Epocrates: PDA medical software

You've heard about it from your colleagues. Yes, it includes monographs for more than 3,500 drugs. Yes, it's updated at least once a week. And yes, it really is free!

Instantly access drug prescribing and safety information for more than 3,500 brand and generic drugs. Search for a drug by name or class; then you can review:

• Adult and pediatric dosing for FDA-approved and off-label indications
• Black box warnings, contraindications, and cautions
• Serious and common adverse reactions, and drug interactions organized by clinical category
• Approximate retail drug pricing for patients paying out-of-pocket
• Safety and monitoring information, such as pregnancy risk categories, lactation safety ratings, monitoring parameters and therapeutic drug levels
• Manufacturing information including DEA/FDA status
• Pharmacology information, including metabolism, excretion, drug class, and mechanism of action
• Notes section for your personal notes

There are some things you just can't do in your head!

The powerful MultiCheck feature enables you to check for interactions among up to 30 drugs at a time.

Potential interactions are organized by category to help you determine the appropriate action.

Epocrates Rx contains up-to-date, detailed formulary information for national and regional healthcare insurance formularies, including all Medicare Part D plans, and provides easy access to therapeutic alternatives.

• Select and download the insurance formularies you use most often
• Quickly check to see which drugs are covered
• Find plan-specific details on:
• Copay tiers
• Prior authorization requirements
• Quantity limits
• Step-therapy guidelines
• Search for preferred therapeutic alternatives

The Epocrates Medical Information editors continually update the Rx drug database to ensure you have the most current information available, including:

• New drugs and interactions
• New indications
• Drug recalls
• Medication safety updates from the FDA, CDC, ISMP, and AHRQ
• Formulary status changes

To receive these updates for free, simply perform a wireless Epocrates update.

Epocrates Rx for Windows Mobile Smartphone Requirements

• Windows Mobile
  Supported device with Windows Mobile Smartphone 2003 and Windows Mobile 6 with a data plan Smartphone version requires wireless installation and updates
• Minimum available memory
  3.5 MB* + 20K per free health plan formulary selected (Determine amount of free memory)
• Important notes:
  
  • Requires wireless updates