Medicines and Treatments

Search these full text electronic databases and evaluated web sites for descriptions of medicines and treatments, their uses and side effects, interactions with other drugs and descriptions of how some medicines work in the body.

Treatments

Gale Encyclopedia of Surgery: a guide for patients and caregivers

Access this with your library card number and PIN, or at our libraries.

Procedures and Therapies @ MEDLINEplus

Descriptions of medical procedures and therapies. Contains links to evaluated health information on the Internet, run by the National Library of Medicine (U.S.A.).

MEDLINEplus Health Topics

Most disorder & condition entries in this site contain a section on treatment.

Medicines

Oxford Reference A-Z of Medicinal Drugs

Provides brief descriptions of prescription and non-prescription medicines and brief details on side effects and interactions with other drugs.
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Medsafe

Contains consumer information sheets on New Zealand's prescription medicines - the same as those you would find inside packets of medicine.

Medication @ Everybody

Contains brief information sheets on over-the-counter medicines available in New Zealand - the same as those you would find inside packets of medicine. Search by brand name, or by symptom. Also contains information on the interactions of herbal and dietary supplements with types of medicines.

MEDLINEplus Drug Information

Contains comprehensive overviews of prescription and over-the-counter medicines provided via the National Library of Medicine (U.S.A).

 

More Medicines on the Web

Links to more medicine information web sites chosen for you by library staff.

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