Search Drug Information Database: Search Tips

Your success searching the Novo Nordisk Drug Information database relies upon your selection of appropriate keywords or short keyword phrases. For best results carefully choose at least two keywords directly associated with your topic of research. The search process is not case sensitive. The following tips may help you to generate the best results for your search.

• Enter at least two keywords or short phrase(s) that are most directly associated with your question or search topic.

  Example: "Compare Drug A with Drug B". Using the keyword "compare" with "Drug A" and "Drug B" will retrieve the closest matching document.

• If a keyword search does not return any results, try searching on a related term.

  Example: If searching "FDA" does not return any matches, try "Food and Drug Administration".

• If an obvious keyword choice does not return satisfactory results, try searching on a related keyword form.

  Example: If searching the keyword "versus" or "Vs" does not return useful document matches, try searching related forms like "Compare" or "Comparison". Another example could be "predrawn" instead of "prefilled" or vice-versa.

• Phrase Specific Search: If you are entering a word or phrase that contains a character such as a dash (-) or an apostrophe ('), enclose your search query in quotation marks to obtain results for the exact term you are entering. For example, "drug's" rather than drug's or "in-use" instead of in-use.
• The search does not support the use of Boolean operators. Do not attempt to narrow or expand search matches by using Boolean operators (AND, OR, NOT) or parenthetical expressions.

  Example: Do not enter "Dose + Conversion" or "Dose and Conversion"

• The search question must consist of a minimum of two words.