Subject Guides: Drug Information: Toxicology & Poisoning

Databases

PEPID
Under Emergency Medicine Topics, the toxicology section covers the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of poisonings and overdoses from drugs of abuse, inhaled gases, heavy metals and caustics, occupational poisoning, household and cleaning agents, pesticides, plants, mushrooms, seafood, pests, and prescription medications.

HSDB in PubChem
Peer-reviewed literature on human and animal health effects, toxicity studies, as well as environmental standards and regulations.
LactMed
Drugs and Lactation Database. Information on drugs and other chemicals for breastfeeding mothers.
NLM Environmental Health and Toxicology
Not sure where to start? The National Library of Medicine provides a starting point for finding reliable information on toxicology, hazardous chemicals, environmental health, and toxic releases.

TOXLINE
Provides bibliographic citations and abstracts from the core journal literature in all areas of toxicology, including chemicals and pharmaceuticals, pesticides, environmental pollutants and mutagens and teratogens. Mobile friendly