA)
• Nonprescription Drug Manufacturers Association of Canada (NDMAC)
• Nova Scotia Pharmacare
• Patented Medicine Prices Review Board (PMPRB)
• Pharmaceutical Advertising Advisory Board (PAAB)
• Pharmacy Association of Nova Scotia (PANS)
• Pharmacy Examining Board of Canada (PEBC)

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Pharmacy Education   

• Dalhousie University College of Pharmacy
• Expand your Scope (Pharmacy Gateway)
• Memorial University of Newfoundland School of Pharmacy
• Université de Montréal Faculté de pharmacie
• Université Laval Faculté de pharmacie
• 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

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Regulatory/Legislation   

Websites:

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

National, Provincial and Territorial Pharmacy Regulatory Bodies:

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

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Travel   

Websites:

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

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