Referencing/Citing Drugs.com

Please use the following citation guidelines when referring to content found on Drugs.com.

Academic References

If you do not have your own citation style, we suggest you use the citation guidelines for websites as specified by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE).

Website Name [Media Type]. Page Title; Copyright; [Date page last updated; Date of citation]. URL.

For Example:

Drugs.com [Internet]. Zyrtec Information from Drugs.com; c2000-10 [Updated: 2010 April 16; Cited: 2010 October 8]. Available from: http://www.drugs.com/zyrtec.html.

News / Blog Reports

Use specific and clear citations. For example:

"According to Drugs.com some of the side effects of Claritin are nervousness, fatigue and headaches." 

Where possible, please also include the article URL to help consumers find the specific source of the information:

"According to Drugs.com some of the side effects of Claritin are nervousness, fatigue and headaches. Additional information on Claritin is available at http://www.drugs.com/claritin.html. " 

or

"According to Drugs.com some of the side effects of Claritin are nervousness, fatigue and headaches (Source: http://www.drugs.com/claritin.html)." 

Use a live link

Whenever possible please use live links to both the site's URL and the article URL.