V LIBR534 (Module 1: Health information questions Part III) Drug information sources; complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) Introduce basic concepts in answering drug/CAM related questions Core issues; common issues in drug-related information Using print resources &/or electronic equivalents Create opportunities to encounter questions, develop search strategies Reading: DISCUSS – REPORT BACK: Yanicke J. A suggested book list for hospital libraries. J Hosp Librarianship. 2013;13(3). On the wiki: COMPLEMENTARY & ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE http ://hlwiki.slais.ubc.ca/index.php/Complementary_%26_alternative_medi cine_%28CAM%29 LIBR534 Health information sources and services, Sept 2014 Dean Giustini, UBC Biomedical Branch Librarian
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LIBR534 (Module 1: Health information questions Part III)
Drug information sources; complementary and alternative medicine (CAM)
Introduce basic concepts in answering drug/CAM related questions Core issues; common issues in drug-related information
Using print resources &/or electronic equivalents Create opportunities to encounter questions, develop search strategies
Reading:
DISCUSS – REPORT BACK: Yanicke J. A suggested book list for hospital libraries. J Hosp Librarianship. 2013;13(3).
On the wiki:
COMPLEMENTARY & ALTERNATIVE MEDICINEhttp://hlwiki.slais.ubc.ca/index.php/Complementary_%26_alternative_medicine_%28CAM%29
LIBR534 Health information sources and services, Sept 2014Dean Giustini, UBC Biomedical Branch Librarian
Complementary & alternative medicine AND drug information for health librarians
“…[drug] spending in Canada is estimated to reach $35 billion dollars in 2014. Cross-Canada per capita costs average $355 per person (private spending = ~$410 per person). Non-prescribed drug costs includes OTC drugs, personal health supplies & complementary &
alternative medicine products…” ~ Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI)
LIBR534 Health information sources and services, 2014
• Each country has regulatory body to govern approval process
• Each drug must be safe & effective
• Pre-clinical testing (laboratory & animals)
• Clinical testing (clinical trials in humans)
• Drug approval can take ~10-15 yrs
Clinical trials process
• Administer new drug to subjects & assess outcome (uncontrolled)
• Administer new drug to one group & a control to second group (controlled clinical trial)
• What happens to the drug in the body? • What happens to the body when given the drug? • Is the drug clinically-effective? • Is drug clinically-safe / tolerable? • How should the new drug be taken?
• Gather extra information to determine “true” question
• Determine urgency & format needed
Classify drug question• Availability of drug• Identification of drug• Drug interactions• Dosage • Adverse drug reactions• Side effects • IV administration / compatibility • Poisoning / toxicity• Pregnancy & lactation issues• Natural products • Patient-oriented information • Therapeutics
General drug questions
• Background information
• Dosing
• Side effects, drug interactions
• Contraindications & precautions
• Pharmacokinetics & pharmacology
• How medications are supplied (tablet, injection, etc.)
• How medications are taken
• How medications should be stored Basic & Clinical Pharmacology