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Rx: Finding Drug Information

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Summary: Test Yourself

Test your knowledge by taking this short quiz. When you are satisfied with your answers, press the “Score the Exam” button and the quiz will be scored for you.

1.  Primary literature is:
   a. Where I look first
   b. Reports of original research
   c. Hard to find
   d. All of the above

2.  Tertiary sources:
   a. Summarize known information
   b. Provide an overview
   c. Are convenient to use
   d. All of the above

3.  True or False:
  Secondary sources of information provide hard data.
   True    False

4.  For each box, please type the letter of the resource (a, b, c, etc.) that best matches the category of information.

    i. Adverse effects   a. FDA web site
    ii. Patient handouts   b. Martindale's
    iii. Dietary supplements   c. MICROMEDEX
    iv. Identify a foreign drug   d. Natural Medicines Comprehensive Database
    v. Date of approval   e. eFacts
    vi. Drug interactions   f. MEDLINEplus

5.  You want to find information about the best treatment of sinusitis. Put the following steps in order by typing the number in each box (1, 2, 3, etc.):
    Select a specific resource
    Review and evaluate information
    Formulate the question
    Categorize the question
    If necessary, try another resource