eCPS / e-Therapeutics
Drug Handbooks
A. Compendium of Pharmaceuticals and Specialities (e-CPS) / e-Therapuetics
- Canadian publication produced annually by the Canadian Pharmacists Association.
- The CPS/e-CPS will be found in most Canadian physicians' offices, Canadian hospitals and Canadian pharmacies. It does not provide an exhaustive list of drugs.
- The CPS and e-CPS have an inherent bias as they are basically a collection of drug monographs from the drug manufacturers.
- The e-CPS is part of the e-Therapeutics online resource.
- The e-CPS can be searched by brand and generic names, therapeutic class and manufacturer.
- There is an interactive Product Identification Tool in the e-CPS resource.
- The e-CPS includes a direct link to Health Canada alerts and patient information handouts.
- The Drug Interactions tool in e-Therapeutics is a drug and herbal interaction analysis program which assigns drug interaction risk rating (e.g. "X" is "avoid combination").
Photograph from the Canadian Pharmacists Association web site.
http://www.pharmacists.ca/content/products/cps_english.cfm
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Tasks Learn more about the e-CPS and prescription drugs by answering the following questions. 1. Find the brand name of the drug celecoxib. Why would a physician prescribe celecoxib? 2. Find the Health Canada alerts for the drug Avandia. According to the July 2010 advisory, in which country are the indications for use more restrictive - United States or Canada? Why would a physician prescribe this medication? Is Avandia the brand or generic name of the drug? 3. Using the "Drug Interactions" tool, determine if it is safe for a patient to take both St. John's Wort and Paxil. What medical condition(s) do these drugs treat? |
Note: The print version of the CPS is available in Bracken Library Reference and has the following call number:
Ref QV772 .C737 2010