A comparison of the content and primary literature support for online medication information provided by Lexicomp and Wikipedia.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The research compared the comprehensiveness and accuracy of two online resources that provide drug information: Lexicomp and Wikipedia.

Methods

Medication information on five commonly prescribed medications was identified and comparisons were made between resources and the relevant literature. An initial content comparison of the following three categories of medication information was performed: dose and instructions, uses, and adverse effects or warnings. The content comparison included sixteen points of comparison for each of the five investigated medications, totaling eighty content comparisons. For each of the medications, adverse reactions that appeared in only one of the resources were identified. When primary, peer-reviewed literature was not referenced su

SUBMITTER: Hunter JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6013145 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature