Using Martindale's to Create a Drug Keyword Search
Contents
- Objective
- Alternate Drug Names to Include in a Comprehensive, Keyword Search
- Important Note
- Accessing Lexi-Comp
- Search LexiComp
- Add names to a Word document - English generic name
- Chemical/Scientific Name if simple
- CAS Registry Number
- Notes
- Synonyms
- "United States Adopted" and "British Approved" Names
- International Nonproprietary Names
- Preparations: Single Preparation
- Add two names
- Is there another Martindale's monograph for your drug?
- Step 1 of creating your search is complete
- Step 2: Remove Non-essential Words or Symbols
- Step 3: Insert Alternate Forms of Investigational Names
- Step 4: Put Quotes around any names that contain spaces.
- Step 5 and 6: Remove any punctuation marks other than hyphens within drug names and insert OR's
- Step 7: Remove duplicate drug names
- Step 8. Enclose in parentheses and add [all]
- Step 9. Truncate if desired
- Run the search in PubMed
- Find terms that need to be removed from your search.
- Check for improper translations
- Check the revised search
- Check results for highlighting of non-drug terms
- Check your search history
- Assignment