website drugs.com drugs.com is an online pharmaceutical encyclopedia which provides drug information for consumers and healthcare professionals primarily in the usa . contents 1 history 2 website 3 references 4 external links history edit the domain drugs.com was originally registered by bonnie neubeck in 1994 . 1 in 1999 at the height of the dotcom boom eric maciver purchased an option to buy the domain from neubeck . 2 in august 1999 maciver sold the domain at auction for us 823 666 to venture frogs a startup incubator run by tony hsieh and alfred lin best known for their involvement in linkexchange and later zappos.com . 3 venture frogs sold the drugs.com domain name to a private investor in june 2001 allowing hsieh & lin to focus on zappos.com . 4 the drugs.com website is owned and operated by the drugsite trust . the drugsite trust is a privately held trust administered by two new zealand pharmacists . 5 website edit the drugs.com website was officially launched in september 2001 . 6 the site contains a library of reference information which includes content from cerner multum micromedex from truven health analytics wolters kluwer health u.s. food and drug administration fda a.d.a.m. stedmans ahfs harvard health publications mayoclinic north american compendiums & healthday . 7 in march 2008 drugs.com announced the release of mednotes 8 an online personal medication record application which connected to google health on june 24 2011 google announced it was retiring google health in january 1 2012 9 . in may 2010 u.s. fda announced a collaboration with drugs.com to distribute consumer health updates on the drugs.com website and mobile platform . 10 in february 2016 comscore stated that drugs.com was the sixth most popular health network receiving approximately 23 million visitors for the month while searchmetrics listed drugs.com in the top 100 us websites for search visibility . 11 drugs.com is certified by the truste online privacy certification program 12 and the honcode health on the net foundation . 13 references edit a prescription for riches . wired.com . november 21 1999 . retrieved july 2 2010 . the best domain names in the world ... ever . internet magazine . november 1 1999 . retrieved july 2 2010 . drugs.com fetches nearly a mil . wired.com . august 9 1999 . retrieved july 2 2010 . drugs.com kicks domain habit . wired.com . june 1 2001 . retrieved july 2 2010 . about drugs.com . retrieved 30 june 2013 . internet archive wayback machine . archived from the original on october 5 2001 . retrieved july 2 2010 . editorial policy . retrieved february 17 2016 . drugs.com unveils the next generation medication safety tool to help consumers avoid dangerous drug interactions . reuters . november 24 2008 . retrieved july 2 2010 . an update on google health and google powermeter . retrieved 24 june 2011 . fda announces collaboration with drugs.com . food and drug administration . may 26 2010 . retrieved july 2 2010 . search metrics top 100 sites for united states . retrieved february 17 2016 . drugs.com truste privacy certification . truste . retrieved february 17 2016 . drugs.com honcode certificate of compliance . honcode . retrieved february 17 2016 . external links edit drugs.com retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title drugs.com & oldid 738361193 categories medical websiteshealth websitescompanies established in 2001 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages catal portugu s srpskisrpskohrvatski tagalog edit links this page was last modified on 8 september 2016 at 14 05 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view