Here are brief description of five of the multiple applications that exist for pharmacists and students. This is really a big advantage and a great opportunity for iPhone users to stay up to date on everything related to pharmacy proffesion.
The Epocrates OTC drug module, for iPhone and iPod Touch, is a free app that lists information on more than 3,500 prescription and OTC medications. Information referenced includes dosing, warnings, contraindications, cautions, side-effects and reactions, drug interactions, retail pricing, insurance information, pictures, risks for specific types of patient (like pregnancy warnings), manufacturing information, DEA/FDA status, and pharmacology info. It even has an option to keep personal notes.
Drugs.com has a free, comprehensive online database with a phone-friendly interface that can be accessed by any phone with a browser. Information is available for more than 24,000 Rx and OTC medications includes dosing, warnings, contraindications, cautions, side-effects and reactions, drug interactions, retail pricing, insurance information, pictures, risks for specific types of patient (like pregnancy warnings), manufacturing information, DEA/FDA status, and pharmacology info. A separate pill identifier database allows search by imprint, shape, and color.
Lexicomp offers a complete line of software packages customizable to fit your needs. Choose a software bundle for your smartphone and/or computer. The bad news is that this is not a free application. A one-year subscription for the complete package for a single device is $285 and does not include the online database. It’s a lot of information, but it comes with a hefty price tag.
The Medscape App is an essential free general reference tool from WebMD for the iPhone or iPad. It puts a wealth of information at your fingertips, with diseases and conditions plus protocol and procedures in addition to a medication database. Other features are a medical news aggregator, mobile CME, a drug interaction checker, and a U.S. physician database.
Symptom Checker.MD is a free app for iPhone that can be downloaded via iTunes. You can also access the information online or using any phone with a browser and web access by visiting MyCity.MD. The neatest thing about this app is the ability to match symptoms or known conditions or disease to local resources – physicians and clinics in your local area that specialize in whatever afflicts you. Entering “diabetes” and my local zip code produced a list of 486 related articles, 16 local endocrinologist/diabetes specialists arranged by patient rating, a list of 50 primary care physicians in case your insurance requires a referral (also arranged by patient rating), a list of area hospitals, and a list of area pharmacies. In addition, there was a list of related informational videos and a link to onsite general information. Everything you need to help your customers sort out medical care for a specific condition, and it’s free.
Your article is very interesting with all the new applications that are now available iPhones and iPads. We are now living the iPhone/iPad era where everything works with a click of a button. In my opinion this has it advantages and it disadvantages. The advantages are that we can now look for information about anything health related without the extensive search from the past like going to libraries, etc. But one disadvantage is that people could use this in a way of ignoring everything that they learned in school. The better way to use it is by implementing this method to what you have learned as a reference.
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