Epocrates: PDA medical software

Overview

A comprehensive drug reference that includes searchable brand, generic, OTC, alternative medicines and infectious disease treatment guidelines.

Plus, you can customize your homepage for quick access to the features you use most frequently. Check out the "Extras" tab for even more features, like Contact Manufacturer. You'll be able to connect directly to drug manufacturers for product-related questions, to report adverse events, or to learn about patient assistance programs.

Drug Information

Review drug prescribing and safety information for thousands of brand, generic, alternative, and OTC drugs:

• Adult and pediatric dosing for FDA-approved and off-label indications.
• Black box warnings, adverse reactions, drug interactions, and more.
• National and regional healthcare insurance formularies.
• Direct access to many manufacturers by phone or email for answers to your critical prescribing questions.
• Approximate retail drug pricing for patients paying out-of-pocket.
• Pregnancy risk categories, lactation safety ratings, monitoring parameters and therapeutic drug levels.
• DEA/FDA status
• Metabolism, excretion, drug class, and mechanism of action

App Directory

Access a wide variety of best-in-class free and paid clinical references, imaging atlases, calculators, dosing tools, and other resources directly within your Epocrates app.

• Interactive anatomy and imaging atlases, board prep question banks and more based on world class print and digital titles
• Calculators, dosing tools, and other apps to assist you at the point-of-care
• Disease-specific resource centers featuring up-to-date medical news and scientific abstracts, selected by Contributing Editors who are leading researchers or experts in the field.

Extras

EssentialPoints activities are interactive product details, designed to keep you current on medical topics such as disease states, therapeutic areas, and treatment options.

Contact Manufacturer connects you directly to the drug manufacturer for product-related questions, to report adverse events, or to learn about patient assistance programs.

Mobile Resource Centers offer clinicians useful, up-to-date medical news and scientific abstracts, selected by a Contributing Editor who is a leading researcher or expert in the field.

Epocrates CME offers accredited clinical practice activities for health professionals on your iPhone and online.

Manufacturer resources from the manufacturer such as prescribing information and patient literature can be viewed in a convenient, mobile-optimized format.

Pill ID

Identify a pill based on physical characteristics (i.e., color, shape) and/or imprint code.

• Select characteristics to view drug names and images
• Tap on a drug image to enlarge the picture

Drug Interactions

Check for potentially harmful drug-drug interactions between up to 30 drugs at a time including brand, generic, alternative, and OTC drugs. Potential interactions are organized by category to help you determine the appropriate action.

Our interaction logic goes beyond prescribing information to incorporate research that factors attributes such as inhibition potency, substrate exclusivity, and therapeutic index to determine clinical significance.

Infectious Disease

With our treatment guidelines, you can:

• Search by infection, bug/bug class, or drug/drug class
• Access empiric and specific treatment recommendations
• Tap on a drug name to view its complete monograph

Additional references and tools to help you every day.

• MedMath - dozens of useful medical calculators, including Pregnancy Wheel and Basal Energy Expenditure
• Additional specialty tools include STAT Cholesterol and GFR Calculator. Please note that these applications require a separate download in iTunes.
• Association guidelines and reference tables

Mobile Sample Closet

Order free literature and drug samples in seconds, directly from your Epocrates app. Offers from participating pharmaceutical companies and other healthcare organizations are available to view anytime. Select only what you want, complete your request in minutes, and have your samples and literature shipped directly to you.

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Requirements

Epocrates Rx Pro for iPhone / iPod touch / iPad Requirements

• iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad
  Apple iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad with OS 3.1.3 or newer
• Minimum available memory
  12 MB + 20K per free health plan formulary selected
• Important notes:
• Wireless connection required