Community Service Programs

Center for Drug Information & Natural Products

The Center provides free, comprehensive, non-biased information to health care professionals and consumers by responding to inquiries concerning drugs and natural products, such as:

• Foreign product identification
• Adverse reactions
• Drug-drug and drug-natural product interactions
• Safety of use during pregnancy and breast feeding
• The therapeutic use of conventional and natural products

Process

Inquiries are received and researched by sixth-year Doctor of Pharmacy students conducting a rotation in drug and natural product information or CDINP faculty. All responses are verified by CDINP faculty, and most inquires can be answered either on the same day or within 24 hours of when they are received. All requests are confidential.

Contact information

Phone: 617.732.2759
Fax: 617.732.2236

Hours of Operation

Monday to Friday 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Closed on College holidays

Special Services

Global Drug Information Service

Staff

Executive Director
William McCloskey PharmD, Professor of Pharmacy Practice

Drug Information Division Coordinator
Maria Kostka-Rokosz PharmD, Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice

Natural Products Division Director
Lana Dvorkin-Camiel PharmD, Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice