Epocrates Rx for Windows Mobile
Free mobile drug reference
- Overview
- Drug Information
- OTC Medications
- Tables/Calcs
- Drug Interactions
- Formulary Information
- My Epocrates
- Free Updates
- Requirements
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!
Now Available
The Epocrates OTC drug module is now available. You'll get the latest information, including active ingredients, on hundreds of brand name over-the-counter drugs. Please see the tab to the left for more information.
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
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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
Epocrates Rx is available for the following platforms: