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

Additional references and tools to help you every day.

• MedMath - dozens of useful medical calculators, including STAT Cholesterol, BMI & Obesity, and Opioid Analgesic Converter
• Association guidelines and reference tables
• Optional add-ons to suit your needs

The Epocrates OTC drug module provides the latest information on hundreds of brand name over-the-counter drugs. Each product-specific monograph answers questions such as:

• What are the active ingredients and their uses?
• What's the dose for my patient's age?
• What flavors are available?
• Does the product contain alcohol, sugar, or dyes?
• Will it interact with prescription and herbal medications?
• Is there another product with the same active ingredients, but in a chewable or liquid form? 
• My patient needs an analgesic, an antihistamine, and an antitussive; is there one product with all of these?
• Is this product covered by my patient's health insurance?

See our OTC module in action »

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

It's easy to tailor Epocrates Rx to suit your needs. For example:

• Create shortcuts to your favorite features
• View your Rx lookup history
• Add the free MedTools applications you need most
• Add your own notes to a drug monograph
• Receive DocAlert messages in your selected specialties
• Change your default screen, e.g., Default to Peds Dosing

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, sync your mobile device while your desktop is connected to the Internet (you can also sync wirelessly).

Epocrates Rx for Windows Mobile/Pocket PC Requirements

• Windows Mobile / Pocket PC
  Supported device with
  • Microsoft Windows Mobile 5.0, 6.x or:
  • Microsoft Pocket PC 2003, 2003 SE
  • We do not support Windows Mobile Standard devices. (Devices with no touch screen)
• Computer (for syncing)
  • Windows 2000/XP with ActiveSync 3.7 or higher or;
  • Windows Vista/Windows 7 with Windows Mobile Device Center 6
  • Using a Mac?
    • Please note that this product is compatible for Windows Mobile devices syncing to a Windows computer. However, if you use a Mac, you can still install if you have a wireless handheld device and choose the wireless installation.
• Minimum available memory
  6 MB* + 20K per free health plan formulary selected
  *4 MB of Epocrates Rx can be installed to supported expansion (memory) cards.
• Expansion (memory) cards
  Any Secure Digital (SD), MultiMediaCard (MMC) or Mini-SD that is 8 MB or larger