FOM Tertiary Resources Assignment Guide (beginning the 2025-2026 Academic Year): Questions 1- 6

Answer these questions using professional drug monographs. Use one of the monographs available in the following resources. You may not use monographs written specifically for patients. You may seek permission to use a professional monograph from a resource that is not in this list. StatPearls is not allowed. Please contact H. McEwen for permission. You will continue to use these resources for your EBM assignments for the rest of COM curriculum. 

1. Monitoring Parameters - 

• In AccessMedicine and AccessPharmacy monographs, see the monitoring section.
• UpToDate Lexidrug - In the Lexi-Drugs monograph, see the patient and therapy management section.
• In Merative MicroMedex, monitoring is listed under patient safety.
• In a DailyMed monograph, see the Uses section.
• In an UpToDate monograph, see the monitoring section

2. Labeled Uses or Indications -

May be listed as Labeled Uses (FDA approved use) or Indications. These are not the same as unlabeled uses.

• In AccessMedicine and AccessPharmacy monographs, see the Indications and Usage section.
• In UpToDate Lexidrug - In the Lexi-Drugs monograph, see the Uses section.
• In Merative MicroMedex, it is listed under FDA Uses.
• In a DailyMed monograph, see section 17 Patient Counseling Information
• In an UpToDate monograph, see the Uses: Labeled Indications section

3. Adverse Warnings

• In AccessMedicine and AccessPharmacy monographs, see the Adverse Reactions section.
• Lexi-Comp Online - In the Lexi-Drugs monograph, see the Adverse Reactions section.
• In Merative MicroMedex, it is listed under Adverse Effects.
• In a DailyMed monograph, see the Warnings section
• In an UpToDate monograph, see the Adverse Reactions section.

Use one of these resources to answer the question.

Answer these questions using professional drug monographs. Use one of the monographs available in the following resources. You may not use monographs for patients. You may seek permission to use a professional monograph from a resource that is not in this list. Please contact H. McEwen for permission. See the box at the top of this page for links to definitions for black box warnings and contraindications.

Question 6: Information can be found in the interactions section of a drug monograph. MicroMedex's drug interaction tool will also provide information about food interactions with medication.

Question 7: If you are using Lexi-Comp Online (Lexi-Drugs) monograph, contraindications are listed under Warnings and Precautions.

Question 8: Black box warnings sometimes are found at the beginning of the drug monograph. You can find the information warnings section of the drug monograph. They sometimes provide a summary of the black box warning before providing more detailed information. You just need to provide the short summary. For example, you could state bleeding risk. 

See the Lexi-Drugs monograph within UpToDate Lexidrug or UpToDate  to answer both parts of the question. Go to the preparations section of the Lexi-Drug monograph to find both answers. Please note: a drug may have a generic name without a generic version of the medication being on the market.