The
NAPSA Links page contains websites we hope you find useful for research
and for delving deeper into the pharmaceutical and wider health
care worlds. It is constantly updated, so feel free to contact us if you feel there's any additional links we should include.
Each
link is provided with a brief description. Clicking on a link will
bring up the website in a new window; closing that window will return
you to this page.
| Professional Organisations |
| AAHP |
Australian Academy for the History of Pharmacy |
| AACP |
Australian Association of Consultant Pharmacy |
| ACPP&M |
Australian College of Pharmacy - Practice & Management |
| APESMA (PDA) |
Pharmacists Division of APESMA |
| PGA |
Pharmacy Guild of Australia |
| PSA |
Pharmaceutical Society of Australia |
| SHPA |
Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia |
| NPS |
National Prescribing Service |
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| Journals |
| Australian
Prescriber |
Access
is provided to current and back issue content |
| BioMedNet |
Resource
of reviews, journals, news, and more |
| Free
Medical Journals |
Access
to those journals that allow free distribution of full content |
| The
Lancet |
Free
access to a large amount of content of this leading journal |
| Medical
Journal of Australia |
With
free access to full-text articles |
| MedScape |
Free
registration allows access to a wealth of clinical information
and Medline searching |
| The
Pharmaceutical Journal |
The
journal of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain |
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| Clinical
Content |
| Cytochrome
P450 Drug Interactions table |
Maintained
by David A. Flockhart of Indiana University, comprehensive list
of P450 substrates, inhibitors and inducers |
| The
Nephron Information Centre |
A
resource for clinically relevant information on renal function
and disease |
| Psychiatric
Times |
Monthly
updated journal of psychiatric illness, with substantial content
on psychopharmacology |
| RenalNet |
Self-proclaimed
'Kidney Information Clearing House' |
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| Online
References and Resources |
| Cardiology.org |
Specialty
professional site on cardiology |
| Dermatological
images |
Database
of dermatological images, hosted by the University of Iowa College
of Medicine |
| Gray's
Anatomy of the Human Body |
Medical
illustrations from the 1918 publication |
| The
Hosford Muscle Tables |
Highly
detailed information about the skeletal muscles |
| Merck
Manual |
Free
access to the online edition |
| Microbiology
and Immunology Resources |
Microbiology,
Immunology and Virology resources hosted by Adelaide University |
| Otolaryngology |
"Dr
Quinn's Online Textbook" of otolaryngology |
| Virtual
Anaesthesia Textbook |
Comprehensive
clinical specialty site for anaesthesia, with extensive pharmacological
information |
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| Drug
Information |
| RxList |
Searchable
drug database |
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| Drugs
of Abuse |
| Drug
Policy Alliance |
Formerly
the Lindesmith Centre; philanthropic group for harm reduction
in illicit drug use |
| Future
Synthetic Drugs of Abuse |
Paper
by Donald A. Cooper of the Drug Enforcement Administration in
the USA |
| Street
terms for drugs of abuse |
Overly
extensive list of street names for common drugs of abuse |
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| Ethics |
| MedWebPlus
Bioethics |
Index
of bioethics-related websites |
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| Lay
Information and Community Interest Groups |
| Alzheimer's
Association of Western Australia |
Support
group for carers of patients suffering from Alzheimer's Disease |
| Australian
Lung Foundation |
The
Australian Lung Foundation's website on lung health and respiratory
medicine |
| Diabetes
Australia (Victoria) |
Community
education and support site of the Victorian branch of Diabetes
Australia Ltd. |
| Epilepsy
Foundation of Victoria |
Educational
site for those suffering from and those caring for sufferers
of epilepsy |
| Gastronet |
Educational
site on gastroenterology, aimed at laypersons |
| HerpesWeb |
Information
on genital herpes, with sections for both healthcare professionals
and laypersons |
| McCusker
Foundation for Alzheimers Research |
Non-profit
organisation co-ordinating research into Alzheimer's disease |
| National
Breast Cancer Centre |
Information
on breast cancer relevant to Australians |
| National
SIDS Council of Australia |
Information
and publications on Sudden Infant Death Syndrome |
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| Governmental |
| Australian
Department of Health and Ageing |
Population
Health Division publications list on health-related issues,
campaigns and projects |
| Commonwealth
Department of Health and Ageing |
Information
on the Domiciliary Medication Management Review (DMMR) scheme |
| Health
Insurance Commission |
HIC
Information on DMMR |
| Kidney
Foundation |
Australian
foundation raising awareness about kidney and urinary tract
disease |
| National
Asthma Council |
Non-profit
group for awareness and education about asthma |
| National
Prescribing Service |
Body
to ensure that prescribers are provided with the latest clinical
information for the prescribing of optimum therapy |
| Quality
Use of Medicines |
The
QUM Mapping Project |
| Therapeutic
Goods Administration |
Along
with subsidiary committees such as ADEC, NDPSC, TGC |
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| Pharmaceutical
Publications |
| AusDI |
Australian
Drug Information, based on the USP DI |
| AMH |
Australian
Medicines Handbook |
| APPCo |
Australian
Pharmaceutical Publishing Company, publisher of the APP Guide |
| Martindale |
The
Extra Pharmacopoeia |
| TG |
The
Australian Therapeutic Guidelines |
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| Pharmacy
Students and Education |
| IPSF |
International
Pharmaceutical Students' Federation |
| Schools
of Pharmacy |
A
list of links to every school of pharmacy in the world for which
a link is available |
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| General
Interest |
| auspharm.net.au |
A central location for Australian pharmacy online, including Auspharmlist and Auspharmacist.net.au |
| Australian
Skeptics |
Non-profit
group for promoting responsible scientific investigation of
paranormal or pseudo-scientific claims |
| New
Scientist |
Leading
popular science magazine. Website frequently updated with scientific
news |
| Rural Health Network |
Information regarding health and employment in rural and remote locations |
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