Drug Information Center

Mission of the DIC

The mission of MIU Drug Information Center is the provision of competitive, evidence-based, relevant and unbiased drug information services through answering drug-related questions and publicizing periodical drug information newsletters. The objective of these collaborative pharmacy practices is to ensure high-quality patient care ultimately benefiting pharmacists, healthcare professionals and affiliated institutions to achieve optimal patient outcomes. In addition, the DIC has a strong academic component designed to serve as a training center and experiential training site, enabling students to gain experience in provision of drug information and resources and acquire the skills necessary for research, interpretation of results and decision making within problem solving activities.

Objectives of the DIC

The trained professional team of the DIC and its latest drug information database and reference books, make the DIC an invaluable resource that meets the following objectives:-

• Provision of specific comprehensive drug information upon request from faculty, healthcare providers, and consumers from the general public in a timely manner, based on a complete analysis of available evidence.
  
  
• Maintenance of resources to provide the most current and accurate information to inquirers.
  
  
• Publishing a drug information newsletter.
  
  
• Educating pharmacy students, and professionals about resources and medical literature analysis and enhancing the skill of accurately communicating response (both verbally and in-writting).
  
  
  
  
  

Services of the DIC

• Answering drug related inquiries
  
  The scope of the DIC responses covers queries related to:
  1. Availability/Drug identification/Investigational drugs.
     
     
  2. Drug dosing/Pharmacokinetics.
     
     
  3. Drug-drug/Drug-lab/Drug-food interactions.
     
     
  4. Drug therapy (drug of choice/selection)/Therapeutics.
     
     
  5. Adverse drug reactions.
     
     
  6. Poisoning.
     
     
  7. Stability/compatibility.
     
     
  8. Herbal /Natural products.
     
     
  9. Pharmaceutical compounding.
     
     
  10. Pregnancy and lactation.
      
      
  11. Cost.
      
      
  12. Patient counseling.
      
      
      
      
      
• The Drug Information Newsletter
  
  

The Drug Information Newsletter is issued by the professional team of the Department of Pharmacy Practice and Clinical Pharmacy. This newsletter aims to publicize up-to-date information, resources and frequently asked questions related to providing pharmacy services that have an impact on the patient’s quality of care in addition to practices serving physicians, dentists and pharmacists throughout the MIU community and affiliated health care providers. One of the main goals of this publication is to send out updates on health care drug related issues, recently reported by the FDA and similar credible organizations, as well as report on safety issues of drugs and medical products in the market.

Hours of Operation

Sunday – Thursday from 08:30 am – 04:30 pm.

Should you have any drug related questions, we are pleased to receive your queries via:

Telephone (19648 /Ext. 535)
Fax     (02) – 44771566
E-mail         [email protected]


You are also welcome to drop by for a visit in room D19, at the Faculty of Pharmacy.