Drug Information and Pharmacy Resource Center

The Drug Information and Pharmacy Resource Center (DIPRC) is a service that answers questions for healthcare professionals who take care of Shands' patients, including referring physicians. The center's primary goal is to improve the quality of patient care by answering drug-related qustions. Questions may be related to

Drug availability

Drug identification

Drug therapy and efficacy

Investigational drugs

Side effects and adverse effects

Drug dosage and administration

Drug interactions

Drug use during pregnancy and while breastfeeding

IV compatibility and stability

Pharmacokinetics

Toxicology

Compounding

Alternative medications and natural products

Priority of questions

We will do our best to answer your question within 24 hours. Please indicate the priority level of your question on your question form. We understand that all questions are important. However, our first priority is patient-specific questions. Our second priority is questions regarding general patient care. Other questions are further down on the priority list. Please let us know if you need an answer by a specific date.

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For more information, please contact hatton@shands.ufl.edu.

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