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Even if you meticulously update your drug reference books every year, you’re going to miss a few because new drugs are put on the market constantly, and some are available by clinical trial long before they’re officially on the market.  Just so you know, Flurizan (also known as MPC-7869, r-flurbiprofen, or tarenflurbil) is an investigational drug for Alzheimers, so you’re not likely to come across it too often…yet.  What to do when you need to verify a drug name that can’t be found easily?   Check out some of my favorite medication research sites, listed in random order below:

Search with a minimum of 3 letters, great if you can only hear part of the word: http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/Scripts/cder/DrugsatFDA/

Chemotherapy drugs: 
http://www.fda.gov/cder/cancer/druglistframe.htm

Clinical trials.  Regular search or by drug intervention: 
http://www.clinicaltrials.gov/

Prescription drugs only: 
http://www.rxlist.com/script/main/hp.asp

Regular search and search by condition–includes nonprescription & vitamins: 
http://www.drugdigest.org/wps/portal/ddigest

Search drugs by name or condition: 
https://www.caremark.com/wps/portal/HEALTH_RESOURCES?topic=drugcenter

The most up-to-date listings, including newly approved drugs: 
http://www.fda.gov/cder/ob/default.htm

Search for supplements and herbals: 
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginformation.html

OTC drugs: 
http://tinyurl.com/df8m4w

Search by therapeutic category and more: 
http://www.empr.com/

Alphabetical or search by condition, includes photo identificaton of many meds: 
http://www.drugs.com/