Recently, the CMA announced changes to our CMA Joule offerings, including the retirement of clinical tools and services this year. Access to CPS will no longer be included in CMA membership as of June 28, 2023. We have compiled a list of alternative clinical information providers to assist you. Contact the Canadian Pharmacists Association at physicians@pharmacists.ca or 800-917-9489 with the promo code “CMA” to receive a 40% discount off CPS Full Access. Additional discounts are available for groups of 20 physicians or more.
Reduce search time and improve patient care with reliable drug and therapeutic content from the Canadian Pharmacists Association’s CPS, the Canadian standard for drug and therapeutic information. Access essential drug information and unbiased practical information on hundreds of medical conditions through either your desktop or the CPS mobile app on iOS or Android.
This includes all content and features from CPS Drug Information plus current, evidence-based therapeutic information and non-prescription therapy for most common conditions, with cross-referenced drug tables and algorithms.
Features
- Content updated weekly
- Available in English and French
- Critical updates such as Health Canada advisories, warnings, recalls and drug shortages (directly from drugshortages.ca)
- Useful tools such as medical calculators, Clin-Info, Pill Identifier and Lexi-Interact drug interaction checker. Contains thousands of Health Canada–approved monographs as well as CPhA-created monographs developed and reviewed by experts
| CPS Monographs & CPhA Monographs | ✓ | ✓ |
| Products for Minor Aliments | ✓ | |
| Therapeutic Choices | ✓ | ✓ |
| Minor Ailments | ✓ | ✓ |
| Drug Tables/Drug Choices | ✓ | ✓ |
| Information for the Patient: Minor Ailments | ✓ | |
| Patient Medication Information: Drug Monographs | ✓ | |
| Algorithms | ✓ | ✓ |
| Lexi-Interact Drug Interaction Checker | ✓ | |
| Pill Identifier Tool | ✓ | |
| Clin-Info Drug-Food Interactions Tool | ✓ | |
| Interactive Medical Calculators | ✓ | ✓ |
| drugshortages.ca Linked from Monographs | ✓ | |
| Manufacturer Directory | ✓ | ✓ |
| Product Images Linked from Monographs | ✓ | ✓ |
| Full Listing of Health Canada Warnings and Recalls | ✓ | ✓ |
| Public Drug Programs | ✓ |
Access options
CPS mobile app
The app includes the features and content listed above plus:
- Bonus subscription to Drug Choices content: drug tables formatted for quick access to dose, adverse effects, drug interactions and relative costs for recommended therapies for each condition
- Available on iOS and Android devices
- Available offline*
- Ability to add notes/favourite content to monographs
*An Internet connection is required only when installing, updating or using certain Internet-dependent features such as downloading new Health Canada advisories and accessing product images.
CPS web access
CPS accessible through the web on your desktop includes the features listed above plus:
- Printable patient information
- Advanced search
- Drug regulatory and monitoring programs’ reporting and request forms