The PIC is a
drug information service located in the Mylan
School of Pharmacy at Duquesne University. Its
major goals are to: provide responses to drug
information requests generated by alumni, preceptors,
students and faculty of the School of Pharmacy;
to serve as an experiential education site for
graduate and undergraduate students; and to maintain
a core library of reference texts, periodicals,
and computer programs for use by faculty and
students of the School of Pharmacy. The Center
accepts requests from the Duquesne University
community, other health professionals, and the
general public. Consumers may submit requests
by telephone or e-mail.
The Pharmaceutical Information Center concentrates
its efforts on supplying practice information related
to new drugs, adverse reactions, drug interactions,
foreign products, drug use during pregnancy and
lactation, identification of solid dosage forms,
dosage, etc. Journal citations, Internet sites,
and other sources of information are also provided.
Resources of the Pharmaceutical Information Center
consist of approximately two-hundred fifty textbooks/compendia
and twenty periodicals. Routinely used databases
include the MICROMEDEX® Healthcare Series,
e-Facts™, and Lexi-Comp Online™. A
number of print and electronic drug interaction,
tablet identification, natural and complementary
medicine, teratogenicity, breastfeeding, and intravenous
compatibility programs are also available. Bibliographic
searches are performed using MEDLINE, International
Pharmaceutical Abstracts (IPA™), and other
databases maintained by the university library.
The Pharmaceutical Information Center DOES NOT
provide counseling services for drug and alcohol
abuse, nor does it distribute literature on the
topics. In addition, the Center DOES NOT offer
information on poisoning or drug overdoses.
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