Preceptors

Drug Information Services for Preceptors

The SIUE Drug Information & Wellness Center is available to all preceptors for many of your drug information needs. We offer this service as a courtesy to anyone who is directly involved in the education of our students.

Requests to the Center are accepted Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Central Time. The SIUE DIWC is closed on weekends and all University holidays. Drug information requests may be made by contacting the DIWC by phone, fax, mail, or email. A voice mail system is in place when the staff is unavailable to answer the phone immediately.

Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions regarding this service.

Examples of Request Classifications:

• Assistance in selection of optimal therapy, appropriate agent or dosage regimen
• Drug administration
• Pharmaceutical formulations
• Pharmacology or mechanism of action
• IV therapy and infusion devices
• IV stability or compatibility
• Adverse drug reactions
• Drug interactions
• Product, tablet, or capsule identification
• Legal or regulatory issues
• Foreign or investigational drug identification
• Product availability
• Pharmacoeconomics
• Drugs in pregnancy and lactation
• Others…

We look forward to assisting with your drug information needs.

Erin M. Timpe, Pharm.D., BCPS, Assistant Professor & Director

Julie P. Karpinski, Pharm.D., BCPS, Assistant Professor & Assistant Director