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  • One of the earliest programs ever available for physicians and continued to be
    the most commonly used and applied in pediatric practice.
  • The drug index is remarkable with over 3300 names to look up.
  • Not only drugs but also vaccines and alternative medicines (Rx Pro only) are
    there.
  • The program can be installed as a standalone or within the Epocrates
    Essentials package (recommended).
  • Most US insurance formularies are available for download. In addition 4 other
    countries formularies can be linked
  • It has to be said that the free version Rx is undoubtedly enough and up to the
    task of finding a drug information.
  • The dosing monograph not only present doses according to age and weight but
    displays different doses in various diseases and indications as well. Also
    included is an integrated calculator to determine dosages in volumes and
    concentrations.
Epocrates Rx (home page)
Epocrates Rx (changing to peds dosing)
Epocrates Rx
The simple
yet comprehensive
drug database is outstanding.
Drugs can be looked up by name
(which can be generic or trade name)
or even by drug class.
When you select
one of the drugs you will find
information more
than enough at
the point of care.
Dosing is found in
both adult and peds
dosing with many
other monographs as shown on
above.
The default page
can be allocated
to peds dosing
which let us go to
what we want
directly saving
more time.
Tapping on the small magnifier lens
seen in the lower bar in the first
picture will open what is shown here
and that is another very useful
function that allows finding
information according to categories
like indications, contra indications,
side effects, and others. Therefore
one can look up the list of drugs that
are contraindicated in a specific
medical illness or the list of drugs
that can result in a specific adverse
reaction!
To our knowledge no other drug
program out there incorporates such
a high level functionality.
Epocrates Rx & Rx Pro
Last Reviewed on September 8, 2006
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