The South University Drug Information Center is a free drug information service provided by the School of Pharmacy to University faculty, consumers, and health care professionals in the surrounding Savannah and Southeastern Georgia area. The goal of the service is to promote patient care and education by assisting with medication-related inquires.
The Drug Information Center is equipped with state of the art medical and pharmacy resources. The service also works closely with the South University Library to obtain additional references, when necessary.
The primary focus of the service is drug-related questions, which can be classified within the following categories:
- Drug availability
- Therapeutics
- Side effects
- Adverse drug reactions
- Drug interactions
- Medication dosing & administration
- Medication use in pregnancy and during breastfeeding
- Drug compatibility & stability
- Herbals/Natural products
- Compounding
- Pharmacokinetics
- Medication cost
- Foreign drugs
- Drug identification