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Drugs & Traditional Chinese Medicine

This guide provides links to resources with quality information about drugs and TCM medicines

Best Bet for Drug Information: CPS Database

Find information about the CPS on this page

Use the grey tabs on this guide to find additional pages with links to:

  • drug books
  • drug websites
  • TCM medicine resources

The CPS is the same database your pharmacist uses

The CPS includes information on:

  • drugs prescribed in Canada
  • over the counter medication
  • diseases commonly treated by drugs

This video from VCC Library (4:28 minutes) gives a quick overview

Key search features covered include:

  • specific drugs
  • conditions & diseases
  • potential drug interactions

Links to the database & app are below