pda drug consult?? question.

[Hondarize]

Im a pharmacy tech. i want to know if there is any useful drug consult softwares for palm pilots, has anyone tried to use one and how helpful was it??

 

[Farmercyst]

Im a pharmacy tech. i want to know if there is any useful drug consult softwares for palm pilots, has anyone tried to use one and how helpful was it??

The ones I'm most familiar with are epocrates and lexi-comp. I haven't used them much, but I believe epocrates has a free downloadable demo. I can't say how useful they are from experience, but as a tech I'd think they'd be more than you need.

 

[PharmD2MD]

I use the lexi-comp software- however, it's expensive and not really necessary for a tech. Epocrates is decent- has basic dosing info, dosage forms, and I think it might even have some info on 3rd party insurance coverage. The basic version is free.

 

[gaba101]

Im a pharmacy tech.

um, pharm techs cannot consult (at least I was under the impression this was true for the entire US)--then again, you're a pharmacy student so your state board should have granted you an intern license already.

to get back to your question, epocrates is FREE. so free is good.

 

[Hondarize]

I'm aware that we techs can't consult but I would like to know what drug consult programs would be very useful for any who works in a pharmacy.

 

[npage148]

Clinical pharmacology, I feel, has more basic and fundamental info that Lexi-Comp and would be more usefull for a tech

 

[pinkyrx]

Epocrates and Johns Hopkins Antibiotic guide are both useful. 🙂

 

[PharmDstudent]

The Kindle seems cool, but it's expensive.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=358859501&pf_rd_i=507846

http://cache.gizmodo.com/assets/resources/2007/11/readervskindle.jpg

 

[dgroulx]

I use the Lexi-Comp Clinical Suite on my PDA. It's only $75 per year. It comes with Lexi-Drugs, Lexi-Interact, Harrisons, and Lexi-Calc. Walgreens provides us with Clinical Pharmacology on our computers.