Facts & Comparisons 4.0 (Rutgers University Libraries)

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Description

For more than fifty years, Drug Facts and Comparisons has been providing unbiased, essential and appropriate drug information. Corporate history of publication begins in 1945, when pharmacist Erwin K. Kastrup developed comparative tables of like drug products for physicians and pharmacists. Facts and Comparisons first appeared in loose-leaf format in 1947. Facts and Comparisons was a family-owned company until 1981 when it joined the Harper & row and J.B. Lippincott family. It is now part of Wolters Kluwer nv.

Facts & Comparisons ® 4.0 Online, covering more than 22,000 Rx, almost 6,000 OTC, and orphan and investigational drugs, is a browser-based electronic version of the following print publications:

Drug Facts and Comparisons
Drug Interaction Facts
Review of Natural Products
Nonprescription Drug Therapy
MedFacts
Drug Interaction Facts: Herbal Supplements and Food
A to Z Drug Facts

Features and benefits include the ability to conduct simple or advanced searches across publications, read drug news daily updates, browse comparative tables, utilize a comprehensive drug identification tool, use the interaction database to provide drug management assistance, find herbal information and search by NDC number. Users can print sections of drug monographs or tables of drug information.

Help

Incorporated within the online product.

For help using these indexes see: How do I find an article on my topic?

Dates covered

Current versions of all publications in the package.

Updating frequency

Daily.

Sources

Published reports, manufacturer data and unpublished information.

Type of coverage

Full-text, charts and tables.

Print Counterpart or related resources

Drug Facts and Comparisons
Review of Natural Products

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