Drugs, Medicines and Pharmacology

The Cochrane Library is a collection of databases containing different types of high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making.

Embase is a major biomedical and pharmaceutical database containing references from a wide range of international journals.

The Health Products Regulatory Authority (HPRA) regulates medicines and devices for the benefit of people and animals in Ireland.

MedicinesComplete, from the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, is the definitive online resource for drug and healthcare information.

The National Medicines Information Centre (NMIC) aims to promote the safe, effective and efficient use of medicines. This is enabled via a clinical enquiry answering service, the publication of information outputs and education.

This PubMed link allows access to full text content provided by Health Library Ireland.

Providing access to over 800 drug monographs, The Renal Drug Database is a key source of prescribing information for clinical and medicines information pharmacists. 

UpToDate is a trusted evidence-based clinical decision support resource at the point of care.